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robinetn,

That is one sweeeet knife!

Another one I discovered while looking for something else .

robinetn, very nice old Rodgers salesman's sample. I love it.

Paul

I just traded for these 3......The first just says Stainless Sheffield England. Its closed length is 2 inches.
Second,is a G. Ibbersons & Co.....2 3/4 closed length.
Third is a William Rodgers..2 1/2 closed.
Thanks for looking.

Those are great! Looks like you made out well in the trade!

Thank you..

I traded with someone who lives in the UK ....... and the cool thing about that is we both get something we're not use to seeing all the time.
makes it extra special.

johnnierotten wrote:I just traded for these 3......

Good looking knives J

Thanks for showing `em

Your welcome,Bro.

purty little things....biker earrings?

Struggling to identify the maker and approx date of manufacture of this strange knife, which belonged to my grandfather and came to me via my dad, here in the UK, but the knife could have been made anywhere. It has a 'late 1800s' look about it, but I'll stand corrected. There are no maker's marks or serial numbers to be found anywhere on the knife. All suggestions gratefully accepted.

Hi,

How long is the knife with the blades closed?

Are there any broken blades?

Miller Bro`s wrote:Hi,

How long is the knife with the blades closed?

Are there any broken blades?

Folded length is 85mm (about 3 and 3/8 ins.).
One of the small cutting blades has lost the last 5mm from its tip.
The MoP on the reverse side is missing about 10mm from one end.
In the photo, 2 of the gadgets arent shown - they arent opened out - they were either stuck or else there is some kind of 'defeat' mechanism that prevented me opening them when adjacent gadgets were out.

Hard to say exactly who made it.

These were made for display in stores that sold cutlery items from a particular knife manufacturer. It would be placed in a window facing the street or in a seperate display case where patrons could view the handy work of the cutler.

These were also made for world fairs and expositions back in the day. But the size of yours is too small for this use. They are usually much larger for expositions.

Looking at the implements I would say it was made before the 1930`s.

I found these two at Bret's place today. I like the long pull on the Ka-bar.

Those are nice.

Thanks, Johnny.

pandorasbox wrote:Struggling to identify the maker and approx date of manufacture of this strange knife, which belonged to my grandfather and came to me via my dad, here in the UK, but the knife could have been made anywhere. It has a 'late 1800s' look about it, but I'll stand corrected. There are no maker's marks or serial numbers to be found anywhere on the knife. All suggestions gratefully accepted.

dad knife.jpg

You need to go post that on www.britishblades.com in the historical thread. One of them will help you figure it out. Of course Smiling-Knife and Wellington03 peruse these threads as well.

Cheers,

Here are some more pearls...............

That 3rd one down, is that abolone bands in the handle?

Yes it is

I added the picture of the covered backspring

MB,

What company made that knife with the abalone bands?

K,

It`s a unusual brand Balke & Schaaf

Empire pearl whittler...........

Holy cow.... I just about fell out of my chair, MB. That's an AWESOME knife!!!

Yowzers!!......thats a sweeet whittler!!