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upnorth · Post by **upnorth** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:46 pm

After largely ignoring Sheffield knives for years (except for HJs), I find myself drawn to their different styles, and excellent quality.
Here are two, an Eye Witness, and an IXL, that I picked up a my local Historical Arms Club monthly show today.
The Eye is a nicely propotioned curved jack, with slick black handles, a fancy bolster, and good springs and blades. A very pocketable yet sturdy knife, easy on the "eyes"!

The other is a large, yet slim IXL pen, with black horn handles, cut very flat, and beveled all the way around. I can see it sitting in a drawer for a Looooong time, because it shows no signs of use!
Not your usual American cutlery, they are very nice pieces of the cutlers art!

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:51 pm

Very nice Charlie, you better watch out, your gonna make SK jealous..

Sunburst

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:24 pm

Are the Schrade Sheffield IXL knives all made across the pond too ?

I have some and every time I clean and look at them I wonder this.

They show Schrade I-XL Wostenholm Sheffield England on the blade.
So do you know if they were really made in England ?

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:01 pm

super knives charlie,

upnorth · Post by **upnorth** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:29 am

justold52 wrote:Are the Schrade Sheffield IXL knives all made across the pond too ?

I have some and every time I clean and look at them I wonder this.

They show Schrade I-XL Wostenholm Sheffield England on the blade.
So do you know if they were really made in England ?

A question for LT. Perhaps he knows the history, but if they are marked Sheffield, they were probably made there, Ken.

Rusty1 · Post by **Rusty1** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:11 am

here is a link to a page from lrv ( Larry's site ) collectors of Schrades are us, It is an advert for the IXL knives, at the top of the page it mentions that they were in fact made in England.

http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/ ... /IXL21.htm

Rusty1

smiling-knife · Post by **smiling-knife** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:15 am

Nice knives Upnorth. I haven't seen too many like that slim jack knife.

Ken my understanding is that the Schrade I*XL knives were made in Sheffield during the time (1977-1982) when Imperial owned what was previously the Richards-Rodgers-Wostenholm conglomerate.

upnorth · Post by **upnorth** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:55 pm

"Nice knives Upnorth. I haven't seen too many like that slim jack knife." s_k.

First one I've seen of that proportion, s_k. Anyone got another??

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:37 am

Thank You for your HELP, upnorth, and Rusty1 (Grate reading) and you too smiling-knife ...

See an old dog can learn things here....