All About Pocket Knives

Very nice to see a lockback whittler that old, Roland. You have been posting some lovely old knives in this thread.

ObsidianEdge wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 2:46 pm Some more good additions, John. When you do re-take the photos, how about one with the both blades open? Great stag on that jack.

Thank you all
Mike here are a couple new pics, I'm starting to have too many knives took me an hour to find it. Based on Cutlers To His Majesty I think it dates roughly 1900 to 1910.

Thanks for the extra pics, John. That's a nice problem to have! I like to see how secondary blades evolved on some of the older Sheffield knives.

Another nice one, Roland, and a lock back to boot!

Thanks Roger and John. Love the stag on those knives John!!

Love that whittler KJ!! If you ever get tired of looking at it, please let me know!!

JohnR wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:56 am Beautiful group of pearl knives Sheffieldguy

A few more, a stag Joseph Rodgers jack, one of these days I have to take better pics of it, a Wostenholm hawkbill in stag an a George Furness Barlow. The English cutlery companies used fantastic stag.
Really good read on Joseph Rodgers here,

http://www.strazors.com/uploads/images/rodgers.pdf

Would love to rummage through the stag cellar.

You are right, the old English Cutlery Companies did do fantastic stag, if you look at some of the old photos you see men standing next to huge piles of antlers. And yours my friend are perfect examples, that Jack is fantastic.

Really nice old knives posted in the last few pages

More English knives......

MB,you've getting out the heavy artillery!

Dimitri very nice! When I look at yours and some of the other showings I might not ever look at mine again!

Dimitri Nice stuff

Harold

Here is a 3 5/8" Sleeveboard Double End Jack (not sure what else to call this pattern) with very nice ivory handles. It is marked "Venture/Slater/Brothers" and "Sheffield/England" on the back side. I'm unsure as to age but likely made before WW II.
Ivory was a popular handle material on 'upscale' British knives in the 1800's and early 1900's, but when did manufacturers stop using ivory on production knives ? If you know approximately when, please post.
kj

peanut740 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 2:36 am MB,you've getting out the heavy artillery!

Not yet, those will come out later

BWT wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:00 am Dimitri very nice!

Thanks Bill!

BWT wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:00 am When I look at yours and some of the other showings I might not ever look at mine again!

I'm still waiting to see your beautiful old English knives

stockman wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 2:22 pm Dimitri Nice stuff

Harold

Thank you Harold

kootenay joe wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:40 pm Here is a 3 5/8" Sleeveboard Double End Jack (not sure what else to call this pattern) with very nice ivory handles. It is marked "Venture/Slater/Brothers" and "Sheffield/England" on the back side. I'm unsure as to age but likely made before WW II.

I enjoy looking at your old English pen knives Roland, keep them coming!

kootenay joe wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:40 pm Ivory was a popular handle material on 'upscale' British knives in the 1800's and early 1900's, but when did manufacturers stop using ivory on production knives ? If you know approximately when, please post.
kj

After 1950 I see very little ivory being offered as a handle option in the old knife catalogs I have. The American cutlery companies quit using it a lot sooner than the English did.

A few more for the pot:
#1 A.Paterson Warranted small dagger.
#2 Brookes & Crookes tiny multi-blade.
#3 Geo.Wostenholm sailor's knife.
#4 E.M.Dickinson horseman's knife.
#5 Geo.Wostenholm gent's knife with sterling handles.
#6 John Copley pruner.
#7 Jonathan Crookes gunstock jack.
#8 Jos.Rodgers fisherman's knife made for Abercrombie & Fitch.
#9Jos.Rodgers New England Whalers knife.
#10 Horseman's knife marked M.Klaas England.

A few more:
#1 Marked Rogers & Son.
#2 & #3 a couple of grafting knives by Saynor.
#4 A quill knife/page turnerwith ivory blade and tortoise shell handles marked "Toothill".
#5 A pruner by Saynor for W.Drummond & Sons.My first stag handled knife.
#6 A sailor's knife marked "Warris 1940"
#7 Wm. Elliott candle end dogleg jack.
#8 Horn handled large folder by Wragg.
#9 Page turner/quill knife with pearl blade and handles marked "Youle"

Ray

Wm. Elliiot......wow!

Some grand old pruners, Dimitri.
Lovely Venture/Slater knife, Roland. Beautiful ivory and in very good condition to boot.
Wow, Ray! A lot of great knives, I really like the large horn handled Wragg.

Ray Roland

Here is a pruner with the box.........

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 2:01 pm Here is a pruner with the box.........

A beautiful, as well as amazing piece of history!

Wow Dimitri nice knife and the box too

Marsh Brothers
R. Bunting.
R. Bunting
George Renton 9 inches
Just noticed a shadow on the Renton after I put the knife away.