All About Pocket Knives

Dimitri, your "run of the mill", with the blade etch, is a beauty. It would be the star attraction of my small Sheffield collection.

BWT wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 1:09 pm Mike and Dimitri I’ll take that run of the mill lockback anytime Dimitri!!

Thank you Bill

danno50 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 2:58 pm Dimitri, your "run of the mill", with the blade etch, is a beauty. It would be the star attraction of my small Sheffield collection.

Thanks Dan

Liking that “ run o mill” knife D.... if you don’t mind, what does that blade etch say on that knife?

wiseguy wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 12:17 am Liking that “ run o mill” knife D.... if you don’t mind, what does that blade etch say on that knife?

Thanks J

The blade etch reads "The Victor"

Thanks, I thought I’ve seen it on an American made knife , interesting!

You did!

See here https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/ca ... 92-to-1923

Thanks, Was there a back story about that ? I had heard a connection with Schrade and Germany but not England. Is the etch on your knife original?

Thanks for the nice comments, danno50. BWT, Miller Bros., wlf, and 1fartsmells.
And more great showings by galvanic1882 and Miller Bros. Wonderful "The Victor" blade etch on M.B.s' excellent folder which is very similar to the etch on a Press Button Victor as has been mentioned. Picture enclosed of an ad for the Press Button model.
M.B., what is the company name of that "Victor" knife? And I don't have any spare blades for the Turner sheath knife.
wlf, dating a Wostenholm, or most any knife for that matter, can be a bit tricky, but I can narrow down the date on the ivory gunstock model to somewhere between 1891 and WWI for that particular model with that exact tang stamp. That IXL gunstock knife was offered at least as early as 1885, and as late as the late 1920s, but with different tang stamps used on both earlier and later models.

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 12:22 am Here's a run of the mill lock back.............

I too am wondering what is the stamping on THE VICTOR?
Is it RON O'DEMILL ?

Mason wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:28 am M.B., what is the company name of that "Victor" knife?

1fartsmella wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 9:54 pm I too am wondering what is the stamping on THE VICTOR?
Is it RON O'DEMILL ?

Thanks guys sorry it took so long.

The name on this knife is JAMESON AND CO.

Dimitri, Certainly a very interesting knife.

This one has been posted in another thread about a year ago but belongs here as well. Most likely a Britt.
This knife has a one piece split back spring. Although it's a little worse for the wear, I had to buy it. 3 1/8" closed. Ivory handles with 3 circle cutouts on the front side. I'm guessing that at one time had some inlay material, maybe pearl or abalone? The cutouts have been filled in with some sort of clay or putty. The master blade is stamped BRAMHALL/ELLISON/CARLISLE/WORKS. The small blades stamped ELLISON CARLISLE WORKS. Can't find any info on this maker. I'm sure it's quite old. Maybe Sheffield? Check out he photo of the back spring.

Thanks Barry.

That's a very nice old, I would say 1850-60's, whittler you have there

Very nice Barry Nothing not to like about that one!!

Lovely old knife, Barry.

Here's a John McClory & Son's horseman's knife...,....

Very nice one, Dimitri.

1fartsmella wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:27 pm Check out he photo of the back spring.

What a fine old knife that is. Love the little square bolster.
I'm just dying to know with what the cutler cut the spring with.
A fine kerf in steel if ever there was one from an earlier day.

Dimitri very nice

Thanks Dan and Bill

MB

Pretty sure this knife was made in England. All three blades are stamped A.L.BABCOCK HARDWARE CO.. According to history books this man came from Europe to Billings Montana and set the town on the map. Stag, whittler lockback of a pattern all its own. Yes it has been used.

1fartsmella wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:27 pm This one has been posted in another thread about a year ago but belongs here as well. Most likely a Britt.
This knife has a one piece split back spring. Although it's a little worse for the wear, I had to buy it. 3 1/8" closed. Ivory handles with 3 circle cutouts on the front side. I'm guessing that at one time had some inlay material, maybe pearl or abalone? The cutouts have been filled in with some sort of clay or putty. The master blade is stamped BRAMHALL/ELLISON/CARLISLE/WORKS. The small blades stamped ELLISON CARLISLE WORKS. Can't find any info on this maker. I'm sure it's quite old. Maybe Sheffield? Check out he photo of the back spring.

What a beautiful old knife! The profile reminds me a lot of this one even though it only has two blades.Check out the way they made the back spring in this one to compensate for the width disparity in the blades.Wish it was in better shape.The pique work was only popular from about 1840 to 1850 so it is fairly easy to date.

Nice to see and old lockback whittler, Jacknifeben.
Classy Wharncliffe pen knife, Ray. Neat back spring, looks like a swell centre back spring.

Anybody ever seen an IXL or any knife with one stainless blade and one Carbon? Got this last week. The knife does not appear to have been worked on. It is tight and snappy, really no evidence of blade replacement at all. First time I'd ever seen this situation.Bolsters and liners are also stainless. Thanks for any input. J.O'.