Northfield
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Very nice Lloyd. There’s nothing not to like about that one,the pattern,maker and condition
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Everything about that one is good Lloyd.
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Lloyd, this is even nicer than your Holley. ____Dave
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Kind of late on this one, however, very elegant Northfield pen, with the long tooth covers, Joe! I think the knives with long pulls through the tang are quite classy.
Great jack, Lloyd, ebony, bareheaded and sway back, what's not to like!
Great jack, Lloyd, ebony, bareheaded and sway back, what's not to like!
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I just saw these 2 old Northfield knives; the long pen knife with ivy handles and the Curved Swayback jack. Wow ! both are knives i would love to own.
I rarely see original Northfield knives.
kj
I rarely see original Northfield knives.
kj
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Thanks Dave, Dan and KJ for your kind comments on this Northfield—really appreciated!
Lloyd
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Lloyd, that swayback jack is a very nice knife from a hard to find maker, congrats.
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Lloyd... very knice jack with curves in all the right places...
I'm still looking to bag my first Northfield...
I'm still looking to bag my first Northfield...
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Here is a used and slightly abused Northfield. The abuse was in the shabby attempt at sharpening.
Both springs are very strong and each blade has a half stop. The horn covers are very thick making
it a somewhat round knife. Bar shield. 3 inches long.
Thanks for looking.
Both springs are very strong and each blade has a half stop. The horn covers are very thick making
it a somewhat round knife. Bar shield. 3 inches long.
Thanks for looking.
Joe
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Nice Joe and cool pattern ... It's a Northfield - whats not to like ...
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Lloyd and Joe excellent additions to this hard to find btand.
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Nice treasure hunting Lloyd and Joe.
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Found this quill knife at a flea market in Massachusetts a few years ago. Kind of cool.
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Thanks, Lyle.
Very nice Quill, Pile Driver. It looks like it has horn covers. Kind of cool indeed.
Very nice Quill, Pile Driver. It looks like it has horn covers. Kind of cool indeed.
Joe
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Thinking back to what it would have taken to manufacture pocket knives back in the mid to late 1800's ... one thing always comes to mind and it's hard for me to relate to ... all this was done without overhead electric lighting that we take for granted today. Interesting the pictures of the old mills always show an abundance of great big windows - imagine the operations that took the most care would have been positioned near windows. Imagine even a cloudy / rainy day would have affected some of the finer operations in the shop due to lack of ambient light. Guys like me with glasses or requiring bifocals probably would not have fared well working in a knife shop back in those days ... I bet lanterns of various types were used indoors at times, introducing a perilous fire hazard to these wood constructed mills, often with oil soaked floors (but thats a discussion for another day).
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Nobody gyrating to the top ten in those days. For the most part they were all business. One reason why they made such fine knives.
Surely they had heat in those buildings in winter but those single pane windows were cold in January and February.
Surely they had heat in those buildings in winter but those single pane windows were cold in January and February.
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That is a great observation. The buildings were also oriented to maximize the amount of daylight that came in. This is a pic of the old Napanoch factory. And it takes into account the track of the sun in the northern hemisphere. To add to the equation they had to consider the rainy and dry seasons to figure in the water power the machines ran on.
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Perhaps this also says something about the people of the times. Details were much more important to the production of a fine product. The right time the right conditions were paramount to success in those days. After all people were just moving into the industrial revolution and were not far removed from a society where survival was the most important rule of the day . One tends to be most meticulous when that is the primary focus. Without a doubt a bygone era.
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Nice quill knife PD ..
John - Interesting to think about and no doubt a different time - and I think you have seen the pinned thread above on Real American Knife Lore where some spoke to the old working conditions ... To me the quality of the pocket knives or even fixed blades is even more intriguing given they were made under those conditions ..
Joe - I bet the forge room kept the building warm in the winter but in the summer I couldn't imagine the heat in the forge area..
Jay - Thanks for sharing that photo ... It's cool seeing those old photos of the exteriors of the old buildings - always enjoy staring at them for little details of interest - I guess it may have been more difficult to get good interior photos as you rarely see them (though interior photos of the Remington factory are available but that was 1920s- - I'm sure there are a few interior shots of other old cutleries too)...
Greg - just saw your post as I was submitting - Agreed
John - Interesting to think about and no doubt a different time - and I think you have seen the pinned thread above on Real American Knife Lore where some spoke to the old working conditions ... To me the quality of the pocket knives or even fixed blades is even more intriguing given they were made under those conditions ..
Joe - I bet the forge room kept the building warm in the winter but in the summer I couldn't imagine the heat in the forge area..
Jay - Thanks for sharing that photo ... It's cool seeing those old photos of the exteriors of the old buildings - always enjoy staring at them for little details of interest - I guess it may have been more difficult to get good interior photos as you rarely see them (though interior photos of the Remington factory are available but that was 1920s- - I'm sure there are a few interior shots of other old cutleries too)...
Greg - just saw your post as I was submitting - Agreed
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