All About Pocket Knives

That is a great little knife, Joe!

i got one its not as nice as the ones thats on here its a walter bros i need to give it a good cleaning does anybody know a adge on this knife

and here is a couple more the first one is a howard bros germany and the second one is a robeson sharidge usa

Thank you, Kathy.

Thanks Kathy. Hopefully the pearl hound dog won't get loose..............it took WAY too long to catch him the first time!.

thegreedygulo wrote:Thanks Kathy. Hopefully the pearl hound dog won't get loose..............it took WAY too long to catch him the first time!.

I think I will leave some dog biscuits out on my front porch!

Bret bought me three quills today for my birthday. Two of them are Friedmann & Lauterjung and the third one is a Holley. I love Holley knife even with the wear, but the Friedmann & Lauterjung knives are very cool. The F & L's both have great snap still. I just imagine J.B. Champlin peddlin' these out of a suitcase.

Very nice knives Kathy!

K-nice K-nives K-athy and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Awww, Thanks you guys! I got to spend my Birthday at a gunshow in Cleveland. I am probably one of those rare women that would be happy with that?

As we say in my family Happy Birpy Kathy and you go Bret for buying those knives for her!!!

Ivory handle Ward Perley & Co............

A little Quill any one?
I really enjoy this thread, some VERY nice old knives here!
Here is an American knife co. (1849-1875), I think it is an Ivory handle.
The length is 2"

Very nice!

Glad to see someone else showing these

Tortoise handle is a Southington, the Pearl is unmarked and the Wood is a Waterville. I included a photo showing how the back spring fills the handle of the knife.

Those are great TFS, that Southington sure is a beauty.

thefarside wrote:Tortoise handle is a Southington, the Pearl is unmarked and the Wood is a Waterville.

Thanks for showing these nice oldies

I am pretty sure Kathy is gonna love this one

Ahh, Dimitri... for someone who has never met me, you sure know what I like! What an elegant little pearl!

knifegirl888 wrote:Ahh, Dimitri... for someone who has never met me, you sure know what I like!

I know one thing, you have very good taste when it comes to old knives

knifegirl888 wrote:What an elegant little pearl!

I agree, it was made for an elegant Victorian lady in it`s day

It is a snappy little devil too!

Here's a few:Top to bottom:
National Cutlery Germany
D.Peres
Camillus 3 line
Southington
I*XL
B&B
Stephens

The bottom one is a unique item in that it is a combination ink eraser and quill knife used to actually make quills.It works by taking the quill and pushing the point into the groove along both edges where it contacts the pointed edge of the blade;splitting the tip to allow ink to flow.The opposite end is a hard rubber ink eraser.
I have a couple more quill knives that are built on the end of letter openers;one pearl and the other ivory and tortoise shell.I'm trying to locate them now.
Note the B&B knife which is a large copy of the GW knife.The ad on the opposite side is for the Hydrocarbon Products Co.;and the list of products is like a Who's who of carcinogens:Benzol;Toluol;Xylol;etc.

Man, I like this thread, some beautiful examples of an elegant old pattern. I only have one I recently got on ebay. Edward Barnes and Sons. Slim

yes, some nice ones here. I am like Slim just one is all i have...

KEEN KUTTER

Ray, Slim and Cato, thanks for showing your quill knives!

They are all interesting and fun to look at

This one is a bit unusual in that it has the patented Pellett blade pull to open the blade, and it works quite well