That is a beautiful old knife, Herb, as well as some good info that you dug up. Great stuff!!!herbva wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 12:56 pmHi 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?Unk wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:33 pm Nice knives, guys
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?
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Herb, Don't leave that lying around my table at our next show. Might grow some legs. J.O'.
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Here is Hepworth & Pilley whittler. 3 13/16" closed.
Purchased from Roland.
Purchased from Roland.
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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!
Yes, I still have the knife around here somewhere in one of my knife rolls. Thank you for the info!
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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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Just got this today , not sure what was originally on handle.
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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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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!Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Fri Jul 01, 2022 10:25 pmNice 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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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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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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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
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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.
Greg, nice informational photos.
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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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Nice post, Wiseguy!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.
I spent a lot of time, as a youngster, searching through change, looking for the elusive 1909S VDB. No, I never found one.
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Wabash Cutlery Terre Haute IN
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Dixon Cutlery Co.
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Beautiful bone, great pics too. Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.
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