All About Pocket Knives

Here is a Holley

You just keep teasing me ,lovely bone again buddy.

Well, that Holley, that's a beautiful old knife right there.

Lyle and Joe,
Thanks for the comments, I just found the Holley this past week end and couldn't pass it up.
Jim

Sweet Holley pruner ... No doubt it's hard to pass up a Holley ....

Lee

John,wiseguy ,you have 2 beauties too.

Thanks Lyle, do love those old stag pruners.
Found this early Queen with Queen City tang stamp, I think that is from 1922 to 1932.

Wow,what a blade John.

Sure is Lyle, lucky so much of it remains.
Just received 2 more, a 1991 Queen and a Saynor Crooke&Ridal that is a 100 years or so earlier. The 1991 Queen has similar blade profile to the 1920's Queen.

I like those curves.

Lots of beautiful old Horticultural Knives posted in this thread ... To add a few of mine...

Walden Knife Company Pruner - This knife without a doubt is the nicest wood handle knife that I have in my collection... think it is cocobola. While this maker is usually out of my scope of focus for collecting there was no way I was leaving this behind once I had it in hand (and thus it is part of my "Special Opportunties" category ... Hardest snapping blade I have by far as well - just a great quality solid knife!!
Excelsior Knife Co Pruner - Nice cocobola and pinched bolster in a good quality CT maker... and not easy to find )
Saynor Cooke & Ridal - Meehan Phila - Budding/Grafting Knife - see separate post on this knife under Knife Lore for details.
Funny - I have learned to say - "Never say never" in knife collecting... if you would have asked me 2 months ago if I had any interest in horticultural knives the answer would have been no... Now I have 3 and one more on the way

Cheers
Lee

Figured this would be a good way to revive this thread. This is a group of hawks that a friend has collected. The top knives are a George Schrade and a Catt. The bottom 2 are Catt's

From left to right for the group, Allen Cutlery, Wilbert, Terrier, Keene, Utica, Holley, Electric Cut, Mason & Sons, Beaver Falls, H & JW King, another Catt, Crandall Cutlery, Schrade Cut, Ulster, John Chatillon

Very nice group.

Those are really nice, Mike

Tom

Wow! Quite a collection

How long is that Electric Cut.?

Thanks all, it was fun getting them together that's for sure and of course I'm still on the hunt for them. The Electric is 5" closed and 8 1/2" open

galvanic1882 wrote:The Electric is 5" closed and 8 1/2" open

Thanks that`s a big `un

Horn handles folding brass spud, I love the tang stamp on this one!

Very Nice MB, two oxen?

Beechtree wrote:Very Nice MB, two oxen?

Thanks, I believe so, here is a close up

This is an Italian brand.

Cool knife MB ... the stamp is unique for sure and the spud no doubt is different than the norm!!

Here's an Empire Winsted CT Hawkbill that took a good bit of cleaning when I received it - but not too bad now imo...
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Lee

I may have a Du Boui like Dimitri's,been a while since I saw it.I like the built in spuds. As Gus said an Italian maker.

Lee,you're getting close,I grin, that's a nice knife from a great cutler,Shapleigh's exclusive early contractor of DE knives.

Nice one Lee, it looks to have quite some life! I do like old ebony, it seems to keep up well even after many years of service.

Thanks Lee & Lyle

Here is an unusual one, even has a glass cutter at the end!