Homage to Traditional Pen Knives

[Stanwade]

Another nice one Tom. Here’s a little North West Cutlery Company pen knife I picked up recently..

[TPK]

Another nice one Tom. Here’s a little North West Cutlery Company pen knife I picked up recently..

Thanks! And nice little knife ya got there!

[TPK]

It's here!

My Shapleigh’s Hardware Company D E

[Stanwade]

Nice Tom! What year do you think it was made?

[TPK]

Nice Tom! What year do you think it was made?

I would normally have to say

But Paul A.K.A. KnifeSlinger told me:

"It was made by schrade walden, most likely 1950's. Handles look like fostarene, which was a plastic used at the time."

He also said it's the same Pattern as the Schrade Walden 708.

For comparison see here.:
viewtopic.php?t=41883

Joe's pictures are better than the ones I took so here they are. Thanks Joe!

[Stanwade]

Sweet one ,again, Tom!!

[TPK]

Sweet one ,again, Tom!!

Thanks Ryan!

[LongBlade]

Waking this thread up ...

John Hinchliffe - 1841-1858 - Solid ivory Leg knife - 2 & 1/8" closed and the small clip blade with swedge is approx 1 & 1/8"... Thought the long pull on the blade was pretty cool as well as the back spring contoured to fit the shape of the leg - the details of the carving were sweet - the tang stamp is partly hidden under the liner so "Beehive"/J Hinch/liffe... John Hinchliffe only had 10 employees and was well-known for fancy carved handled knives with the trademark of a Beehive - I have another John Hinchliffe knife - my other Hinchliffe is a quill knife and is carved MOP (posted under quill knives and a few places here).. the Hinchliffe cutlery was closed after his death in 1858 at the age of 48... he apparently was well-known at mid 1800 expositions for his elegant fancy knives... Originally I had slightly different dates when I posted the quill by Hinchliffe though the dates were overlapping in the mid 1800s - Tweedale has a more detailed historical overview from which this was summarized... sadly John Hinchliffe was buried in a pauper's grave..

First leg knife for me but patiently waited for a few years to find one that tripped my trigger... Thanks George ...

[woodwalker]

Waking this thread up ...

John Hinchliffe - 1841-1858 - Solid ivory Leg knife - 2 & 1/8" closed and the small clip blade with swedge is approx 1 & 1/8"... Thought the long pull on the blade was pretty cool as well as the back spring contoured to fit the shape of the leg - the details of the carving were sweet - the tang stamp is partly hidden under the liner so "Beehive"/J Hinch/liffe... John Hinchliffe only had 10 employees and was well-known for fancy carved handled knives with the trademark of a Beehive - I have another John Hinchliffe knife - my other Hinchliffe is a quill knife and is carved MOP (posted under quill knives and a few places here).. the Hinchliffe cutlery was closed after his death in 1858 at the age of 48... he apparently was well-known at mid 1800 expositions for his elegant fancy knives... Originally I had slightly different dates when I posted the quill by Hinchliffe though the dates were overlapping in the mid 1800s - Tweedale has a more detailed historical overview from which this was summarized... sadly John Hinchliffe was buried in a pauper's grave..

First leg knife for me but patiently waited for a few years to find one that tripped my trigger... Thanks George ...


Closed Mark Side DSCN5265.jpeg


Closed Pile Side DSCN5258.jpeg


Blade Open DSCN5281 Revised .jpeg


Closed Blade in Well DSCN5345.jpeg


Back Spring Contoured DSCN5333.jpeg


Tang Stamp DSCN5446.jpeg

That is cool Lee!! Awesome find! Congratts!! Thank you also for the history on that beauty!

[BWT]

Great find Lee, thanks for the info too

[LongBlade]

Thanks WW and Bill ....

[Thomasg]

[OLDE CUTLER]

I had this Ulster bone handled swell center pen on my bench for a long time and finally found a blade to replace the broken one.

[doglegg]

I had this Ulster bone handled swell center pen on my bench for a long time and finally found a blade to replace the broken one.

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Great work OC.

[OLDE CUTLER]

I just received these two in the 2023 POS exchange. Top is a 2 3/4" Imperial shell handle 2 blade pen, and the bottom is a 3 inch PAL single blade.
Thanks Kolvir!

[Ivoryman]

Old George Wostenholm IXL in Elephant tusk.

[Quick Steel]

Elegant, Iman. Truly elegant.

[FRJ]

Very nice little knife, there, Ivoryman.

[Ivoryman]

Thank you Quick S, thanks FRJ.

[Miller Bro's]

Nice knife, cool background photo

[JAMESC41001]

That’s a nice knife. Like the background as well

[Ivoryman]

Thanks a lot Miller Bro, thank you too James C. Appreciate the mention and have a good one.

[chickenman62]

Here's a pair of Robesons and a Shapleigh Hardware.

[chickenman62]

And here are some Germans
1.J. Dixon
2. Hoffritz
3. Savoy

[doglegg]

A sweet trio.