Shapleigh Hardware Co.
Shapleigh Hardware Co.
I'm going to assume this Shapleigh pruner? was made by Schrade.
It's in great condition all the way around. 4 1/8"
Thanks for looking.
It's in great condition all the way around. 4 1/8"
Thanks for looking.
Joe
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Re: Shapleigh Hardware Co.
Wow Joe! That's in amazing condition. Great pick up.
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Re: Shapleigh Hardware Co.
Thanks, guys.
Yeah, Greg, it is in great condition. There is always a glitch with most of my knives. Just the way I buy them.
But this one is pretty sweet. The spey was triple stamped though ....... just in case I think it's perfect.
Yeah, Greg, it is in great condition. There is always a glitch with most of my knives. Just the way I buy them.
But this one is pretty sweet. The spey was triple stamped though ....... just in case I think it's perfect.
Joe
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Re: Shapleigh Hardware Co.
A truly shapely Shapleigh.
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Joe, just a gorgeous Shapleigh DE it definitely looks Schrade made. Beautiful peach seed jigging. I know a lot of the early DE folders were made by Empire but this one looks later made and certainly has Schrade DNA. Very nice photos by the way! Lloyd
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Re: Shapleigh Hardware Co.
Schrade Cut Co Catalog E shows this knife as pattern 7303 on pg 87. The master blade on o.p. knife has lost the downward curved point as is the case with most Pruning and Hawkbill blades on used knives. I think some of this blade loss at the tip is from poor sharpening technique.
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Beauty of a knife Joe ... if I am not mistaken it is a farmers jack and a really nice example...
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Re: Shapleigh Hardware Co.
The Schrade Cut Co. catalog calls it a "Budding and Pruning Knife".
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Re: Shapleigh Hardware Co.
Joe, very nice, such a graceful looking knife with great bone. As others stated it's Schrade, I just picked up a Schrade this week that is a dead ringer other than the shield to yours.
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Thank you, John.
Yeah, that's the knife, and your is a real beauty too.
What kind of blade does yours have?
Yeah, that's the knife, and your is a real beauty too.
What kind of blade does yours have?
Joe
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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
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 ...
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 ...
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Re: Shapleigh Hardware Co.
Thanks, John.
I should have asked before, does it have a pattern number?
I should have asked before, does it have a pattern number?
Joe
Re: Shapleigh Hardware Co.
No pattern number, both blades stamped Schrade Walden.
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Re: Shapleigh Hardware Co.
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".
kj
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".
kj
Re: Shapleigh Hardware Co.
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
I guess I call 'em farmers jacks!!! Smiling
I buy roosters combs and farmers..........................................................jack knives [/b]
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Re: Shapleigh Hardware Co.
A smaller Shapleigh. 3 1/16".
Shown with previous knife and another larger English jack.
Thanks for looking.
Shown with previous knife and another larger English jack.
Thanks for looking.
Joe