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Button hook knife
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:40 pm
by Rockingkj
Tiny Argyle Cutlery Co with pearl scales. Kinda nifty I think. Made in Germany
How about showing your button hook knives.
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:46 pm
by edgy46
Nice
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:00 pm
by New_Windsor_NY
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Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:46 am
by Reverand
The knife appears to be in very good condition for one that should be 100 years old or more.
As far as I know they are not highly collectible, but I have bought one before just because they are cute!
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:50 am
by Mumbleypeg
Here’s the best one I have. Gentleman’s grooming knife, late 1800s.
Ken
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 3:07 am
by Rockingkj
The one has everything but four way power mudflaps. Dandy knife!
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 3:00 pm
by glennbad
Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:50 am
Here’s the best one I have. Gentleman’s grooming knife, late 1800s.
Ken
That's quite a fine knife, I'd be afraid to touch it for fear of it all coming apart!
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 4:12 pm
by Mumbleypeg
glennbad wrote: ↑Sun Dec 31, 2023 3:00 pm
Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:50 am
Here’s the best one I have. Gentleman’s grooming knife, late 1800s.
Ken
That's quite a fine knife, I'd be afraid to touch it for fear of it all coming apart!
Thanks! It's actually very sturdy, except for the tortoiseshell toothpick. I'd be reluctant to try using it. Of course the MOP covers are fragile, but no more so than any MOP knife. Every time I look at it I'm amazed at
the skill it took to make it, especially considering the tools available at that time.
Ken
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2024 1:26 am
by FRJ
The Argyle is quite a nice pattern with the hump back and long bolsters. How long is it?
Ken's knife is simply beautiful. That's a lot of articulation to keep in order. A real gem.
Here's two of mine.
A Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co. 2 5/8" closed.
A little Boker at 1 9/16" closed.
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:33 am
by knife7knut
Here are a few. Some have knife blades; others are just hooks.
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2024 3:12 pm
by glennbad
knife7knut wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:33 am
Here are a few. Some have knife blades; others are just hooks.
Wow, nice group of hookers!
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2024 3:31 pm
by Rockingkj
And pretty hookers to boot!
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2024 4:25 pm
by Mumbleypeg
Ray does it again! Most have one or two, then Ray posts a baker’s dozen!
Ken
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 11:44 pm
by knife7knut
Forgot about this one; Bingham's Best w/a broken blade.
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:47 pm
by JamieinWV
glennbad wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 3:12 pm
knife7knut wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:33 am
Here are a few. Some have knife blades; others are just hooks.
Wow, nice group of hookers!
And most of them steel have teeth
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:10 pm
by 1967redrider
You guys are a bad influence, now I need to find one.
A necessity for shirts and boots 100 years ago.
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 2:58 pm
by RobesonsRme.com
I think most of the tiny hooks were for ladies gloves, not boots or shoes.
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 5:01 pm
by knife7knut
RobesonsRme.com wrote: ↑Fri Jan 05, 2024 2:58 pm
I think most of the tiny hooks were for ladies gloves, not boots or shoes.
Right on the money Charlie; and the tiny corkscrews in many of the small knives were for medicine & perfume bottles; not wine.
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2024 1:42 am
by Thomasg
Rockingkj wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:40 pm
Tiny Argyle Cutlery Co with pearl scales. Kinda nifty I think. Made in Germany FADF08C4-31CB-4D05-A7CF-483617BB5A03.jpegE89318B7-E6E3-46FD-8768-28F04244D28C.jpegE0150A3C-D562-4AA0-A689-B0D4CEE779BD.jpeg
How about showing your button hook knives.
My grandma had that same knife .She used it sewing and to open her red rooster snuff .
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 4:13 am
by knife7knut
Here is a folding button hook(no knife)built into a shoe horn advertising a shoe store in Boston Massachusetts.
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 12:05 pm
by doglegg
knife7knut wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2024 4:13 am
Here is a folding button hook(no knife)built into a shoe horn advertising a shoe store in Boston Massachusetts.
That is about the coolest one yet.
Re: Button hook knife
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 1:35 pm
by JamieinWV
JamieinWV wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:47 pm
glennbad wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 3:12 pm
knife7knut wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:33 am
Here are a few. Some have knife blades; others are just hooks.
Wow, nice group of hookers!
And most of them still have teeth