All About Pocket Knives

LDF Knives wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2020 5:47 pm This is an George Wosltenholm see the tang in front and on the back it says Sheffield England and around the Brass liner it's outside of the handle; and is this an Imitation Black onyx stone? (handle?) I bought this back in the Eighties still looks like it came right out of the factory. It looks pretty from my old set of eyes. Any one out there has something like this?

LDF Knives wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2020 5:47 pm This is an George Wosltenholm see the tang in front and on the back it says Sheffield England and around the Brass liner it's outside of the handle; and is this an Imitation Black onyx stone? (handle?) I bought this back in the Eighties still looks like it came right out of the factory. It looks pretty from my old set of eyes. Any one out there has something like this?
[/quote been having a hard time finding out what this material handle this is but a Black horn? or a black dyed bone?? need help on this to see what this knife really is

LDF Knives wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2020 5:47 pm This is an George Wosltenholm see the tang in front and on the back it says Sheffield England and around the Brass liner it's outside of the handle; and is this an Imitation Black onyx stone? (handle?) I bought this back in the Eighties still looks like it came right out of the factory. It looks pretty from my old set of eyes. Any one out there has something like this?

orvet wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 1:47 am I was in agreement with Ray and Doug until I enlarge the pictures and looked at the fit around the bolsters. It appears that that has shrunk back from the bolsters a little bit, especially on the pile side.
I have seen a similar type of plastic used on post-World War II, TL-29's that were made in Italy, if I recall correctly. The US government had some TL-29s made in Italy and France as an effort to help get their economy going after the war. Both examples I have were inferior to any US made TL-29 I have seen.

Look at it under a 10 or 15 power class and see if you can see the lines that Ray mentioned.
I know horn likes to return to its original shape, but that appears to be shrinking to my eye.

I think I have seen the same material on other George Wostenholm knives, but they had worn considerably more than that knife has. Do you know if that knife seen much pocket time? I don't see scratches on the finish that would indicated that and carried much at all.

If you can't see the find parallel lines Ray mentioned, it's my best guess that it is it is a pre-Delrin plastic that was used in Europe after World War II, probably in the 1950s. It is also possible that it could be Bakelite and just not carried and not scratched.

danno50 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:48 pm I believe Dale is correct. I forgot I had this IXL. I believe it is the same handle material. However, has been carried and there are scratches in the handle material.

LDF Knives wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 6:55 pm

danno50 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:48 pm I believe Dale is correct. I forgot I had this IXL. I believe it is the same handle material. However, has been carried and there are scratches in the handle material.

under the bake lite what is the handle? pre delrin or horn??

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:45 am The handles are modern black plastic.

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:45 am The handles are modern black plastic.