Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:45 am
This one was made by Schrade as well. Always liked Schrade's jigging.
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Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 3:07 pm
Wow, that old Schrade jigging just speaks to me....beautiful stuff!
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 5:08 pm
Great knives on this thread, JohnR...that IXL is stellar 
How about this old gal...the whale logo is associated with Richartz, Solingen...not sure how old this is, but it sure has seen some pocket time. cheers
How about this old gal...the whale logo is associated with Richartz, Solingen...not sure how old this is, but it sure has seen some pocket time. cheers
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 9:09 pm
Great knives all.
There sure is great jigging on that Miller Bros. Joe
Fantastic five blade Another Knife Collector!
Here is (not the best photo) of a Thomaston Knife Co. (1887-1930) barehead jack with pretty bone handles.
There sure is great jigging on that Miller Bros. Joe
Fantastic five blade Another Knife Collector!
Here is (not the best photo) of a Thomaston Knife Co. (1887-1930) barehead jack with pretty bone handles.
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 12:42 am
Very nice Beechtree.
Great covers, and a great stamp. Fine looking old spear too.
An old 3 1/2" Empire for this fun and educational thread.
Great covers, and a great stamp. Fine looking old spear too.
An old 3 1/2" Empire for this fun and educational thread.
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 1:05 am
Sweet Empire Joe.
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 2:02 am
Thanks, Roger.
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 7:35 pm
...love the bone on that one!!!...I've got a Camillus like it!!.... ........
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 8:35 pm
The bone on that Thomaston reminds me of old Camillus bone B,nice knife.
Joe beautiful knife,and that jigging is typical for Empire. Here are some Empire made .First two on the left are Shapleighs,a DE and the old one in the middle is an AF Shapleigh(old,different jigging,pick bone. probably late 1800s).The DE shows the Empire jigging ,like Joe's.
The far right is marked Empire,jigging is consistent,but worn. Norvell Shapleigh was the exclusive southern and western distributor of Empire knives. You could get most all patterns marked with either stamp.
I have another that is marked S Norvell (Saunders Norvell) which also is Empire made,but is too worn to show the jigging.
This is a good thread.
Joe beautiful knife,and that jigging is typical for Empire. Here are some Empire made .First two on the left are Shapleighs,a DE and the old one in the middle is an AF Shapleigh(old,different jigging,pick bone. probably late 1800s).The DE shows the Empire jigging ,like Joe's.
The far right is marked Empire,jigging is consistent,but worn. Norvell Shapleigh was the exclusive southern and western distributor of Empire knives. You could get most all patterns marked with either stamp.
I have another that is marked S Norvell (Saunders Norvell) which also is Empire made,but is too worn to show the jigging.
This is a good thread.
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 8:47 pm
...this is makin' me drool!!!!!...... ...............
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 8:54 pm
Lyle, that is some mighty pretty bone on your Empires!
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 2:02 am
Joe and Lyle, those are beauties. Great bone on all. Especially like that Empire whittler! It's flung a cravin on me - most whittlers do, though. 
Ken
Ken
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 2:15 am
Thanks for all the nice comments guys.
Lyle, as usual, very nice looking knives.
Lyle, as usual, very nice looking knives.
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:35 pm
Joe and Lyle - those are all beauties 
.... To me it is quite interesting how the jigging pattern can be recognized as to different makers.... I wonder if it was the tool they used to do the jigging?.. If it was the same guy at each company doing the work than maybe one would expect a similar end product but obviously that was not the case...
Lyle - you really got me interested in farmer's jacks but I've never even seen one for sale... You must have the world supply
... Seriously you have a great collection of them!!!!
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Lee
.... To me it is quite interesting how the jigging pattern can be recognized as to different makers.... I wonder if it was the tool they used to do the jigging?.. If it was the same guy at each company doing the work than maybe one would expect a similar end product but obviously that was not the case... Lyle - you really got me interested in farmer's jacks but I've never even seen one for sale... You must have the world supply
... Seriously you have a great collection of them!!!!---------
Lee
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:37 pm
Thanks Tommy,Ralph,Joe ,Ken ,Lee. Lee ,there are 2 or 3 for sale on eBay.
Ken ,those I posted are farmers jacks,aka rooster combs.
Here is a Shapleigh whittler,same frame as the farmers jacks.It is also an Empire made knife.Voyles cut shown has it 4" ,actually this knife and the farmers jacks on the same frame are 4 1/8" in length,as are Schrade farmers jacks.
Ken ,those I posted are farmers jacks,aka rooster combs.
Here is a Shapleigh whittler,same frame as the farmers jacks.It is also an Empire made knife.Voyles cut shown has it 4" ,actually this knife and the farmers jacks on the same frame are 4 1/8" in length,as are Schrade farmers jacks.
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 2:15 pm
.......I REALLY like that one!!!!................ ..............
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 5:05 pm
1963 case I picked up the other day
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 6:59 pm
**1973
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 7:19 pm
Welcome Zharley! Great folk here. Please stick around awhile.Zharley88 wrote:**1973
Thanks for the correction on the date. Had me wondering. Nice knife you have there!
Regards, Jerry
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:34 pm
Joe, that is a perrrfect looking little beauty :
Lyle, that is a great comparison of Empire farmer jacks. The whittler is a stunner! Really special knife. Thanks for sharing them.
:Lyle, that is a great comparison of Empire farmer jacks. The whittler is a stunner! Really special knife. Thanks for sharing them.
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 1:47 am
I always thought these 2 Miller Bros knives would have made a nice set to be sold in the old days (and no I bought them on separate occasions) - the jigging looks very similar to my eye though the scales are different colors between them... I actually like those reddish brown scales on the Jumbo Jack... note the bolsters are iron on the jumbo and nickel silver on the wharncliffe... (I'll post some other pics of these 2 knives with blades open in the other threads where they fit.)
Lee
Lee
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:23 am
Thanks B,my buddy thought it was a farmers jack for me,until he looked closer.We traded anyways,I liked it.
Lee,
A knife with jigging like that is oldddd and very beautiful to my eye. And you know I like the Wharcliffes. Grinning.
Lee,
A knife with jigging like that is oldddd and very beautiful to my eye. And you know I like the Wharcliffes. Grinning.
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 4:05 am
Great knives, Lyle and Lee!
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 12:59 pm
Beautiful knives you're showing, Lee.
Re: Old Knives With Jigged Bone Handles
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:53 pm
Thanks fellas!!! 
Well here's something interesting and referred to by Lyle in the Farmer's jack thread... check the pile side of the MB Wharncliffe as to scale color... darker and almost a match to the Jumbo Jack scales (mark and pile side) - so do these knives date to about the same time of production (similarity in jigging and scales
)... BTW - the other pics of knife will be posted - I think a Wharncliffe thread needs to be initiated as I can't find one ......
Lee
Well here's something interesting and referred to by Lyle in the Farmer's jack thread... check the pile side of the MB Wharncliffe as to scale color... darker and almost a match to the Jumbo Jack scales (mark and pile side) - so do these knives date to about the same time of production (similarity in jigging and scales
)... BTW - the other pics of knife will be posted - I think a Wharncliffe thread needs to be initiated as I can't find one ......Lee