Shapleigh Hardware Co.

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Re: Shapleigh Hardware Co.

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Thank you, John. ::tu::
Yeah, that's the knife, and your is a real beauty too.
What kind of blade does yours have?
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Thanks Joe, the blades are pretty full with the pruner blade missing the tip.
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Nice knife John - no doubt a brother to Joe's knife ::tu:: ::tu::

Thanks KJ for the Schrade Cut Co listing - but isn't a "budding and pruning" knife in that style essentially a farmers jack which is how I would define a farmers jack ::shrug:: ...
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Thanks, John.
I should have asked before, does it have a pattern number?
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No pattern number, both blades stamped Schrade Walden.
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Thank you, John. ::tu::
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Pattern 7303 "Budding and Pruning Knife 4 1/8" " is how it is listed in Cat. E. And yes "Farmer's Jack" is the name often used for this pattern.
Some of the Cat. E listings do use less 'formal' names, like their Premium Stock knife with square bolsters they call a "Texas Stock Knife". I actually expected to see "Farmer's Jack" as the name in the catalog.
Yours looks to be missing only a very tiny amount at the tip. The blade as shown in Catalog does not have a large curved pointy tip like 1361 "Large Pruning Knife".
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Nice examples Joe and John. Joe , I have one like yours, only not in that good of shape. John, I'm surprised to see that one stamped Walden. The Bartlett Manufacturing examples I've seen were all marked Cut Co. That's a beauty. Yes they are farmers jacks according to Levine, pruners according to old Sheffield catalogs, rooster combs to many down south, and GEC's John Chapmans.

I guess I call 'em farmers jacks!!! Smiling
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Thank you, Lyle. ::tu:: ::tu::
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A smaller Shapleigh. 3 1/16".

Shown with previous knife and another larger English jack.

Thanks for looking.
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Joe you have hit another honey hole and it's not even springtime yet! Great little knife! ::tu:: :D
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Thank you very much, Greg. It is a little sweety. ::tu::
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Boy that is a dandy one Joe! Those peach seed jigged bone handles are just fantastic ::nod:: Lloyd
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Thanks, Lloyd, I'm really glad to have the smaller frame knife to compliment the big pruner with the peach seed covers.
What a pair. I'm so fortunate to get them.
Thanks again. ::tu::
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Joe what a fantastic group! That wharnny is beautiful, one of my favorite patterns. Here's one that I think is a slightly larger version, but might be the samer size, 3 5/8" closed:

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Eric, that is a really nice knife. On my screen it was hard to see but I think I saw stag. If so that should be a hard one to find. Do you think it is a empire? I have a old stag D-E that I found in a old catalog with its twin in a Empire. I'm
not much of a expert but I would think Empire made on your knife.

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Thanks Harold, yes it's stag. It's a good possibility that it's an Empire, I haven't had a chance yet to do any snooping, but I'm pretty certain it's not Schrade since I think their version was 3 1/4". It's a lot easier to tell when they have bone covers, usually the manufacturers had a special style that you could pick out. Haven't checked Ulster or New York Knife either, two other possibilities.

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ea42 wrote:Joe what a fantastic group! That wharnny is beautiful, one of my favorite patterns. Here's one that I think is a slightly larger version, but might be the samer size, 3 5/8" closed: Eric
Oh, my, Eric. That is a beauty. ::tu::
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Thanks Cal!! Here's another that I know is Schrade:
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Eric that is a dandy. ::tu::
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Eric, I found a knife much like your Wharncliff stag on 182 of Robert Mayes "Knife Album" Same size, stag, but a
different shield. Catalog munber 2S48GST. Empire made. If you ever get tired of it send it my way.

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What beautiful knives, Eric. ::tu:: ::tu::
Thanks for posting them.
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Eric in this link to BF there are two displays of Empire knives. If you scroll down to the second display and look at the circle of knives I think you will see your knife at about 10:00 o'clock position.

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Thanks for the compliments and the info guys, it certainly looks like a match ::tu::

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