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This is a Wostenholm pruner from circa 1920s30s.

I don't know what it is about Wostenholm I*XL's, but I really like them all.

Don't know if it's old or not, but it looks like a pruner. Blade has no stamp. Looks nice though. Won this one without even trying. Placed min. bid and left - only bidder $7 + ship. Interesting that I offered the guy $10 and he wouldn't take it. In description he said the blade had been ground flat, I guess from a hawkbill, but I think it was made thisaway. Maybe I got skunked again

Flea bay , flea bay , flea bay. The guy prob figured he would get a million bucks for it.

tjmurphy wrote: In description he said the blade had been ground flat, I guess from a hawkbill, but I think it was made thisaway. Maybe I got skunked again

I think you are right, it was made that way.
I will double your $$ plus pay shipping if you want to get rid of it!
I love a good Wharncliffe, and that is a dandy!


BTW, how in the world did I miss an entire thread on Pruners (knives not old people)?
Guess I been too busy! I will have to make up for lost time.....

Dale

Making up for lost time.......

Here is an Ulster with tortoise shell (imitation I am sure) handles.
The scratch is on my scanner, not the knife.

Here is a worn old Cattaraugus:
A Shapleigh Hardware Hawkbill: Dale

Nice ones Dale, but I really like that TS. Tortoise shell has always had a classy look to it, real or otherwise.

I picked up one of these I*XL pruning knives at a knife show recently and I was wondering if anyone figured out what the TYNE stands for?

Or did I miss the answer someware

Keith

I have one just like it, without the blade etch, see page 1 of this thread. TYNE is olde English for river. The TYNE is a river in NE England. We have friends in Great Britain who live in Newcastle Upon the TYNE. What does it all mean Is your blade stainless steel?

Here are a few more Hawkbills.
Most of the pics are labeled with the brand name & are pretty self explanatory.

Dale

Tj.

Nope, it's not Stainless Steel.

Keith

Here is a small collection of early pruners mostly from the Hudson valley and northeast . NEW YORK KNIFE MATTEWAN 1852-1856. NEW YORK KNIFE WALDEN, NEW YORK KNIFE HAMMER BRAND WALDEN. Schrade cut co, Schrade Walden, John Primble Walden knife, Remington, Challange , Keene kutter, Robeson, Shapleigh, Napanoch. and a CT UNION. The Mattewan was a find a very rare tang. The stand alone brass bottom Union is also quite early and also a favorite of mine. I have often found these early brass bottom plates having the same curious small round dents in them as shown in the attached pic. After much research the conclusion reached is that these knives which were often carried by farmers and soldiers ( as patch cutting knives ) were perfect for banging against to dislodge a jammed firing pin which would get clogged from the black powder then used. LT

WOW LT!!

That is a RARE hawk, (rare bird.....sorry I couldn't stop myself)


Dale

Very nice hawkbill pruners LT & Dale This is a Thomas Turner & co pruner jack circa 1900. s-k

ozzie marie wrote:Tj.

Nope, it's not Stainless Steel.

Keith

Hey Keith - The reason I ask is that Ramrod had posted one earlier with stainless steel blade
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... mit=Search
These knives are really solidly built and the the steel is very hard and kind of difficult to sharpen, very heavy snap when closing. I've had mine since sometime in the early 70's. You guys have posted some really K-nice K-nives.

WOW!

TJ, Ozzie, LT, Dale, S-K did I miss anyone?

What a LOAD of nice old horticultural knives posted here in the last few days

Keep em coming

I've been trying to find information on the origins of the TYNE knife, but nothing new so far. Wostenholm also made Burbank and Curtis gardening knives. These were named after famous horticulturalists. The river Tyne still seems like the front runner. I'm not sure of the connection though.

Anyway, one more old hawkbill for now. s-k

When I first started researching the "TYNE" mark, it seems that I came up with TYNE being old English for TOWN, which, maybe, would mean for use in a home garden rather than say the field.

Here's a few of mine.I may have posted some of these before so if I did please bear with me.

First is an oldie marked,"GH Exhibition";probably English.
Second is a REAL oldie:a George Woodhead.I have 2 Woodhead folders and have yet to come across any more.Woodhead was mostly known for his bowies.
Third is a Hoffritz hawkbill with a folding pair of shears.Only bad thing about it is the latch on the shears doesn't function well.
Fourth is another oldie:a John Copley with the widest scales I've ever seen.Have to post a pic of the top view to show them.
Fifth is a New York Knife Co. pruner that has seen better days.
Sixth and Seventh are two Russell pruners with different handle materials and tang stamps.
Eighth is a large grape harvester marked,"S.Coop".Maybe English.
Ninth is another English oldie:Samuel Robinson Sheffield.
Last for this post is one marked Sheffield.Looks like the secondary blade was cut from a screwdriver blade.
Part 2 will be along shortly.

Part 2:

First is the biggest grape harvester I have ever seen:Marked Hoffritz Made in Italy.More like a watermelon harvester!
Second is a florist's knife marked Gerson.Could be a Schrade or Camillus.
Third is a budding/grafting knife marked Saynor.Handle is ivory.
Fourth is another budder marked Saynor Henderson Cutlery.
Fifth is a hawkbill marked,Ulster Dwight Devine & Son.
Sixth is marked Ulster.
Seventh is an unmarked grape harvester of a more reasonable size.
Eighth is an unmarked miniature hawkbill with stag scales.
Ninth is a new hawkbill by Valor with thumb stud and liner lock.
Last is another Saynor marked W.Drummond &Sons.First stag handled knife I ever bought.Very old.

K7K,

Nice ones

Here is one that I have posted before on a different thread but thought that a few people have not seen. It is a Gilles London take down knife. It has 4 blades and 2 saw blades in the set. First picture is of one of the blades out of the knife with the locking plate open to recieve the blade.

This is one of my favorite knives!!!

That is very cool According to the London Knife book, the cutler William Gilles was born in Sheffield and then moved to London in 1855. His son, also William, took over the company and it seems was in business to about 1910. Great knife, thanks for show it. s-k

Thanks S-K for the info on the maker. I always wondered about how early the piece was. I need to get a copy of that book!!

Mike