All About Pocket Knives

wlf wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 8:32 pm I found this interesting cut about my Wilbert farmer jack. It says Sears are the initiators ( " An entirely new pattern of our own design") of the modified versions I named rooster combs ( after the term used around this way for all farmer jacks ). This cut came from " The Best of Sears Collectibles, 1905-1910".

It's Camillus contract unless Camillus copied this Wilbert for their patterns.That would put Camillus Cutlery Co. in it's infancy.

Cool to see the knife and add together.

wlf wrote: ↑Sun Jan 01, 2023 8:32 pm I found this interesting cut about my Wilbert farmer jack. It says Sears are the initiators ( " An entirely new pattern of our own design") of the modified versions I named rooster combs ( after the term used around this way for all farmer jacks ). This cut came from " The Best of Sears Collectibles, 1905-1910".

It's Camillus contract unless Camillus copied this Wilbert for their patterns.That would put Camillus Cutlery Co. in it's infancy.

EDIT TO THIS POST:
Mine is Camillus contract. Did Camillus copy this Wilbert for their patterns? That would put Camillus Cutlery Co. in its infancy and some examples are shown earlier.
I edited this post after a closer look at the cut's budding blade design with the straight spline as opposed to my examples . I'd like to see a Wilbert farmer jack with the straight spline.

In regards to the above topic , I think , as has been mentioned , Sears was marketing . It could have been in conjunction with Camillus ,I don't know.

New material is a Wostenholm black composition faux stag for Michells Seeds with the others stamped or etched by the same firm.

Sweet trio and great information, Lyle.

1967redrider wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 2:00 pm Sweet trio and great information, Lyle.

I've added a couple of new ones by subtraction of a really nice one.
J S Holler Adolph Blaich San Francisco W G Whiting Manchester. Sheffield made for this high end department store. Most likely closely related to this Clements farmers whittler with it below ( another high end Department store).

Wow, Lyle, stunning knives! I bet quite rare as well. What a focused and wonderful collection you have.

Thanks Floyd.
We don't get much traffic here anymore. I guess all I don't have are in hiding.
I guess I'll try digging up another.

Great post of some astounding knives, Lyle!

Lyle's got them.

Thanks my friends John and Ike.. If you guys come upon any regardless of condition ,please let me know.
John located one of my early absolute favorites a long while back.I had been on it's trail for a while and John spotted it .

wlf wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 3:42 am Thanks my friends John and Ike.. If you guys come upon any regardless of condition ,please let me know.
John located one of my early absolute favorites a long while back.I had been on it's trail for a while and John spotted it .

I always keep an eye out. Shenandoah Valley show will be coming up soon.

1967redrider wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 4:01 am

wlf wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 3:42 am Thanks my friends John and Ike.. If you guys come upon any regardless of condition ,please let me know.

I always keep an eye out. Shenandoah Valley show will be coming up soon.

I never see any. If I ask around at knife shows, guys always tell me that some old bricklayer out in the Mountain State has taken 99.99% of them out of circulation!

Waukonda wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:14 pm

1967redrider wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 4:01 am

wlf wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 3:42 am Thanks my friends John and Ike.. If you guys come upon any regardless of condition ,please let me know.

I always keep an eye out. Shenandoah Valley show will be coming up soon.

I never see any. If I ask around at knife shows, guys always tell me that some old bricklayer out in the Mountain State has taken 99.99% of them out of circulation!

And that's the truth!

As Charlie Noyes said, I've found my bailiwick. I had to look that word up to make sure what it exactly meant. I kinda knew the context.

I started out thinking with their scarceness, I wouldn't have to invest so much , being a poor bricklayer from the mountain state. I found out if you get a little serious ,you can spend regardless.

Great knives as always Lyle !
I definitely can relate to your compassion

Mike

ScoutKnives wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:50 pm Great knives as always Lyle !
I definitely can relate to your compassion

Mike

We married the one we fell in love with , as it should be.

NICE bunch of Roosters you've gathered up Lyle!

Thanks Roger. I went down a rabbit hole that you helped influence . I just lost three 2009 Queen farmers jacks , that I have already , because I didn't do some reattach to eBay.

I just looked at your complete collection in the collections thread started by Rookie. Wow, Lyle, amazing collection!

Thanks Dan.
I saw this catalog cut over 11 years ago and have been looking for this Wostenholm blade combination ever since. Until now I have never seen a "live" example. Thanks Mike for contacting me.

c 1930 Wostenholm "Amateur Gardener" flat sided blades and budding spud blade.

This is not a farmers jack, but what I called a farmers whittler.
It is known in reality by the name given it for a UK horticulturalist and architect named Joseph Paxton, who designed the Crystal Palace of The Great Industrial Exhibition of Nations in 1851. I have only seen Joseph Rogers examples of this pattern, but this being a high end retailers knife it could be made by others.

A J W Wood example that someone tried to "shine up" unfortunately. Still a cool knife probably ,but not surely , Joseph Rodgers made. I've seen two and both were Rodgers. Checkered horn , 4 9/16" big knife . It's almost a gunstock frame that has a slight congress-like bow.

A Paxsons Knife and the Crystal Palace

wlf wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:36 pm This is not a farmers jack, but what I called a farmers whittler.
It is known in reality by the name given it for a UK horticulturalist and architect named Joseph Paxton, who designed the Crystal Palace of The Great Industrial Exhibition of Nations in 1851. I have only seen Joseph Rogers examples of this pattern, but this being a high end retailers knife it could be made by others.
A J W Wood example that some tried to "shine up" unfortunately. Still a cool knife probably but not surely Joseph Rodgers made. I've seen two and both were Rodgers.

A Paxsons Knife and the Crystal Palace

Wowsers!! A Farmer's Whittler!! Amazing!!

Lyle, some very very nice knives and pics of the palace . the catalog page regarding the Amateur Gardener knife and the knife itself , very nice Sir !

Wow! A farmer’s whittler? Who’d a thunk it?

I have never seen a farmer’s jack in the wild. I’d like to though.