another tang stamp help

[gordonjohn]

Hi everybody you people are great you helped me once now i need help again. I can not find any info on this knife see pics any help would be really great thank you gordonjohn. somebody coated the knife with some black stuff which was hard to get off the blade so i could see the tang stamp.

[kootenay joe]

It looks like the bottom line is "Sheffield". Can you use a loupe and make out what is stamped in the 2 lines over Sheffield ?
I don't recognize the name.
kj

[gordonjohn]

Hi Kootenay joe , from what i can see the tang stamp reads C BRAY HAMPD????? SHEFFIELD .thats all I know I am unable to find out the maker or time period the handles are wood thanks

[ea42]

There was a Charles Gray and Sons out of St Philips Works in Sheffield from the mid to late 1800's. That knife might have been made there.

Eric

[gordonjohn]

Thanks ea42 that sounds right thank you for the info have a great thanksgiving gordonjohn

[kootenay joe]

I think Ea42 has ID'd your knife. There is no information about a "Bray" associated with knives, so it almost certainly is "Gray".
Well done Eric !
kj

[gordonjohn]

again i say thank you to all you guys, your great and a world of knowledge about knives. gordonjohn

[ea42]

It's a pleasure Gordonjohn, was a learning experience for me too!

Eric