"Old Knives"

These just came to me. I will not be "restoring" away that approximately 150 years of use history the previous owners put on them.

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SteveC said:
Joseph Rodgers small 2 blade Lamb













One thing of interest, there is no liner between the blades.


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That's a good looking J. Rodgers Lamb Foot model which dates to the early post WWII era with those blade tang stamps.
Enclosed is a catalog illustration from 1961 which shows a similar model with "Black" (plastic) handles.
No option is listed for bone handles as seen on your model, so yours most likely dates to the 1950s.
The lack of a center liner is uncommon for a two-blade Lamb foot knife.

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Nice knives cray, Steve, and Glen. I'd like to have seen that in its original shape. Was it a spey or a special?
 
paulhilborn said:
Nothing super rare, just super nice condition. I missed out on the peachseed but if this is second place, I'm fine with being the first loser ;) :) A nice Schrade Cut Co Barlow, with awesome covers, with only one small chip near the butt. Full blades that are centered and solid with zero play:)
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Beautiful old Schrade, Paul! :thumbsup:

Augie said:
Thank you Charlie, it is probably my favorite barlow in my collection. I will always wonder what the story is behind this knife, was it bought as a gift for someone that went off to WW2 and never came back. Why did it remain unused tied in the gift box? I almost wanted to leave it in the box as found but the light layer of rust was too much to ignore, at least I have the pictures.






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What a cool (and mysterious) old knife, Augie. Definitely one of those times you wish an old knife could tell a story.

glennbad said:
I just picked up this Rodgers, which also has no center liner...

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Interesting blade combo on that one, Glenn. I’m not nearly as knowledgeable as some of y’all when it comes to old knives, is full clip/full spey a combination you see a lot?

I just caught up on several pages of this thread. Man, that “restoration” video was tough to watch. 😳 Those of you who didn’t make it to the end missed a gem, where the guy says, “Sometimes you just have to let an old knife be an old knife,” after he’d just buffed and Dremel’ed the absolute hell out of it. 🤣🙄
 
btb01 said:
Interesting blade combo on that one, Glenn. I’m not nearly as knowledgeable as some of y’all when it comes to old knives, is full clip/full spey a combination you see a lot?
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btb01 said:
Interesting blade combo on that one, Glenn. I’m not nearly as knowledgeable as some of y’all when it comes to old knives, is full clip/full spey a combination you see a lot?
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Yes, more common on English knives. Also, the Moose pattern used that combo a lot, albeit the blades were on opposite ends.
 
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