Taylor witness stockman.

[zed6309]

I picked this senior sized Stockman up this am at a market, i cleaned it up , i buffed up the covers , they seem like buffalo? What do you guys think, plus im thinking 50's?

[edge213]

It looks like Buffalo horn to me.
Nice knife.

[zed6309]

It looks like Buffalo horn to me.
Nice knife.

its what im thinking as ive got some knives with Buffalo and this looks the same.

[Steve Warden]

That's a beauty, Paul.
Sweet score!

[zed6309]

That's a beauty, Paul.
Sweet score!

Thanks Steve

[ea42]

If it's buffalo you should be able to see at least a few strands somewhere along the handle, especially with a loupe. Might also be some small "dots" at the ends, which would be the cut off ends of the strands.

Eric

[zed6309]

If it's buffalo you should be able to see at least a few strands somewhere along the handle, especially with a loupe. Might also be some small "dots" at the ends, which would be the cut off ends of the strands.

Eric

Eric ill check it out

Found some pics of what i think is this knife , sadly ive no clue when this catalogue was from .

[zed6309]

Went back on the page i got the pics from and the guy thinks 1950's or earlier .

[Warwick]

G'day! I've owned some old school taylors witness Barlow's before and I could never work out the scales
I thought at first ebony then a synthetic, Bakelite maybe? I would be interested to find out. Good luck
mate!

[zed6309]

G'day! I've owned some old school taylors witness Barlow's before and I could never work out the scales
I thought at first ebony then a synthetic, Bakelite maybe? I would be interested to find out. Good luck
mate!

Thanks Warwick im thinking these are possibly synthetic? The main reason is the polished up as easily as swiss army knife covers , plus the light scratches came out easily as well, but ill keep digging, i cant find any online old Taylor eye witness catalogues

[Miller Bro's]

It looks like synthetic to me, hard to tell now that you buffed it.

Take the back side of the knife and rub it briskly against a pair of jeans or a cotton rag and then smell the handle, if its synthetic or organic you will be able to tell the difference.

[zed6309]

It looks like synthetic to me, hard to tell now that you buffed it.

Take the back side of the knife and rub it briskly against a pair of jeans or a cotton rag and then smell the handle, if its synthetic or organic you will be able to tell the difference.

Cheers mate ill give that a go

[Warwick]

G'day again Paul! Thanks for responding to my message; it , might be worth your while to log on to the site ' Paddy's potato peelers' on you - tube. He's an English bloke and he seems to be pretty keen on Taylors . As an aside I found my Dads T.W Barlow that he bought when he returned to the small Australian bush town after the second war & Korea.I found the knife after he died in 1986. In 1995 at 20 I sent away to the old knife shop in my home town where they still had an new one in its box in the windows for $50. Treasures..

[zed6309]

G'day again Paul! Thanks for responding to my message; it , might be worth your while to log on to the site ' Paddy's potato peelers' on you - tube. He's an English bloke and he seems to be pretty keen on Taylors . As an aside I found my Dads T.W Barlow that he bought when he returned to the small Australian bush town after the second war & Korea.I found the knife after he died in 1986. In 1995 at 20 I sent away to the old knife shop in my home town where they still had an new one in its box in the windows for $50. Treasures..

Hi mate, i think paddy is on a FB group im on ? Ill check but the name seems familiar thanks Warwick

[Mason]

That's a nice example which does not appear in pre-WWII Taylors catalogs. Enclosed is a Taylor catalog illustration from 1957 showing the posted knife in between two other similar models. Interesting to see it in a two-blade variation as well as a three-blade model with bolsters. The handles are probably Xylonite (English celluloid equivalent) which is listed as a material that Taylor used. Post-WWII catalogs are often a bit sketchy on information as compared to pre war catalogs. Nice knife and Taylor examples are not commonly found in the United States.

[zed6309]

That's a nice example which does not appear in pre-WWII Taylors catalogs. Enclosed is a Taylor catalog illustration from 1957 showing the posted knife in between two other similar models. Interesting to see it in a two-blade variation as well as a three-blade model with bolsters. The handles are probably Xylonite (English celluloid equivalent) which is listed as a material that Taylor used. Post-WWII catalogs are often a bit sketchy on information as compared to pre war catalogs. Nice knife and Taylor examples are not commonly found in the United States.

Thanks for the info Mason ive not been able to find many online catalogues for Taylor so this really helps me out