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Can anyone give me some info on this large folding knife? Marked S.W.Silver Corn Hill. It has stag handles,siver bolsters, 5" locking main blade,small blade,cork screw,saw,button hook,leather awl,tweezers.I'm sure it's English. Patch1.

cool knife. goin's mentions the stamp. but no background or history. perhaps one of our friends across the pond.

Hi patch,

The tang mark Is not a British maker as far as I know, I suspect that if it is a Sheffield Knife it was made for S. W. Silver, rather than by them. There is a Cornhill in the north of Scotland, don't know if knives were made there? If it is European, my best guess is it was made for S.W.Silver who was based in Cornhill, Scotland, possibly a hardware merchant?

There's something about that bail, the way it's off-center, looks very german. Given Cornhill's geographical position and the apparent age of the knife, it could have been ordered and imported from Solingen.

Please don't take any of this as even probable, it's just me thinking out loud! We have another Brit who contributes regularly, he's far more experienced than me, he may well be able to shed some light on it, Meanwhile, I'll keep digging!

Dave

Looks to be a 'Sportsman's knife made in Sheffield circa late 1800s. The saw like attachment is a fishscaler and hook remover. SW Silver was a retailer located on Cornhill street in London. I found a folding bowie made by Joseph Rodgers & Sons and marked with the same retailer on the web so perhaps Rodgers made your knife also.... just a hypothesis. s-k

added: seems a particular speciality of theirs was the outfitting of emigrants bound for Australia as well a catering for sea-going travellers in general and military officers.

smiling-knife wrote:Looks to be a 'Sportsmans's' knife made in Sheffield circa late 1800s. The saw like attachment is a fishscaler and hook remover. SW Silver was a retailer located on Cornhill street in London. I found a folding bowie made by Joseph Rodgers & Sons and marked with the same retailer on the web so perhaps Rodgers made your knife also.... just a hypothesis. s-k

added: seems a particular speciality of theirs was the outfitting of emigrants bound for Australia as well a catering for sea-going travellers in general and military officers.

There you are, told you he was good! If you want any more ill-informed rubbish, be sure to ask me first!

Beautiful knife....belongs in my safe! lol Wish I could add some more but s-k seems to have done a bang-up job of digging up info. Great knife.

Great
knife a keeper for sure! For the 2 Brits At-A-Boys! Thanks for the post!

Yes. Thanks a lot to the Brit"s for helping me out with this knife. I guess it's a keeper. Patch1.

Also the reason the bale is off center is to clear the scissors,pick,and tweezers that slid into the bolster end. The bale is also silver. Patch1.

You're welcome Patch1. s-k