"Old Knives"

Old Engineer said:
Just received this Russell Barlow :



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Blades are fuller than my first one .


Harry
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Nice Russells Harry, most Russells show quite a bit of character, I think Charlie is the only one I've ever seen that has some minty Russell's. Maybe Charlie can post his Russells again, they are wonderful.

Russell's came from the Greenfield Massachusetts Green River area. My father was born and raised in that area, played and swam in the Green River. That whole area was a hotbed of manufacturing, they made everything there. Most of my dads family worked in the mills and were machinists, some of the best tools ever made came from that area.

Here is a link I've posted before, it's a great read on the history of Russell.

http://industrialhistory.org/histories/john-russell-mfg-co-and-the-russell-cutlery/
 
The old knives thread has been on a roll of late. I put this Catt. English jack in another thread, but figured it belonged in here as well, and I haven't posted anything in this thread for a while.
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Augie said:
Nice Russells Harry, most Russells show quite a bit of character, I think Charlie is the only one I've ever seen that has some minty Russell's. Maybe Charlie can post his Russells again, they are wonderful.

Russell's came from the Greenfield Massachusetts Green River area. My father was born and raised in that area, played and swam in the Green River. That whole area was a hotbed of manufacturing, they made everything there. Most of my dads family worked in the mills and were machinists, some of the best tools ever made came from that area.

Here is a link I've posted before, it's a great read on the history of Russell.

http://industrialhistory.org/histories/john-russell-mfg-co-and-the-russell-cutlery/
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Thank you for the info John . I probably have time to look at it during these weird times . And why wouldn't waynorth waynorth have a nice collection of Russells . And he probably has a Back-up for each .

Harry
 
Here are a couple of “barehead” heavy Jumbo Jacks. Top is a Northfield and the bottom one is a E B Holt. The Northfield is 3 & 7/8 inches closed, and the Holt is 3 & 3/4 inches. The Northfield is covered in Cocobolo and the Holt is wearing Ebony. Both have relatively full blades with some blade loss from sharpening. W & T is excellent on both with no blade wobble when both blades are fully deployed. Both have fairly heavy pulls but are very smooth with no grittiness when opening.

Anybody have another E B Holt or ever heard of the knife maker? Goins just has this entry “Edward B. Holt. Boston Mass C 1890–1895. First at 56 Bedford, Boston, Massachusetts by 1895, they were at 115 Devonshire.” Not much more info on the www. Thanks in advance for your input and help—much appreciated!
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Two massive beauties, Lloyd!! The Holt looks barely used, and the Northfield still looks good for its age!!:)
 
Thanks Charlie and Augie, and for the likes on the Catt. The DE a few pages back is stunning, Augie! Great pair of jacks (and pictures) Lloyd!
 
Luger1952 said:
Here are a couple of “barehead” heavy Jumbo Jacks. Top is a Northfield and the bottom one is a E B Holt. The Northfield is 3 & 7/8 inches closed, and the Holt is 3 & 3/4 inches. The Northfield is covered in Cocobolo and the Holt is wearing Ebony. Both have relatively full blades with some blade loss from sharpening. W & T is excellent on both with no blade wobble when both blades are fully deployed. Both have fairly heavy pulls but are very smooth with no grittiness when opening.

Anybody have another E B Holt or ever heard of the knife maker? Goins just has this entry “Edward B. Holt. Boston Mass C 1890–1895. First at 56 Bedford, Boston, Massachusetts by 1895, they were at 115 Devonshire.” Not much more info on the www. Thanks in advance for your input and help—much appreciated!
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Wow, that Holt is really something.
 
I agree with my friends above
Mike: Augies DE is quite spectacular isn't it? That's a very nice Knife!:

Lambertiana: Matey- that big Jack is awesome isnt it! Im not too sure but are you with me in the thinking that that looks very similar to A Challenge Bridgeport? I'm only giving myself these questions to try and test myself really :rolleyes:
 
Luger1952 said:
Here are a couple of “barehead” heavy Jumbo Jacks. Top is a Northfield and the bottom one is a E B Holt. The Northfield is 3 & 7/8 inches closed, and the Holt is 3 & 3/4 inches. The Northfield is covered in Cocobolo and the Holt is wearing Ebony. Both have relatively full blades with some blade loss from sharpening. W & T is excellent on both with no blade wobble when both blades are fully deployed. Both have fairly heavy pulls but are very smooth with no grittiness when opening.

Anybody have another E B Holt or ever heard of the knife maker? Goins just has this entry “Edward B. Holt. Boston Mass C 1890–1895. First at 56 Bedford, Boston, Massachusetts by 1895, they were at 115 Devonshire.” Not much more info on the www. Thanks in advance for your input and help—much appreciated!
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Two old beauties there Lloyd . Those Blades appear to me to be made by the same people .

Harry
 
Campbellclanman said:
Lambertiana: Matey- that big Jack is awesome isnt it! Im not too sure but are you with me in the thinking that that looks very similar to A Challenge Bridgeport? I'm only giving myself these questions to try and test myself really :rolleyes:
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Interesting question, and I am not sure. I don't recall seeing many Challenge knives with a propeller shield. I was thinking more like Ulster. Here is a similar Ulster jumbo jack with cocobolo scales. The pin placement is a little different, but otherwise it is a very similar knife:
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Ulster made most of the Jumbos that I have seen! The top and bottom knives are not Ulsters; a Smaller Schrade-made at the top for comparison, and a Waterville at bottom. (I've posted these before.)
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The pen blade on the Cowing(Ulster) is almost the same as the main on the Weck(Schrade)!:)
 
Wow- Thanks Charlie, Stunning Big Jack examples- simply beautiful Knives, and Thank you Lambertiana - nice spotting!
There's something about those big Ol' Jacks isn't there!

Thank you Luger for the post and the great follow ups!
 
Luger1952 said:
Here are a couple of “barehead” heavy Jumbo Jacks. Top is a Northfield and the bottom one is a E B Holt. The Northfield is 3 & 7/8 inches closed, and the Holt is 3 & 3/4 inches. The Northfield is covered in Cocobolo and the Holt is wearing Ebony. Both have relatively full blades with some blade loss from sharpening. W & T is excellent on both with no blade wobble when both blades are fully deployed. Both have fairly heavy pulls but are very smooth with no grittiness when opening.

Anybody have another E B Holt or ever heard of the knife maker? Goins just has this entry “Edward B. Holt. Boston Mass C 1890–1895. First at 56 Bedford, Boston, Massachusetts by 1895, they were at 115 Devonshire.” Not much more info on the www. Thanks in advance for your input and help—much appreciated!
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Lloyd, those are a couple fantastic Jumbo Jacks, I will see if I can match up pin placement to any of the ones I have to give an idea on the Holt. The upper small pin being so far back is fairly unique, Lambertiana's Ulster is pretty close.
 
Never quite figured out this vintage knife collecting. I've seen fairly common knives go quick for a high price and other less common knives just sit. This is one that sat for a few months on the auction site so you have probably seen it. I noticed it at first but thought the price was too high and waited until it came down to what I thought was reasonable.

It's a really nice large 3 3/4" bare end lack with great bone and full blades, it has been cleaned but the edges are not rounded off and everything including tang stamps is crisp, maybe the cleaning is why it sat. Curtin&Clark were made roughly 1898 to 1920, early knives St.Joseph MO, later knives Kansas City MO.

Anyone know if Curtin&Clark made their own knives or did they have them made, I've seen that bone before but can't place it, also the font on the tang stamps look familiar, maybe Schatt&Morgan?


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Nice Jack, Augie!! Maybe Dave @knowtracks will recognize the bone, having a great S & M collection!! It looks familiar to me too!!:rolleyes:
 
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