All About Pocket Knives

Nice show, treefarmer, for morning leisurely toast and coffee.

• Original cord, sockets plug into blades, only two wire cloth bound cord.

And to participate more fully, you get to be the ground.

A vintage, VERY possibly antique, pair of PECK & SNYDER - AMERICAN CLUB ice skates. I'm 99.99% sure that these were my mother's ice skates (when she was a youngster/teenager). They look like they clamped on to your street shoes or boots. They are adjustable for the length and the width. They still function in that capacity, perfectly. I seem to recall her saying that she and her friends would ice skate on the Hudson River when it froze over. I'm not too certain about that. No, I've never been tempted to see if I could attach them to my shoes and walk around.

I don't know which one, but one of my grandmother's antique irons. These became door stops after electric irons came on the market. Now, they are on my fireplace mantle.

Great old artifacts, Skip.
Thanks for showing them.

Here are three books written by George Armstrong Custer's wife, Elizabeth B. Custer, after he was killed
in the Battle of the Greasy Grass.

Pretty neat!
Have you read them?

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:54 pm Pretty neat!
Have you read them?

I read Boots and Saddles and Tenting on the Plains ....... a long time ago.
I started reading Following the Guidon but for some reason, at that time, I quit picking it up.

Interesting bit of history: There were orders to shoot Mrs. Custer if there was any chance she might be taken captive by Indians.
One day her and an officer and perhaps a few other soldiers were out riding just to get away from camp for awhile.
As I remember, they were approached aggressively by a group of Indians and they were a good ways away from camp and had to make a hard run to safety. The officer didn't think they were going to make it back and was sure he was going to have to shoot Mrs. Custer.
He apparently planed on it but the incident ended before he had to make that decision.

FRJ wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:27 pm Great old artifacts.....

Thank you Joe. Those look like very interesting and historical books.

Here's some table cutlery I'll probably be giving to my daughter some day.
Old Timey stuff.

FRJ wrote: ↑Tue Jul 07, 2020 11:17 pm Here's some table cutlery I'll probably be giving to my daughter some day.
Old Timey stuff.

Those handles..........

Aint they purdy!

Joe they are gorgeous.

These artifacts have great appeal. Absolutely love the Perc-O-Toaster.

Thank you, Joe and Quick Steel.

Talk about racial profiling, this item is pretty much self explanatory. Also pictured, a couple of other versions (not mine) and there were many.

My paternal grandfather was a policeman in Mount Vernon, New York (Westchester County) from approximately 1916 to 1936. He died before I was born and I never asked my father about him. So I'm not 100% sure on those dates, but I'm in the ballpark. I did find an article once in a 1918, Mt. Vernon newspaper that mentioned him helping to break up a factory worker uprising. Anyway, I have some buttons off his uniform(s), his blackjack and his billy clubs, truncheons, night sticks, batons, etc. I like to call them attitude adjusters. The blackjack definitely saw some use. The billy clubs are in fantastic condition with only the original lanyards showing any wear or damage.

There is a wealth of social history in those artifacts Skip.

Quick Steel wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 7:07 pm There is a wealth of social history in those artifacts Skip.

Thank you Garry, indeed there is. Funny, the term "police brutality" didn't even exist back then. The police weren't held liable for their actions, most of the time, but the criminals sure were.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 7:00 pm My paternal grandfather was a policeman in Mount Vernon, New York (Westchester County) from approximately 1916 to 1936. He died before I was born and I never asked my father about him. So I'm not 100% sure on those dates, but I'm in the ballpark. I did find an article once in a 1918, Mt. Vernon newspaper that mentioned him helping to break up a factory worker uprising. Anyway, I have some buttons off his uniform(s), his blackjack and his billy clubs, truncheons, night sticks, batons, etc. I like to call them attitude adjusters. The blackjack definitely saw some use. The billy clubs are in fantastic condition with only the original lanyards showing any wear or damage.

Cool Skip! Especially those buttons are really cool! I have looked at old millitary buttons in the bay before but never bought any. Yet.

TPK wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 7:46 pm

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 7:00 pm My paternal grandfather.....

Cool Skip! Especially those buttons are really cool! I have looked at old millitary buttons in the bay before but never bought any. Yet.

Thank you Tom. Buttons are great collectibles and don't take up much room at all. The only drawback is trying to trace the manufacturer. Luckily, all the above police uniform buttons are maker marked on the back and easy to look up. I'm going to post another button that I have, I inherited it and have had it since 1982. I have gone on all the military forums I could find to get information on it. No information at all, not even a guess. Maybe it's not military related, I don't know. Check back later today or tomorrow and look it over. Oh, by the way, I don't collect clothing buttons.

Actually, here it is now. A possible uniform button, it's 7/8" in diameter. That's all I'm certain about regarding this button. I inherited it from my father, so I'm guessing it belonged to his father. There are no maker marks. I have no clue as to when or where it's from.

***** UPDATE *****
As of 11:00 P.M., P.S.T., I found some of these on eBay. The sellers of these don't have any different information on the button(s) than I do.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:40 pm Actually, here it is now. A possible uniform button, it's 7/8" in diameter. That's all I'm certain about regarding this button. I inherited it from my father, so I'm guessing it belonged to his father. There are no maker marks. I have no clue as to when or where it's from.

Cool! I'll try to remember what it looks like. Edit, I'll Download the picture and if I ever find another one like it, I'll let you know.

Ok I have it & I'll keep my eyes open!

Nice memorabilia from your family, Skip. The best kind. Good show.

Here are three Henckels Mellon Testors.
I purchased these knives from three different sellers.
Amazingly, each one was used quite similarly and look remarkably similar to each other.
Grand old artifacts.

Some beauties there, Joe!