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Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 10:00 pm
by QTCut5
toomanyknives wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 8:24 pm
My Wharny Wednesday offering.
Oooohhh, I like that one.....beautiful Crimson Bone diamond shield Seahorse Whittler, Kerry
I have a thing for certain shields.....mainly diamond and arrowhead shields.
At first glance and/or to the untrained eye my WW submission for today may look like one of the Case Classic Honey Bone Wharncliffe Whittlers in the set of three that I already posted a bit earlier. However, this is actually an orphan that I have not sold yet--although I probably will very soon (contact me if interested, good deals given to my fellow Wharn heads
).
Between Kevin & Kerry, there seems to be a bit of a Seahorse theme in today's WW. All too often, the Case Classics Wharncliffe Whittlers like the ones I'm showing today are erroneously called "Seahorse Whittlers" because they look a lot like a Case Seahorse (again, at first glance and/or to the untrained eye) and they have a similar pattern number (63055 and 630055) to a Seahorse (6355). Unlike the iconic Case Seahorse, however, which, among other differences, was actually made by Case in the Case factory, the Case Classic Wharncliffe Whittlers were contracted out to Queen and made in the Queen factory. It used to bother me that a knife made by one company would have a different, competing knife company's name on it, but after I discovered how widespread the practice was and how long it's been going on among virtually every knife company, eventually I got used to it and it ceased to seem strange.
This is a 1994 Case Classic Arrowhead Shield Jigged Honey Bone Wharncliffe Whittler 63055 made by Queen (
not a Case Seahorse!!!
)
Custom Mahogany TCJr Leatherworks pocket slip handmade by Tom 'bestgear' Cosgrove (contact him to get one of your own before he gets too famous and sells his company for a billion dollars to a multinational leather conglomerate churning out lower quality slips from some far eastern country that shall remain nameless
)
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 10:25 pm
by Dinadan
Charlie - nice Queen. Too bad about getting hooked, but look at the positive. You like photography and Wharncliffes make very good subjects.
Jtx - that Malibu looks very tactical.
Kevin - those Mammoth Ivory Seahorse knives are beauties for sure!
Q - Real Classics!
Toomanyknives - very nice color on that bone.
Once again I found myself sifting through stuff I had pretty much forgotten about, looking for a Wharncliffe: and once again I found one. This is an unbranded knife: possibly reprofiled, but I do not think so. A tiny knife: 2.5 inches closed.
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 11:04 pm
by Dinadan
QTCut5 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 10:00 pm
It used to bother me that a knife made by one company would have a different, competing knife company's name on it, but after I discovered how widespread the practice was and how long it's been going on among virtually every knife company, eventually I got used to it and it ceased to seem strange.
I agree with your sentiments completely. It is funny how Case Classics were never made by Case.
I have a really nice Schrade 85th Anniversary Whittler that was actually made by Camillus, along with several other Schrade Whittlers that I own. I understand farming out production to other companies. But it still strikes me as strange to have another company make a knife commemorating your own company's knife making?
By the way, that last Case Classic is another very nice knife.
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 11:09 pm
by toomanyknives
Jtx wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 8:25 pm
Thanks QTCut5, knifeaddict1965, doglegg, and toomanyknives!
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 11:10 pm
by toomanyknives
tvic wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 9:24 pm
GOOD looking Wharnies, Charlie, jtx, Kevin, Q and TMK!
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 11:12 pm
by toomanyknives
QTCut5 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 10:00 pm
toomanyknives wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 8:24 pm
My Wharny Wednesday offering.
Oooohhh, I like that one.....beautiful Crimson Bone diamond shield Seahorse Whittler, Kerry
I have a thing for certain shields.....mainly diamond and arrowhead shields.
At first glance and/or to the untrained eye my WW submission for today may look like one of the Case Classic Honey Bone Wharncliffe Whittlers in the set of three that I already posted a bit earlier. However, this is actually an orphan that I have not sold yet--although I probably will very soon (contact me if interested, good deals given to my fellow Wharn heads
).
Between Kevin & Kerry, there seems to be a bit of a Seahorse theme in today's WW. All too often, the Case Classics Wharncliffe Whittlers like the ones I'm showing today are erroneously called "Seahorse Whittlers" because they look a lot like a Case Seahorse (again, at first glance and/or to the untrained eye) and they have a similar pattern number (63055 and 630055) to a Seahorse (6355). Unlike the iconic Case Seahorse, however, which, among other differences, was actually made by Case in the Case factory, the Case Classic Wharncliffe Whittlers were contracted out to Queen and made in the Queen factory. It used to bother me that a knife made by one company would have a different, competing knife company's name on it, but after I discovered how widespread the practice was and how long it's been going on among virtually every knife company, eventually I got used to it and it ceased to seem strange.
This is a 1994 Case Classic Arrowhead Shield Jigged Honey Bone Wharncliffe Whittler 63055 made by Queen (
not a Case Seahorse!!!
)
Custom Mahogany TCJr Leatherworks pocket slip handmade by Tom 'bestgear' Cosgrove (contact him to get one of your own before he gets too famous and sells his company for a billion dollars to a multinational leather conglomerate churning out lower quality slips from some far eastern country that shall remain nameless
)
This is why I love AAPK, ~Q~. Not only do you get a compliment on your knife, you get an education also! Great info, buddy. And, Tom does do some fine work!
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 11:20 pm
by toomanyknives
Dinadan wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 10:25 pm
Charlie - nice Queen. Too bad about getting hooked, but look at the positive. You like photography and Wharncliffes make very good subjects.
Jtx - that Malibu looks very tactical.
Kevin - those Mammoth Ivory Seahorse knives are beauties for sure!
Q - Real Classics!
Toomanyknives - very nice color on that bone.
Once again I found myself sifting through stuff I had pretty much forgotten about, looking for a Wharncliffe: and once again I found one. This is an unbranded knife: possibly reprofiled, but I do not think so. A tiny knife: 2.5 inches closed.
Wharncilffe41.jpg
That's a little beauty, Mel.
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2026 11:50 pm
by knifeaddict1965
Great Whittler Show, Q & Kerry!
Cool little vintage piece and love that picture, Mel!
Keeping with the theme of WWW (Wharncliffe Whittler Wednesday), I'm adding a Sea Cow & Giraffe Bone.
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 12:18 am
by Dinadan
knifeaddict1965 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 11:50 pm
Keeping with the theme of WWW (Wharncliffe Whittler Wednesday), I'm adding a Sea Cow & Giraffe Bone.
Beautiful knives ... Sea Cow? Tell us about that one!
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 1:44 am
by Sasquach
QTCut5 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 7:09 pm
Sasquach wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 1:42 pm
Well, looks like I'm hooked. Here is the latest of my Wharncliffe acquisitions.
A Queen USA 84 pattern. It's not Titusville but very well made.
A whole new, fascinating, exciting world of knives suddenly opens up once you've been bitten by the Wharncliffe bug!
I like the burlap micarta, Squach
(my Queen 84 pattern that I posted last week has carbon fiber scales).
Jtx wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 3:16 pmPro-Tech Malibu
Very sleek, elegant auto, Jtx
I had a Pro-Tech Malibu with a different type of blade once, if it had had a cool Wharncliffe blade like yours I would have hung onto it.
knifeaddict1965 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 3:21 pm
Here are a couple Mammoth Ivory Seahorse Whittlers. The top on was rehandled by our very own "BIGHEAD" Barry and the other is factory Mammoth.
Outstanding Mammoth Ivory Seahorses, Kevin
BIGHEAD Barry sure does excellent work.....now you got me thinking it's about time I had him do another mod for me
I still need to photograph a Wharnie from my current collection for today's edition of Wharncliffe Wednesday. In the meantime, here's an archive pic of a set of Case Classic Wharncliffe Whittlers I used to own:
I saw that. That's why I waited 'til this week to post mine. They are heavy duty knives, aren't they.
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 1:46 am
by Sasquach
toomanyknives wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 7:47 pm
Sasquach wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 1:42 pm
Well, looks like I'm hooked. Here is the latest of my Wharncliffe acquisitions.
A Queen USA 84 pattern. It's not Titusville but very well made.
That's too cool, Charlie!
Thanks.
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 1:50 am
by doglegg
toomanyknives wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 8:24 pm
My Wharny Wednesday offering.
Case Seahorse Crimson Burst 2.JPG
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 2:32 am
by QTCut5
Dinadan wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 10:25 pm
Once again I found myself sifting through stuff I had pretty much forgotten about, looking for a Wharncliffe: and once again I found one. This is an unbranded knife: possibly reprofiled, but I do not think so. A tiny knife: 2.5 inches closed.
You're going to need a crowbar soon, Mel, so you can pry up the floorboards looking for more of the Wharnies you have squirreled away in your home
Sweet little MOP knife....I agree, the main blade does not look reprofiled to me either.....looks to be an original Wharncliffe with a nice patina. Kind of reminds me of a Case Baby Copperhead 62109W like this one (archive pics)
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 2:54 am
by GSPTOPDOG
QTCut5 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 10:00 pm
toomanyknives wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 8:24 pm
My Wharny Wednesday offering.
Oooohhh, I like that one.....beautiful Crimson Bone diamond shield Seahorse Whittler, Kerry
I have a thing for certain shields.....mainly diamond and arrowhead shields.
Q, you made an otherwise unhappy tax a little happier with your Case XX pictures
Thanks,,,,
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 2:55 am
by GSPTOPDOG
toomanyknives wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 8:24 pm
My Wharny Wednesday offering.
Case Seahorse Crimson Burst 2.JPG
... I still like it TMK!!!
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 3:06 am
by knifeaddict1965
Dinadan wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2026 12:18 am
knifeaddict1965 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 11:50 pm
Keeping with the theme of WWW (Wharncliffe Whittler Wednesday), I'm adding a Sea Cow & Giraffe Bone.
Beautiful knives ... Sea Cow? Tell us about that one!
Thanks, Mel!
I don't know much about the ol' Sea Cow, but found a couple
different references of them when I got the knife a while back.
I have seen a few custom & customized knives with Sea Cow Bone handles, but they are pretty scarce. I did a Google search for Sea Cow Bone knives and didn't find many examples.
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 4:32 am
by toomanyknives
knifeaddict1965 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 11:50 pm
Great Whittler Show, Q & Kerry!
Cool little vintage piece and love that picture, Mel!
Keeping with the theme of WWW (Wharncliffe Whittler Wednesday), I'm adding a Sea Cow & Giraffe Bone.
Sea Cow & Giraffe.jpg
Giraffe & Sea Cow.jpg
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 4:32 am
by toomanyknives
doglegg wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2026 1:50 am
toomanyknives wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 8:24 pm
My Wharny Wednesday offering.
Case Seahorse Crimson Burst 2.JPG
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 2:34 pm
by tvic
More beauties, Q, Mel and Kevin!
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 3:30 am
by Dinadan
knifeaddict1965 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2026 3:06 am
Thanks, Mel! I don't know much about the ol' Sea Cow, but found a couple
different references of them when I got the knife a while back.
I have seen a few custom & customized knives with Sea Cow Bone handles, but they are pretty scarce. I did a Google search for Sea Cow Bone knives and didn't find many examples.
We have a species of Sea Cow here along the Gulf Coast, the Manatee, but I have never heard of anyone using the bones for handles. I will have to keep an eye out for them.
QTCut5 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2026 2:32 am
You're going to need a crowbar soon, Mel, so you can pry up the floorboards looking for more of the Wharnies you have squirreled away in your home.
I think that the next place I search will be Ebay. I have pretty well plundered my repositories.
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 1:34 pm
by Sasquach
This is one that I snagged at the flea market this past week end. It was the only Wharncliffe I found there. I don't normally shop for Rough Rider knives and only have a couple but this one at 12 bucks didn't get passed by.
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 1:40 pm
by OLDE CUTLER
I was "gifted" this nice Rough Ryder whittler by cody6268 in this years POS exchange, that has a neat Wharncliffe master blade. Thanks Cody!!
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 1:42 pm
by QTCut5
Almost all of my Wharncliffe knives are either single blade or the Wharncliffe is the main blade. However, I also have some multi-blade knives with Wharncliffe secondaries. The now famous Lansky1 patented "Ratcliffe" is a prime example of this less-common configuration. Here is a Ratcliffe variation (also a Lansky1 mod) from my archive dubbed "TyrannoRatcliffe Rex" because of its aggressive toothy serrations.
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 2:17 pm
by QTCut5
Here's an old Schatt & Morgan sleeveboard pattern with a small Wharncliffe secondary.....
Re: It's Wharncliffe Wednesday!
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 2:31 pm
by toomanyknives
Beauties all, ~Q~, Charlie, and O.C.
Here's my submission for today..