Antique Knives Made In England

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edisdead wrote: ↑Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:40 pm IMG_20220604_134926.jpgIMG_20220604_134949.jpgIMG_20220604_135018.jpg
Nice Ed thanks for sharing it ::tu:: ::tu::
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Waukonda wrote: ↑Sat Jun 04, 2022 6:21 pm At 3 7/8", this Wostenholm sports an older stamp with no * in the IXL, Goins says 1850-1890.
Beautiful stag! ::tu::
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A nice, smooth bone, A J Jordan dogleg. The main is stamped "Sheffield and St Louis", the secondary has "Sheffield England".
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Ike that is a great looking knife, congrats.... ::tu::
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Great find Ike ::tu:: ::tu::
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I always figured this knife came from England because the owner came over in 1890 and started a hardware store in BILLINGS MONTANA.
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Waukonda wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:23 pm A nice, smooth bone, A J Jordan dogleg. The main is stamped "Sheffield and St Louis", the secondary has "Sheffield England".
Great knife! ::tu::
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Waukonda wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:23 pm A nice, smooth bone, A J Jordan dogleg. The main is stamped "Sheffield and St Louis", the secondary has "Sheffield England".
Awesome knife Ike! ::tu::
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Waukonda wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:23 pm A nice, smooth bone, A J Jordan dogleg. The main is stamped "Sheffield and St Louis", the secondary has "Sheffield England".
I don't know I missed this one Ike.
Great looking knife.
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Thank you all for the comments!
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Wow Waukonda, that Wolstenholm Farmers Jack stag is amazing, and so is that A J Jordan. Awwwwwwwwwwesome show.
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Nice Wostenholm Ike. You should post it in the farmers jacks thread.

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Here are 2 marked Army & Navy CSL, they were a London firm that sold items for military personnel which started around 1880. Stag is 7” closed and the horn is 5” closed.
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Nice Mike, Ike, and D.

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Jacknifeben wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 10:58 pm I always figured this knife came from England because the owner came over in 1890 and started a hardware store in BILLINGS MONTANA.
Beautiful piece, love the look of those covers.

galvanic1882 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 16, 2022 3:27 pm Here are 2 marked Army & Navy CSL, they were a London firm that sold items for military personnel which started around 1880. Stag is 7” closed and the horn is 5” closed.

Two great looking vintage pieces. For that old they look fabulous.
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Lockwood Bros.(1849-present?) Sheffield. 3--9/16" Horn scales, factory edges, tight and snappy.Just stained from exposure. J.O'.
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Beautiful knife, as usual, Lyle. ::tu:: ::tu::
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This one's a dandy to chew on. It's marked only Sheffield England. A big 4 1/2" steel jack with some terrific bone and rat tail bolsters..
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I second the motion, wlf. Absolutely a dandy.

Here's one I have wanted to post, but not having a camera, no opportunity. But I saw on the Empire thread that Barry had used his scanner to post an image of a knife. I had never thought about using a scanner.

Anyway, here's a John Copley & Sons, with a single 5 and 7/16th-inch half-saber spear blade (or is it a Eucalyptus leaf blade?), deep-stamped alongside the spine [TO STRIKE FIRE].

Is that hand-gouged jigging?

How to categorize it -- is it an English Jack, or too coarse?

It has a primitive aspect for me, and recalls William Blake: “...What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?”
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That's a behemoth. Nice

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wlf wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 12:01 am This one's a dandy to chew on. It's marked only Sheffield England. A big 4 1/2" steel jack with some terrific bone and rat tail bolsters..
Oh yeah!!! ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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stumpstalker wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 2:29 am I second the motion, wlf. Absolutely a dandy.

Here's one I have wanted to post, but not having a camera, no opportunity. But I saw on the Empire thread that Barry had used his scanner to post an image of a knife. I had never thought about using a scanner.

Anyway, here's a John Copley & Sons, with a single 5 and 7/16th-inch half-saber spear blade (or is it a Eucalyptus leaf blade?), deep-stamped alongside the spine [TO STRIKE FIRE].

Is that hand-gouged jigging?

How to categorize it -- is it an English Jack, or too coarse?

It has a primitive aspect for me, and recalls William Blake: “...What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?”
Very impressive knife! ::tu:: ::tu:: Tyger! Tyger!
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Nice one stumpstalker . Looks like a hand full .
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Here is the pile side of the John Copley & Sons with the 4-1/8th-inch Case 99 pattern that I have most often carried over several decades.

I find engaging the industrial and commercial use of the XX mark, which can be seen on the tang of the J. Copley.
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