Knives Made Before The Year 1960

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Re: Knives Made Before The Year 1960

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Dimitri - very cool utility knives and now I recognize that very special Ulster after that cool story and background - and never seen one from Miller Bros 8) ::tu:: ::tu:: ...

Hey Phil - I guess we are going to be brothers :D - Joe once said he would adopt me too :lol:.... One thing about Joe - be easy finding and picking a Father's Day gift - it just needs a sharp edge ::nod:: :lol: ....
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Re: Knives Made Before The Year 1960

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It's a good thing I learned to cook! ::super_happy::

Here's a few more.
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Re: Knives Made Before The Year 1960

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Joe,you have a mighty big knife roll!More beauties. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Here's a unique pattern I got off of Ebay recently. Maher & Grosh swellcenter unequal end bolsters,3 backspring,with a spear,pen,saw and screwdriver blade.All 4 blades are stamped.M&G called it their new combination knife no.H.S.The and is from a 1909 catalog.
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Re: Knives Made Before The Year 1960

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Thank you Roger, Paul, Bill and Lee! ::handshake::

Joe keep them oldies coming :D

Roger that's a nice find ::tu::
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Re: Knives Made Before The Year 1960

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Roger that is a really good looking knife and I believe Joe has an unlimited supply of nice knives!!!
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Really cool knife Roger.
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Beautiful knife, Roger. Love those 3 thick springs. ::tu::
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Re: Knives Made Before The Year 1960

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Great looking knife Roger ::tu:: ::tu:: ::drool:: ... Unique for sure... any guess as to the maker for M&G on this one?
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Re: Knives Made Before The Year 1960

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Lee,I would make a somewhat educated guess and say Ulster.The reason being the sawblade has the profile as one on Ulster cokebottle hunters.Smaller but the same. ::hmm::
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Re: Knives Made Before The Year 1960

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Here's some horticulture/pruning knives.
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Joe the no name pruner has better stag on it than just about anything made the past 80 or so years. I wonder how they managed to get such NICE stag on a regular basis back then, on top of that they made it so thin and trim.
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Re: Knives Made Before The Year 1960

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A diverse group of old pruning knives Joe! ::tu:: ::tu::
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Re: Knives Made Before The Year 1960

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Thanks, Paul.
Yeah, great stag for sure. Not bad on the pile side either.
I guess there was plenty to choose from back in the day. They were the masters; the life long cutlers.

Thank you, Dimitri.
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Nice group of pruners Joe ::tu:: ::tu:: ... No doubt that stag is stunning on the unknown - my guess is Sheffield made... "no stag like the old stag" ::nod:: ...
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That's awesome old stag on both sides Joe ::drool:: ::drool::

Here's another Sheffield made knife with beautiful old stag handles, 6" closed!
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Thank you, Lee. ::handshake::

A beautiful old knife there, Dimitri. ::tu::
6 inches!! ::tu::
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Re: Knives Made Before The Year 1960

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Another fine looking group of ole knives Joe, the stag is just great.

Dimitri same for your knife, just a great looking knife, thanks for sharing!!!
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Thank you Joe and Bill ! :D
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A Few Elders

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Top to bottom Challenge Bridgeport,Keen Kutter Simmons,Bridgeport,Schrade Walden,Universal,LF&C,Remington UMC.
from early 1900's and late 1800's era to up to maybe the early late 1940's. They are just old guys in my opinion.
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All four are four line Camillus rope knkves.
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Top Down An old Ka-Bar Barn door toothpick Hinge pat. 1926, An early Winchester Dale made presentable with Ivory and a cleanup A Boker serpentine two blade from opposite ends I think it is a Trapper, A KA-BAR Olean Trapper. Just nice old knives.
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Re: A Few Elders

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An Ostiso Finedge from solingen,A Buster Brown from St. Louis, a nice old Remington, and a very nice simmons Keen Kutter.
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A few more. That is a New York Knife Company in the middle
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Re: A Few Elders

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Thanks Mossdancer, some great old knives.
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Re: A Few Elders

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A nice group of fine old knives, that's for sure. I really enjoyed looking at them.
Thanks for showing them, Mossdancer.
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