"Made in Sheffield" 1830-1930, A golden age ?

[wlfryjr]

Great knives fellas.Thanks for the thread revival. I may have to post some redo's.

I'm sending out a holler for Mick, maybe he'll hear. Hey Mick

 

[Campbellclanman]

Here's some pics of an unusual George Butler Rase Knife

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Jack that’s an absolute beauty! Love that knife.

Campbellclanman Listen matey, that's an unbelievable hoard of Ettricks you've got there Is that the stash Charlie found a little while ago? I know NZ has a mass of sheep but those knives could take care of diping and foot clipping the whole national flock Talk about a hoard of riches

Regards, Will[/QUOTE]

lol thank you my friend. Will Charlie also obtained a set- Charlie was onto these first and bought a set that was tidier.

Enclosed is a Sheffield made "H. G. Long" from the mid 1800s. It is a fairly large "English Jack" type lock back folder with a handle length of 6 inches.
It also has nickel silver folding guards which were not very common on old Sheffield folders. And beautiful old English stag handles.

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Oh man!! ( stopped in street - Face against the Window)

 

[Jack Black]

Jack that’s an absolute beauty! Love that knife.

Thanks pal

 

[herder]

Thanks, Mike R., chuko, Jack, Long Blade, Gevonovich, and Campbellclanman.

Chuko - Three fantastic pearl whittlers from one of the best makers of all time.
All great folders, but my eyes keep drifting to the wharncliffe model.

Gevonovich - A very fine horseman's model, which are a favorite pattern of mine.

LongBlade - Beautiful pearl Crookes Senator/Congress model. Crookes certainly ranks among the better Sheffield makers.

Enclosed is a Joseph Rodgers easy open model with fine old English stag.

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[LongBlade]

Gevonovich - Gev - That horseman's knife is awesome ... hard to find those in that great condition ...

H herder - herder - Lovely Rodgers, nice stag and an easy opener too ... It's probably just me but I am not sure I ever saw an easy opener jack made in Sheffield - cool ...

 

[chuko]

Enclosed is a Joseph Rodgers easy open model with fine old English stag.

Another great stag from Sheffield! Those folks did some great stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Charles

 

[Gevonovich]

Enclosed is a Joseph Rodgers easy open model with fine old English stag.

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Another heavenly treat....divine indeed !

Gevonovich - Gev - That horseman's knife is awesome ... hard to find those in that great condition ...

H herder - herder - Lovely Rodgers, nice stag and an easy opener too ... It's probably just me but I am not sure I ever saw an easy opener jack made in Sheffield - cool ...

Thank you for the fine compliment, Sir ! It took me years of persistence.

 

[herder]

Thanks Longblade, chuko, and Gevonovich.

LongBlade - Good observation on the Sheffield easy open models which are not common as you suggest.
I did a rather quick search for easy open knives in general, and it appears that they first appeared in the United States around the turn of the 20th century.
I found a Walden easy open model from 1904, but I'm sure they existed a bit earlier.
The earliest English easy opener I could find was a Wostenholm from 1930. (picture enclosed)
But I would bet they existed a little earlier as well and probably came about sometime after the first American models.

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[chuko]

3 1/4" lobster pattern quill knife by Parkin & Marshall, Sheffield (this one is shown on page 242 of the SHEFFIELD EXHIBITION KNIVES book). Has 8 blades with 4 on each side. All are pen blades except one ink eraser blade & one manicure blade. Scalloped pearl handles with scalloped liners; the pearl is pique on each side with clamshell-type bolsters and a oval nickel silver shield. There is one broken blade.

 

[LongBlade]

chuko - Charles - That knife is a STUNNER - just plain awesome ... Those cutlers had incredible skills to make a knife in that pattern especially at that size!! It no doubt deserved to be in that book... It can take me hours every time I pick it up that book just admiring all those exhibition knives ... I am sure you treasure that knife in your collection - I know I would ...

 

[Campbellclanman]

Enclosed is a Joseph Rodgers easy open model with fine old English stag.

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Oh man!!!! That’s a Sweetheart right there!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Charles- Stunning piece

 

[LongBlade]

Charles' Parkin & Marshall above is a tough act to follow with another ..

Old Sheffield Quill knives were no doubt made with exceptional quality and could be quite fancy as shown in that Parkin & Marshall. To me the old quills made in the U.S.A. were for the most part not given that extra touch seen on many Sheffield made quills - in fact personally I have never seen a fancy American made quill knife....

Here’s another quill - John Hinchcliffe (ca 1830-1851).. According to Tweedale, John Hinchcliffe was well known maker of fancy MOP carved handled knives and especially quill knives. In fact Hinchcliffe was given multiple awards at expositions of that time period for carved MOP knives. The trademark was a "beehive" as seen in the tang stamp. 3" long closed... No doubt shows that quality and beauty of the Golden Age ...

 

[chuko]

Lee that John Hinchcliffe quill is a really great addition to this thread. Thanks for sharing.

 

[lambertiana]

Enclosed is a Sheffield made "H. G. Long" from the mid 1800s. It is a fairly large "English Jack" type lock back folder with a handle length of 6 inches.
It also has nickel silver folding guards which were not very common on old Sheffield folders. And beautiful old English stag handles.

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They sure knew how to use stag back then. Cut thin and flat so the handles don't have big bulges in the middle, with bark all the way to the bolster. I hate it when modern makers grind off half of the bark to taper the scales down to the bolsters.

3 1/4" lobster pattern quill knife by Parkin & Marshall, Sheffield (this one is shown on page 242 of the SHEFFIELD EXHIBITION KNIVES book). Has 8 blades with 4 on each side. All are pen blades except one ink eraser blade & one manicure blade. Scalloped pearl handles with scalloped liners; the pearl is pique on each side with clamshell-type bolsters and a oval nickel silver shield. There is one broken blade.

This is a work of art. Certainly not a working man's knife.

 

[wlfryjr]

Thanks Mike,Jack, Lee, Gev,Charles,Duncan and Herder.
Lee ,I found the J Rodgers EO fascinating too,how the exquisite designs of that company would even translate to the pedestrian pattern of an EO.

A Thomas Turner Cutlers to His Majesty: Early 1900's,Edwardian reign??

I'm having trouble posting text and pictures,so I"ll put picture in post by themselves.

 

[wlfryjr]

This knife is 4 1/8", a large one.

 

[black mamba]

Wow, Lyle, that's a beauty! Do you think the main blade has been altered, or is it original? Somewhat of a unique shape.

 

[chuko]

Lyle, once again that is beautiful English stag. Nice knife!!

 

[Jack Black]

Absolutely wonderful knives gents