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J. Nowell & Sons, Really???
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:00 pm
by RobesonsRme.com
Anybody here think J. Nowell & Sons of Sheffield, England made this knife?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-J-NOWIL ... 3f37ff9793
Bidding starts at $120.00. Ought to go fast.
Charlie Noyes
Re: J. Nowell & Sons, Really???
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:22 pm
by knifetime
Looks German to me, that's just my thought on it. That was the first thing I thought when I saw the pic you posted.
Re: J. Nowell & Sons, Really???
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:30 pm
by djknife13
My guess would be fairly early Pakastan.
Re: J. Nowell & Sons, Really???
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 11:06 pm
by RobesonsRme.com
Usually, those Indian and Pakistani fakers sort of allude to a famous Sheffield maker.
This knife has the proper name and Nowell's touch marks.
If that's a Nowell, it's very early. Goins' dates their start date as 1848.
But, that's a very crude knife for 1840's Sheffield manufacture.
Charlie Noyes
Re: J. Nowell & Sons, Really???
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 1:23 am
by Miller Bro's
RobesonsRme.com wrote:Anybody here think J. Nowell & Sons of Sheffield, England made this knife?
I do
J. Nowill
Re: J. Nowell & Sons, Really???
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 2:38 pm
by Owd Wullie
Touchmarks are are reversed compared to a matched pair Nowill razors that I have.
http://s658.photobucket.com/user/Wullie ... ort=4&o=24
Re: J. Nowell & Sons, Really???
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:03 pm
by RobesonsRme.com
Dimitri is scarcely wrong in these matters, So now I'm not as sure as I was that this is an Eastern made fake.
But, it still looks awfully crude for a 19th century Sheffield knife.
Charlie Noyes
