How Well Do You Know Your Knife History?

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:05 pm

Seeing this is "Knife Lore" I wanted to change the pace in this forum from just posting pictures of old pocket knives to this thread where you can learn interesting facts about the old companies that made these knives we covet.

I will start out with a fairly easy question, see if you can get the right answer.

What is the very first model (number) pocket knife Remington produced in 1920?

robinetn · Post by **robinetn** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:26 pm

R 103 Jack ?

Bob

rangerbluedog · Post by **rangerbluedog** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:42 pm

Something stolen from Boker!

hahahahaha
I'm with Bob - R 103

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:50 pm

Very good!

Yes, it was the R-103 that started it all

Now for a harder one

What is the name of the book that John Russell read that inspired him to start a cutlery company with his brother the very same year?

rangerbluedog · Post by **rangerbluedog** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:20 am

That is a tough one - I must confess, I had to search for this one....

If you're still guessing, don't scroll any further. Don't want to spoil it for anyone...

PRACTICAL TOURIST, by Zachariah Allen

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:01 am

rangerbluedog wrote:That is a tough one - I must confess, I had to search for this one....

Evidently not tough enough

Yes, that is the right answer. I will have to step it up a notch on this next one

William Rodgers was a large Sheffield knife manufacturer in the old days.

What street were they located on in the 1960`s?

robinetn · Post by **robinetn** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:05 am

rangerbluedog wrote:That is a tough one - I must confess, I had to search for this one....

If you're still guessing, don't scroll any further. Don't want to spoil it for anyone...

PRACTICAL TOURIST, by Zachariah Allen

http://www.mman.us/jrussellco.htm

Owd Wullie · Post by **Owd Wullie** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:08 am

Allen Street?

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:12 am

No, not Allen St................

Owd Wullie · Post by **Owd Wullie** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 3:58 am

Miller Bro`s wrote:No, not Allen St................

They were there in '86 as part of the Egginton Group.

smiling-knife · Post by **smiling-knife** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:11 am

The William Rodgers name and trademark I Cut My Way were owned by John Clarke & Son at the time. That company was based on Mowbray Street.

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:43 pm

That`s right Steve

And they called it the Mowbray Works

Ok, anyone else want to jump in with a question?

rangerbluedog · Post by **rangerbluedog** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:04 pm

Not really knife history, but knife related trivia:

In Havanna Cuba is a museum known as the Hemingway House. Yes, it is the house where Ernest Hemingway lived.
In what manner is Hemingway's knife collection displayed?

basser5 · Post by **basser5** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:07 pm

Displayed on top of a Matadors cape..........per Google..........lol

Tim

trail · Post by **trail** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:12 pm

Some of them are laid out on a blood red matador's cape.

http://greatmuseums.org/images/proj_sti ... 20x348.jpg

rangerbluedog · Post by **rangerbluedog** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:13 pm

Eggzactly!

rangerbluedog · Post by **rangerbluedog** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:20 pm

Stainless steel was invented in 1914 and first used in knife production in 1915.
Who is credited with the "invention" of stainless steel?

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:15 pm

It was developed almost simultaneously in the U.S and in England.

Elwood Haynes was working on it in 1912 in the U.S.

Harry Brearly of Sheffield England was working on it at the same time in 1912.

Haynes patented it in the U.S. first and Brearly patented it first in England.

Every once and a while an old Haynes pocket knife will appear for sale on feebay.

Wish I had one

rangerbluedog · Post by **rangerbluedog** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:20 pm

I was starting to worry that I had killed this thread!

edgy46 · Post by **edgy46** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 11:04 am

Who first made the barlow knife? First name required.

philco · Post by **philco** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 11:26 am

Obadiah Barlow got the barlow ball rolling in about 1670. He was said to have been a really sharp fellow.

Want to learn more? Here's a link to some barlow info.........

http://www.barlow-knives.com/history.htm

Phil

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