All About Pocket Knives

FRJ wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 1:22 am Beautiful old knives you guys are showing.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 9:30 pm Martha Furness & Sons, Sheffield , 1760-c.1916 Imported by Hibbard, Spencer, and Bartlett.
Enos Furness & Sons, Sheffield, 1870-1915 Imported by Wiebusch.
Edward Furness. Sheffield, c.1900
George Furness (date unknown)
The E.F.S. and M.F.S. I know have integral bolsters. I've not seen an Edward or George example. J.O'.

1967redrider wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 1:10 pm Here are my Ed and Enos Furness Barlows. Someone had a Matthew or Martha at the Shenandoah show, but it was priced too high for my liking.

1967redrider wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 1:10 pm Here are my Ed and Enos Furness Barlows. Someone had a Matthew or Martha at the Shenandoah show, but it was priced too high for my liking.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 1:59 pm Correct on the integral bolsters.That supposedly adds a little value as it must be a little harder to manufacture.
The "Enos" has his name and "England" etched in, and the Martha says "Sheffield, England". No tang stamps.

Red, I''m not familiar with "Matthew", always just heard Martha.
Levine mentions Martha and adds an "M. Furness" with no " & S", maybe that's Matthew. Also a related one in the group, "S.E. OATES". ???
You should pass the Edward on to me to help complete my set.

Crowe: I can't comment on prices. They're so crazy and changing every day. I've had them for many years and didn't pay a lot back then. I rarely if ever sell anything so I'm way out of the loop on that. All the ones I've ever seen were darn well used but maybe some Barlow collector, especially an English Barlow collector would pony up for one in any condition.
John

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 1:59 pm Correct on the integral bolsters.That supposedly adds a little value as it must be a little harder to manufacture.
The "Enos" has his name and "England" etched in, and the Martha says "Sheffield, England". No tang stamps.

Red, I''m not familiar with "Matthew", always just heard Martha.
Levine mentions Martha and adds an "M. Furness" with no " & S", maybe that's Matthew. Also a related one in the group, "S.E. OATES". ???
You should pass the Edward on to me to help complete my set.

Crowe: I can't comment on prices. They're so crazy and changing every day. I've had them for many years and didn't pay a lot back then. I rarely if ever sell anything so I'm way out of the loop on that. All the ones I've ever seen were darn well used but maybe some Barlow collector, especially an English Barlow collector would pony up for one in any condition.
John

raincrowe wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 1:38 pm

1967redrider wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 1:10 pm Here are my Ed and Enos Furness Barlows. Someone had a Matthew or Martha at the Shenandoah show, but it was priced too high for my liking.

Wow...Just curious do you mind me asking about the price range?

raincrowe wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 11:42 am Thanks.. Considering the rareness of the antique knife; I can see why one might ask 250 dollars for the knife even in that condition
but in reality any knife is worth just what the buyer is willing to pay!!.....A little humor among other older knife traders....
(Why there nothing lost in a knife trade; what one man loses, another man gains.)
Raincrowe

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 2:05 pm It seems rarity only counts in special cases, like a rare pattern in a major brand like Case or NYK. I have some knives that are so "rare" they can't be found in anybody's book, but I don't think they'd bring a big price. Here's a SUPREME, USA with aluminum frame and integral bolsters. I can't find anyone who ever heard of the brand. So, its rare. And here's a YALE BROS. I've seen Yale Cutlery Co. and Our Best Yale, but not "Bros". Are they valuable ? When I used to do shows and sell, no one showed any special interest in them, even at $15-$25 over twenty five years ago. Now, a rare-patterned KA-BAR or Marbles, that's another animal. JMHO on a cool and cloudy Sunday morning.
John O'.