Vintage Whittler Knives

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Re: Vintage Whittler Knives

Post by gsmith7158 » Sun May 12, 2019 9:27 pm

Duffer wrote:Greg, just a wonderful bunch of Whittlers ::tu:: ::tu:: Your new prize that Camillus Pearl Whittler is just sooooo outstanding—what a catch!!
Thanks Lloyd! She is a dandy. I was really pleased with that one. ::super_happy::
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Post by Doc B » Sun May 12, 2019 9:33 pm

Just getting around, to seeing your whittler's, Greg. That is an exceptional line-up! Some gorgeous knives in that family!!! ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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Post by gsmith7158 » Sun May 12, 2019 9:36 pm

Doc B wrote:Just getting around, to seeing your whittler's, Greg. That is an exceptional line-up! Some gorgeous knives in that family!!! ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
Thanks Doc! I sure do like em. :D
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Post by LongBlade » Sun May 12, 2019 10:19 pm

::ds:: - great bunch of whittlers Greg and cool variety ::tu:: ::tu:: ...
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Post by Dinadan » Sun May 12, 2019 10:24 pm

gsmith7158 wrote:I was going through my Whittlers this morning and took some pics. Some of these are probably repeats so you'll have to forgive me for that but I do so like these old girls so here they are.
Very nice bunch of old whittlers, Greg. Nothing wrong with a repeat photo, in my opinion, anyway!
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Post by gsmith7158 » Sun May 12, 2019 10:30 pm

Thanks Lee and Mel! ::handshake::
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Post by woodwalker » Mon May 13, 2019 12:22 am

Beautiful old whittlers Greg! You have great taste!! Thanks for letting us view you fantastic knives! Even I recognized that one as a 72. Learned a lot from my knife brethren!! Still so much to learn. :)
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Post by gsmith7158 » Mon May 13, 2019 12:36 am

woodwalker wrote:Beautiful old whittlers Greg! You have great taste!! Thanks for letting us view you fantastic knives! Even I recognized that one as a 72. Learned a lot from my knife brethren!! Still so much to learn. :)
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Post by kootenay joe » Thu May 16, 2019 5:20 am

Here is a Friedr. Herder, Abr.Sohn ivory 3 1/4" sleeve board whittler with the crossed keys logo. Very nicely made including milled liners. Likely dates to late 1800's. The seller described the handles as "faux-ivory" but the cracks seen at 2 of the end pins are typical of the real thing and indeed it is faux "faux-ivory".
This is a good example of the excellent pocket knives being made in Solingen in late 1800's to early 1900's. Note quite to the extreme level of Jos. Rodgers or IXL Wostenholm workmanship of that time period, but close.
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Post by Jdub » Thu Jun 20, 2019 3:32 am

Lakeside cutlery co. Wanted to post this one here as well.
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Post by peanut740 » Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:35 pm

Nice one jdub!I've had a couple etched Lakesides in the past.A trademark of Montgomery Wards.
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Post by LongBlade » Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:46 pm

Nice knife with super looking bone Jdub ::tu:: ::tu:: ... I thought I had heard that Challenge Cut made Lakeside knives - bone looks to be very similar to Challenge in this case anyway..
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Post by Jdub » Thu Jun 20, 2019 6:10 pm

I thought they were challenge made as well.
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Post by cbfd » Fri Jun 21, 2019 3:46 am

Nice whittler Jdub,I`ve also been told that Lakeside stamped knives were made by Challenge Cutlery.
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Re: Vintage Whittler Knives

Post by RobesonsRme.com » Fri Jun 21, 2019 4:02 am

That master clip is just simply beautiful.

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