McPherson Brothers Glasgow

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McPherson Brothers Glasgow

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Every now and then Ebay coughs up an old unusual knife. I landed this McPherson Brothers Glasgow ivory whittler the other day, 3 3/4", tang stamped on all blade with a Silver King tang stamp on the pile side of main.
From what I can find McPherson Brothers were a cutlery, silversmith, sporting goods firm in Glasgow Scotland. Apparently, and I could be wrong,Silver King was stamped on their knives and Silver Steel was stamped on their razors. One link with some information from 1891.

http://www.glasgowwestaddress.co.uk/189 ... others.htm

Anyone have any more information on McPherson Brothers? Thanks.
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JohnR you got a wonderful knife there. Unusual tang stamp, ivory and a whittler! Ding, ding ding. Congrats. ::nod:: ::nod:: ::tu::
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JohnR wrote: ↑Sat Sep 12, 2020 12:34 pm Every now and then Ebay coughs up an old unusual knife. I landed this McPherson Brothers Glasgow ivory whittler the other day, 3 3/4", tang stamped on all blade with a Silver King tang stamp on the pile side of main.
From what I can find McPherson Brothers were a cutlery, silversmith, sporting goods firm in Glasgow Scotland. Apparently, and I could be wrong,Silver King was stamped on their knives and Silver Steel was stamped on their razors. One link with some information from 1891.

http://www.glasgowwestaddress.co.uk/189 ... others.htm

Anyone have any more information on McPherson Brothers? Thanks.
Great looking knife John.
You have a talent for finding great looking knives.
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I was also watching that knife on ebay , I found one at a flea market also an ivory whittler but not as nice cond. as your , you got a great deal on that knife.
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Nice knife John ::tu:: ::tu:: ... That knife would look sweet with my other whittlers :lol: :mrgreen: ...

I think you got the history right from that link John 8) - given it is Glasgow it would not be listed in Tweedale - but playing with keywords in the search may reveal some other background... sometimes moving keywords around picks up a few more tidbits...
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Very nice find, John! ::tu::
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An excellent and desirable knife, John; good job! ::tu::
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What a handsome whittler!
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Thank you all for the nice comments ::tu:: ::tu:: Lee, if I ever decide to move it will give you first crack at it.
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JohnR wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 3:00 pm Thank you all for the nice comments ::tu:: ::tu:: Lee, if I ever decide to move it will give you first crack at it.
8) - Thanks John!! :D ::tu:: ..
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Very nice old whittler. ::tu::
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