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another tang stamp help
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:24 pm
by gordonjohn
Hi everybody you people are great you helped me once now i need help again. I can not find any info on this knife see pics any help would be really great thank you gordonjohn. somebody coated the knife with some black stuff which was hard to get off the blade so i could see the tang stamp.
Re: another tang stamp help
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 10:50 pm
by kootenay joe
It looks like the bottom line is "Sheffield". Can you use a loupe and make out what is stamped in the 2 lines over Sheffield ?
I don't recognize the name.
kj
Re: another tang stamp help
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 2:45 am
by gordonjohn
Hi Kootenay joe , from what i can see the tang stamp reads C BRAY HAMPD????? SHEFFIELD .thats all I know I am unable to find out the maker or time period the handles are wood thanks
Re: another tang stamp help
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 3:59 pm
by ea42
There was a Charles Gray and Sons out of St Philips Works in Sheffield from the mid to late 1800's. That knife might have been made there.
Eric
Re: another tang stamp help
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:30 pm
by gordonjohn
Thanks ea42 that sounds right thank you for the info have a great thanksgiving gordonjohn
Re: another tang stamp help
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 6:57 pm
by kootenay joe
I think Ea42 has ID'd your knife. There is no information about a "Bray" associated with knives, so it almost certainly is "Gray".
Well done Eric !
kj
Re: another tang stamp help
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 9:58 pm
by gordonjohn
again i say thank you to all you guys, your great and a world of knowledge about knives. gordonjohn
Re: another tang stamp help
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 10:20 pm
by ea42
It's a pleasure Gordonjohn, was a learning experience for me too!
Eric