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J. Ward Bronxville. 3 ¼ Tortoise shell whittler. Equal end bar shield This knife is old. Any guesses how old ? My guess is 1890 Hand forged

WR CASE and SON LITTLE VALLEY NY 3 ½ GOLDSTONE COFFIN JACK

WINCHESTER 3022 3 ¼ TORTOISE WHITTLER equal end, no shield I JUST NOTICED SARGENTS 5TH EDITION , I GOT THIS KNIFE FROM JIM SARGENT AND IT APPEARS IN HIS BOOK. Noticed the handle its easy to match up.

H and B Tortoise Whittler 3 7/16 swell center, bar shield, A beauty. Hand forged knives are so nice

Utica swell center pen, green swirl celluloid, 3 7/16 unsharpened

Valley Forge 4 blade Eureka pen, 3 1/8 green swirl celluloid

Pretty group. Some nice old knives. My kind of stuff. J.O'.

That is a very good looking group of pocket knives, DC.
That Humason & Beckley!

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Fri Jan 07, 2022 10:10 pm Pretty group. Some nice old knives. My kind of stuff. J.O'.

Of the 3 tortoise handled knives how many do you think are real tortoise ?

Those are some beautiful knives!

DC; That's hard to say. Celluloid tortoise appears very similar to the genuine. Given the age and quality of those knives my first guess would be all of them are real. Just a guess but the unbolstered "shadow" one would be the only one suspect. None appears shrunken or curled. Try a hot pin test or rub them with a silk cloth really hard for twenty seconds. Cellulose can give off an odor of camphor when hotly rubbed. Do you already know the answer? J.O'.

Beautiful group of knives.

Meant "celluloid" in that last sentence. Duh! J.O'.

believe it or not, i think all of them are celluliod tortoise. No real tortoise there. I have maybe 100 old tortoise knives and most of them are celluloid. I have a few old english knives that are real tortoise shell. Can anyone put their hands or an american folding knife that is real tortoise ?