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Wingfield and Rowbotham,pretty good condition for it’s age I guess. Still has excellent snap and no wobble on the blades. Thanks for looking!

Bill, That backspring is almost 3/16' thick. Keeps it snappy! J.O.

Saynor fixed blade hawkbill. Not many of these around.___Dave

Nice Dave I’m sure it’s rare for sure!!

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 6:21 pm Bill, That backspring is almost 3/16' thick. Keeps it snappy! J.O.

I bet it does John!!

DJK: Never seen a fixed blade like that. It's a rare bird!
Here's it's folding cousin. Blade stamped SAYNOR, tang stamped SHEFFIELD ENGLAND, pile side tang stamped SAYNOR, COOKE, & RIDAL. Again, integral bolsters and a thick, strong backspring, butt plate, and great stag. J.O'.

Yours is prettier than mine. Yeah, this is the only fixed blade one I've seen.___Dave

That’s a really good looking knife John Love the stag and blade!!

Thanks Gents. Love those English Hawks! J.O'.

DJK: What was the box in the pic for?
I'm guessing a fixed blade Hawk would need a sheath of some kind in a field or orchard. I'm wondering if it was part of some kind of specialized set of cutlery and maybe not just a pruner, It is really a mysterious thing. Looks like it has a full tang. Maybe a butchers piece or even medical. ???????? J.O'.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Thu Apr 07, 2022 12:23 pm DJK: What was the box in the pic for?
I'm guessing a fixed blade Hawk would need a sheath of some kind in a field or orchard. I'm wondering if it was part of some kind of specialized set of cutlery and maybe not just a pruner, It is really a mysterious thing. Looks like it has a full tang. Maybe a butchers piece or even medical. ???????? J.O'.

It's just a sleeve that the knife fits into just like ink scrapers come in. The knife is just a basic fixed blade hawkbill.____Dave

OK Thanks. J.O'.

BWT
Ridgegrass
djknife,
Great looking pieces all of you and thanks for posting. Otherwise we'd never see those kind of beauties.

Thanks IMan

Here is a rare Brown Bros knife

Mike

Any relation to the Browns that formed Union/Kabar?

I would think so

Mike, a beautiful OLD barehead jack knife.

Very nice Mike,nice find!!

galvanic1882 wrote: ↑Sun May 01, 2022 2:36 pm Here is a rare Brown Bros knife

Classy old cutlery, Mike!

Thanks guys!

Galvanic: A rare bird indeed. Here's my one and only Brown Bros. I call it the patriarch of my Union/Ka Bar/Olcut collection. Little guy, genuine tortoise. J.O'.

Sweet

Unk wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:33 pm Nice knives, guys

Here's a G.H. Richards pruner with big ol' thick stag handles. It has what I assume is an address "234 Borough S.E".....as well as the number "3" stamped on the back.

I have listed this on AAPK before, but no one could offer any info. Goin's doesn't list anything (at least that I could find). I am assuming this is a Sheffield knife from around 1900...plus or minus 20 years?

Hi Mike. I don't know if you still have the knife, but I recently acquired an almost identical one. It turns out the address is" G.H. Richards 234 Borough, London, S.E., England", and they were a horticultural supplier in England. Mr. Google turned up a few of their ads from the early 1900's in the Florist and Nursery Exchange. The ads are on microfilm, so the best I could do is a screenshot. I'm assuming they were made for Richards by one of the Sheffield knife makers. Mine is also marked "3", so maybe they were made in other sizes as well?