Lets show some Old and Rare ones.

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herbva wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:56 pm
Unk wrote: Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:33 pm Nice knives, guys ::tu::

Here's a G.H. Richards pruner with big ol' thick stag handles. It has what I assume is an address "234 Borough S.E".....as well as the number "3" stamped on the back.

I have listed this on AAPK before, but no one could offer any info. Goin's doesn't list anything (at least that I could find). I am assuming this is a Sheffield knife from around 1900...plus or minus 20 years? ::shrug::
Hi Mike. I don't know if you still have the knife, but I recently acquired an almost identical one. It turns out the address is" G.H. Richards 234 Borough, London, S.E., England", and they were a horticultural supplier in England. Mr. Google turned up a few of their ads from the early 1900's in the Florist and Nursery Exchange. The ads are on microfilm, so the best I could do is a screenshot. I'm assuming they were made for Richards by one of the Sheffield knife makers. Mine is also marked "3", so maybe they were made in other sizes as well?
That is a beautiful old knife, Herb, as well as some good info that you dug up. Great stuff!!! ::tu:: ::tu::
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Herb, Don't leave that lying around my table at our next show. Might grow some legs. :mrgreen: J.O'.
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Here is Hepworth & Pilley whittler. 3 13/16" closed.
Purchased from Roland.
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Nice Joe great find ::tu:: ::tu::
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Hi Herb,

Yes, I still have the knife around here somewhere in one of my knife rolls. Thank you for the info! ::tu::
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Thank you, Bill. ::tu::
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Clifton Cutlery Co Cincinnati,Ohio. Still has good snap and no wobble on the blade. 1905-1909 era. Thanks for looking and any thoughts or comments?
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BWT wrote: Thu Jun 30, 2022 5:32 pm Clifton Cutlery Co Cincinnati,Ohio. Still has good snap and no wobble on the blade. 1905-1909 era. Thanks for looking and any thoughts or comments?
New one on me. ::tu::
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Just got this today , not sure what was originally on handle.
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Donwomble wrote: Fri Jul 01, 2022 3:14 am Just got this today , not sure what was originally on handle.
Nice find. Can’t tell what it says either, but it appears to be the same font they used on other advertising knives of the period.

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Mumbleypeg wrote: Fri Jul 01, 2022 10:25 pm
Donwomble wrote: Fri Jul 01, 2022 3:14 am Just got this today , not sure what was originally on handle.
Nice find. Can’t tell what it says either, but it appears to be the same font they used on other advertising knives of the period.

Welcome to AAPK.

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Thank you for the welcome. I've searched quite a bit , but will continue as I have free time. I found it in a front counter display at an antique shop among a few other various more modern knives and EDC .This one caught my eye , I knew it was special. 3$ sounded very reasonable to me!
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Here's a Gobernador. (who knew ::shrug::)
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An old one you don't see every day, Battle Axe Cutlery Co, Philadelphia Pa. Not much known,1897-1937 time frame, really nice bolster stamp and tang stamp.
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JohnR wrote: Sun Aug 14, 2022 2:58 pm An old one you don't see every day, Battle Axe Cutlery Co, Philadelphia Pa. Not much known,1897-1937 time frame, really nice bolster stamp and tang stamp.
Man John, I love this one.
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John that's a great one. I tried for years find some of those. The Battle Axe brand was used by a hardware wholesaler named A.R. Justice around the turn of the century in Philadelphia. At one point it seems thatn he even had a small production facility that made knives under his name but eventually he contracted all of his knives to sell in his hardware business. I've got a gentleman's knife from the early period and a butcher's knife and steel from his later days. I'll dig them out in a bit and take a pic.
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JohnR wrote: Sun Aug 14, 2022 2:58 pm An old one you don't see every day, Battle Axe Cutlery Co, Philadelphia Pa. Not much known,1897-1937 time frame, really nice bolster stamp and tang stamp.
Here are the stamps on the one I have.
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FRJ, John R, gsmith, those are all beauties and worth a look. Thanks for posting, those are droolers every one. Beautiful stuff all.
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Great knives guys ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thank you all, Greg thank you for the information, it's appreciated.
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John, that barlow is a beauty!

Greg, nice informational photos. ::tu::
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Here’s a rare set of Washington DC knives that took me decades to bring together, also a never before seen catalog photo from the shop that had these two knives exclusively for sale in DC showing them. The larger knife is signed “V.D. Brenner “ most noted/recognized as the one who designed the 1909 Lincoln penny. Thought I’d share it with y’all here.
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wiseguy wrote: Mon Aug 22, 2022 6:24 pm Here’s a rare set of Washington DC knives that took me decades to bring together, also a never before seen catalog photo from the shop that had these two knives exclusively for sale in DC showing them. The larger knife is signed “V.D. Brenner “ most noted/recognized as the one who designed the 1909 Lincoln penny. Thought I’d share it with y’all here.
Nice post, Wiseguy! ::tu::

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Wabash Cutlery Terre Haute IN
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Dixon Cutlery Co.
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edge213 wrote: Thu Aug 25, 2022 8:00 pm Wabash Cutlery Terre Haute IN
Beautiful bone, great pics too. Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.
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