That must mean extra ,extra large.stumpstalker wrote: ↑Fri Oct 28, 2022 3:36 pm Here is the pile side of the John Copley & Sons with the 4-1/8th-inch Case 99 pattern that I have most often carried over several decades.
I find engaging the industrial and commercial use of the XX mark, which can be seen on the tang of the J. Copley.
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Wow that Copley is a beast! The jigging on that bone is really something, quite impressive, what a cool knife.
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Beeeeeeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuttttaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. Wow what a cool piece. The Thomas Turner is killer too.
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I missed these pictures. Outstanding Ike!
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Here is one from 1851 made in Birmingham. An engraved silver fruit knife with pearl handles and the original case. I posted about it here:
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Detective work needed for a Sheffield Barlow –- to enhance personal appreciation of an heirloom.
Knife belongs to a woodworker who found the 5-inch grand-daddy Barlow amongst his grand-father’s tools. Likely rehandled in the synthetic covers by his grandfather.
We are trying to determine what is written on the blade tang. The owner says:
“Blade shows a large capital "A" followed by a sort of stylized large "O" possibly followed by something very small. Under the AO it is stamped with a small "TUB_ _" with the _ _ letters being illegible. Under that is stamped "Cutlery". And finally, under that, it's stamped "Sheffield".
Sort of “Wheel of Fortune” challenge for knife collectors, without a yet-known answer.
Any other observations welcome.
Knife belongs to a woodworker who found the 5-inch grand-daddy Barlow amongst his grand-father’s tools. Likely rehandled in the synthetic covers by his grandfather.
We are trying to determine what is written on the blade tang. The owner says:
“Blade shows a large capital "A" followed by a sort of stylized large "O" possibly followed by something very small. Under the AO it is stamped with a small "TUB_ _" with the _ _ letters being illegible. Under that is stamped "Cutlery". And finally, under that, it's stamped "Sheffield".
Sort of “Wheel of Fortune” challenge for knife collectors, without a yet-known answer.
Any other observations welcome.
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Yessir Ike, that's a nice one.
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Been scrolling through this thread and realized those English knives are unsurpassed in beauty, fit and finish. You guys have posted some of the most incredible knives I’ve seen! Even the older ones mostly still work and are great! I own a few English knives but am gonna post this one first. Joseph Rodgers 3 1/2” pearl. Almost a loomfixer.
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Oh man that is a beauty!!!
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Thanks galvanic1882.
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I am reposting these knives in this thread because this is where they should have been in the first place. Taylor Eyewitness, Johnson Westernworks, and Needham Brothers.
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Very nice set of 3 you got there chickenman. Love those handle’s especially that middle one!chickenman62 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 02, 2023 9:38 pm I am reposting these knives in this thread because this is where they should have been in the first place. Taylor Eyewitness, Johnson Westernworks, and Needham Brothers.
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chickenman62:
A very nice group of three. What are their lengths?
The knives of Christopher Johnson & Co. you have raised my consciousness of. I see in Geoffrey Tweedale’s THE SHEFFIELD KNIFE BOOK that the author says, “The range and quality of Johnson’s products were first class.”
What a glorious capital of knife-making Sheffield was for a few hundred years!
A very nice group of three. What are their lengths?
The knives of Christopher Johnson & Co. you have raised my consciousness of. I see in Geoffrey Tweedale’s THE SHEFFIELD KNIFE BOOK that the author says, “The range and quality of Johnson’s products were first class.”
What a glorious capital of knife-making Sheffield was for a few hundred years!
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Yes, nice group of knives chickeman62… that Johnson Westernworks has an awesome secondary blade.
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The Johnson is 4 inches and the others are 3.75 inches. I did some trading for the Johnson in an Amish swap shop.
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Hello, I am new to this forum, I inherited a few pocket knives reccently and am looking at getting some help identifying them please. Can anyone assist me please? Many thanks Leighton
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lincsregt:
Just post some photos of the knives.
If folders (pocketknives), show the blade half open.
If you can have some of the photos showing close-up views of the tang stamps, more info. will surely follow.
Just post some photos of the knives.
If folders (pocketknives), show the blade half open.
If you can have some of the photos showing close-up views of the tang stamps, more info. will surely follow.
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Beautiful knife! That engraving is superb for sure!! Is it a fruit knife?
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Thanks, i guess it could be called a pen knife ? Although I would cut up an apple with it.
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Ha, I hear ya!! Jimbo
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Another of my English knives!
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I believe same as yours Ike! Good taste!Oledadsknives wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:15 am Another of my English knives!
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