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LongBlade wrote:Do those model #s on the box for the knives shown?
Yes sir. Correct knife to the box.
Now that is cool ... In contrast to Remington where model #s are stamped on pile side and well documented in references many of us don’t know the model #s of many old knives because the cutlery catalogs are not readily available... in some cases even the name of patterns was not clear ...
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Lee
Thanks Steve ... and for the kind words for recovery...
That is my only Sheffield box and as you say it is amazing it lasted given the time frame... as I now understand it Sheffield boxes are much more rare and hard to find intact in contrast to the American cutleries...
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A Robeson pearl handled Masonic lobster with a whittler blade configuration on top and a long file/cuticle blade on the bottom in its original box with a printed factory guaranty.
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I always save original boxes but my knife collection is not of the vintage variety; so, this Case "pumpkin box" is probably the most interesting box I own.
I think the vintage boxes are much more interesting than the newer boxes; IMO, they have more character.
But, that's not to say all newer boxes are totally uninteresting. Here are a few more from my collection that will probably earn some character over time (although I'm sure it will be long after I'm gone...like in 50 - 60 years).
The box for this Mammoth Ivory Lone Wolf Loveless City Knife is interesting because of the ID label with a picture of the exact knife on it...right down to the scrimshaw detail.
QTCut5 wrote:I think the vintage boxes are much more interesting than the newer boxes; IMO, they have more character.
But, that's not to say all newer boxes are totally uninteresting. Here are a few more from my collection that will probably earn some character over time (although I'm sure it will be long after I'm gone...like in 50 - 60 years).
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The box for this Mammoth Ivory Lone Wolf Loveless City Knife is interesting because of the ID label with a picture of the exact knife on it...right down to the scrimshaw detail.
Here is an R1253 bullet knife with the original box. The box is much harder to find than the knife. The knife has gone on to a new owner but I still have the box. It is the only Bullet knife box I've ever seen.
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btrwtr wrote:Here is an R1253 bullet knife with the original box. The box is much harder to find than the knife. The knife has gone on to a new owner but I still have the box. It is the only Bullet knife box I've ever seen.
Oh boy!!!!!! I've always wondered if there were bullet boxes out there. That's amazing.
Here's another of mine - Osgood Bray & Co from Boston... (Here's the link to my original post regarding Osgood Bray & Co (viewtopic.php?f=35&t=46309&hilit=osgood ... 6amp%3B+co for more detail)... In short the knives were most likely made by Burkinshaw in Pepperell MA - an equal end jack - very solid with worm groove bone and a 2 blade MOP pen knife... Again though I have done it before I would like to thank my good buddy Joe who gifted me the box a few years ago ... I think this photo works ok and forgot I did this 4 or 5 months ago - it is sort of tricky to get the box and knives together in the photo and do them justice...
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