Antique Knives Made In England

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Thanks Gents. J.O'.
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Thanks for the nice S&R comments all.
Here is a two blade Wostenholm jack from right around 1900 with ivory handles and a wonderful blade etch.
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Beautiful knife Mason ::tu:: ::tu::
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Wonderful knife Mason. Love the ivory and the etch. Knife is in wonderful condition. ::nod::
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Excellent knife, Mason. ::tu:: ::tu::
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G. Gregory fleam
Samuel Robinson hobo
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IXI horseman
Lockwood Brothers
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IXL metal
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Jonathan Crookes
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Some sterling silver fruit knives with pearl and silver handles and one with stainless steel handles.Haven't translated the marks as yet.The Richards is the first one I've seen with a sheath marked as such.
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Wade Wingfield Rowbotham
Wingfield Rowbotham
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John Frisie has some thick stag
IXL
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Turner and Jepson
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Very nice ivory IXL Mason! I love the fancy blade etch and rare in that condition!!
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Mason wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 3:09 am Here is a two blade Wostenholm jack from right around 1900 with ivory handles and a wonderful blade etch.
Outstanding condition!
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BWT wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 6:01 pm G. Gregory fleam
Samuel Robinson hobo
Another nice batch of old English knives, thanks for showing them Bill! ::tu::
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knife7knut wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 6:48 pm Some sterling silver fruit knives with pearl and silver handles and one with stainless steel handles.Haven't translated the marks as yet.The Richards is the first one I've seen with a sheath marked as such.
Nice ones Ray! ::tu::
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Another English knife I really like.....
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Dimitri ::tu:: ::tu::
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Joseph Rodgers
Mackie Edinburgh
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Steer
Wade and Butcher
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IXL
Lockwood Brothers
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Wow, Bill, great showing of knives! ::tu:: ::tu:: I am partial to all of them but especially the Jonathon Crookes congress.
Very nice collection of silver fruit knives, Ray. ::tu:: ::tu::
Another very nice one, Dimitri. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks Dan for the comments! There definitely are some nice ole knives being shown from everyone. I’m glad Dimitri started this thread!
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BWT wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 6:58 pm Thanks Dan for the comments! There definitely are some nice ole knives being shown from everyone. I’m glad Dimitri started this thread!
::tu:: with some of the nicest Stag ever seen ::tu::
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