A fellow at work gave me this one today. Been quite heavily used. Tang stamps are rust pitted but with a hand lens the J.W. can be made out above STUTTER. Goins lists Stutter, but with no info. Found a reference on the internet about a fellow, with the last name Stutter, who has a collection of Stutter knives etc. He says J.W STUTTER was a manufacturer of knives and table cutlery (located in Bishopgate, London), among other things, starting in the 1820's and lasting until the 1960's, when they could no longer compete. They had quit making knives in 1955. He says his grandfather was the last owner of the company, selling it in the late 1960's. I also found a thread on British Blades about J.W. Stutter cutlery.
The triangular punch has been bent out and has pushed out the scale on the pile side. There are spots for tool (tweezers and toothpick?) in the back end, but the tools are missing. The knife measures 6 1/8"closed.
Dan
J.W. Stutter knife
Re: J.W. Stutter knife
Just wondering if this knife is military or not? Assumed it was as the fellow who gave it to me thought that either his grandfather or one of his uncles had carried it in either WWI or WWII? Have gone through all the military knives threads on this forum and on British Blades, and have not seen anything similar posted?
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