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Augie
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Picked up this KA-BAR fish knife, came in a fitted leather case and has a blade etch for M.S. Young and Company which was a hardware store in Allentown PA, they were in business from mid 1800's to 1964.
If I'm reading tang stamp right knife dates 1930 to 1950. Not sure what the handle material is, it's greenish black, may be synthetic or may be bone.
If I'm reading tang stamp right knife dates 1930 to 1950. Not sure what the handle material is, it's greenish black, may be synthetic or may be bone.
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Great knife
waynorth
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Sweet and clean!!
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Don't usually like fish scaler knives or toothpick knives but I'd make an exception for this one
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Just received this today . It was sold as an IXL but I can not prove that .
Walks and Talks , No Gaps , has a Half/Stop , takes a good edge . The Stag had been Probably Washed and was very dry , so I put little Mineral Oil on it and Oiled the Joint . For $28 plus freight .
There are some who say that There Are No Grail Knives , but I did look for one like this for a Looooooong Time .
Harry
Walks and Talks , No Gaps , has a Half/Stop , takes a good edge . The Stag had been Probably Washed and was very dry , so I put little Mineral Oil on it and Oiled the Joint . For $28 plus freight .
There are some who say that There Are No Grail Knives , but I did look for one like this for a Looooooong Time .
Harry
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Augie - Sweet Knife and it’s pouch!
Harry - beauty right there my friend!!!! Beautiful Stag! I*XL? Possibly even German with the finer Bolster work? Either way she’s a great knife and we’ll done with the Hunt!
Harry - beauty right there my friend!!!! Beautiful Stag! I*XL? Possibly even German with the finer Bolster work? Either way she’s a great knife and we’ll done with the Hunt!
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Way to go, Harry!! Nice find!!Just received this today . It was sold as an IXL but I can not prove that .
Walks and Talks , No Gaps , has a Half/Stop , takes a good edge . The Stag had been Probably Washed and was very dry , so I put little Mineral Oil on it and Oiled the Joint . For $28 plus freight .
There are some who say that There Are No Grail Knives , but I did look for one like this for a Looooooong Time .
Harry
Any Stag would have been proud to drop that antler!!
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Great find Harry, such great stag. I have my doubts about it being Wostenholm as their old tang stamps were quite large and you would think there would be something remaining. With that wonderful curve to the knife it reminds me more of Saynor.
I'm pretty sure that stag was one piece cut down the middle, I have a Shirley's that the stag is fit the same way.
Just received this today . It was sold as an IXL but I can not prove that .
Walks and Talks , No Gaps , has a Half/Stop , takes a good edge . The Stag had been Probably Washed and was very dry , so I put little Mineral Oil on it and Oiled the Joint . For $28 plus freight .
There are some who say that There Are No Grail Knives , but I did look for one like this for a Looooooong Time .
Harry
Great find Harry, such great stag. I have my doubts about it being Wostenholm as their old tang stamps were quite large and you would think there would be something remaining. With that wonderful curve to the knife it reminds me more of Saynor.
I'm pretty sure that stag was one piece cut down the middle, I have a Shirley's that the stag is fit the same way.
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Beautiful old Pruner John . I really like the Golden tones in that Thick Stag . That is the coloring that I wanted too .
Thank you for the very kind words and I agree with your assessment of mine that it was most likely 1 piece of Stag and cut down the middle . I also agree that mine is most likely not an IXL George Wostenholm . The blade tang is for sure not large enough to hold their normal tang stamping . I would like to think that it was a Saynor or Eye Witness or any other Old Sheffield but I Do Not see enough material removal on any area of the blade to believe that it had ever been stamped like the old Sheffield makers that I have seen . Duncan
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tends to think that it may be a German made one because of the Bolster . I certainly would like to see opinions of more learned people of Old Knives than I about who the maker of it may be . I just know that getting this knife completely removes it from my Like To Find List .Take care my friend and have a nice day .
Harry
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Lovely old Pruner Augie - Wow!!! I had a few nice older ones - That selection now resides in North Dakota! 
I still pick them up when I can.
Harry matey - the chances are it will be English- usually- and this is usually, but not the Rule. English especially early ( again - usually) the Bolsters are heavily Rats Tailed, and have quite the Stove - Pipe Kick ( which on yours may have been filed down along with Blade loss).
The Pinching and the positive Threading on the Bolsters is just that little bit different when compared to the norm, that is the only reason why I thought you would be forgiven to look over towards Germany way, but if it came to laying money down? I would first say England.
I still pick them up when I can.
Harry matey - the chances are it will be English- usually- and this is usually, but not the Rule. English especially early ( again - usually) the Bolsters are heavily Rats Tailed, and have quite the Stove - Pipe Kick ( which on yours may have been filed down along with Blade loss).
The Pinching and the positive Threading on the Bolsters is just that little bit different when compared to the norm, that is the only reason why I thought you would be forgiven to look over towards Germany way, but if it came to laying money down? I would first say England.
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Thank you Charlie and Duncan"QUOTE="Old Engineer, post:
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There's a lot of similarity to this Remington, Harry!! I wonder who is copying who??
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for your thoughts and opinions all of which I do value . It does not make that much difference to me as to who made it , but I would like to know even though I will never sell it . It is a little interesting to me that there is so much similarity with pin locations between it and that very fine Remington . Even the Curves in the overall shape look similar , but not quite the same . Harry
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Harry matey, Nor should it worry you who made that lovely Knife- as at first glance we see its a wonderfully made Knife that oozes Quality!
Harry you inspired me to get off my Bum and take some photographs of this Knife I bought recently, I have so many Knives to come in- they are at my great friend and Post Masters House - New Zealand are not allowing any packages to come into the Country as of yet, so its local buying for me as of late- or..poor Paul keeps receiving parcels addressed to Duncan C/- Mr. Hilborn....
I purchased this Ol' Gal a few weeks ago- covered in Paint, I knew there was a nice Ol' Knife under there. W.M Marples & Son Sheffield, Tool makers not Knife Cutlers, not an often seen Tang Stamp by any means, there were a couple of early Marples in Sheffield, but no W.M Marples & Son. Integral Bolster, Iron on top of Iron, Iron Hammered Pins, Iron Liners integral Bolstered.
What I think is gorgeous Stag - obvious as it is there's your Stunning Gnarly Popcorn type of Stag that Harry posted, and then you get your Deeply Grained Stag like this, I think either is just so fantastic and each a pleasure to behold! A big and heavy Knife at 4 & 1/4 inches long.
This Knife would most definitely rein in from the later 1800's era, unsure of the Maker.
This would not have been a Hawkbill or Pruner - even though this Blade shows evidence of loss I think the Loss isn't huge, I think this was more of a Sailors Rope knife.
Only on these do you see such massive Springs and huge width to the Spines of these Knives - the rear of the Spring measures just over 1/4 of an inch, where you see the Photo of the Wrapping up of the Spring- add another 1/8th to that!
I am not too sure about the Maker - possibly a Harrisons Bros. knife, you see a Harrison below, in the below Photo you will see two styles of Rope or Sailor knife types, the one I am referring to is the one that has the Marlin Spike, you see the Styling of the Blade which the ( above) contracted W.M. Marples has. I think this Knife looks just so good for a approx 140 year old Knife!
Harry you inspired me to get off my Bum and take some photographs of this Knife I bought recently, I have so many Knives to come in- they are at my great friend and Post Masters House - New Zealand are not allowing any packages to come into the Country as of yet, so its local buying for me as of late- or..poor Paul keeps receiving parcels addressed to Duncan C/- Mr. Hilborn....
I purchased this Ol' Gal a few weeks ago- covered in Paint, I knew there was a nice Ol' Knife under there. W.M Marples & Son Sheffield, Tool makers not Knife Cutlers, not an often seen Tang Stamp by any means, there were a couple of early Marples in Sheffield, but no W.M Marples & Son. Integral Bolster, Iron on top of Iron, Iron Hammered Pins, Iron Liners integral Bolstered.
What I think is gorgeous Stag - obvious as it is there's your Stunning Gnarly Popcorn type of Stag that Harry posted, and then you get your Deeply Grained Stag like this, I think either is just so fantastic and each a pleasure to behold! A big and heavy Knife at 4 & 1/4 inches long.
This Knife would most definitely rein in from the later 1800's era, unsure of the Maker.
This would not have been a Hawkbill or Pruner - even though this Blade shows evidence of loss I think the Loss isn't huge, I think this was more of a Sailors Rope knife.
Only on these do you see such massive Springs and huge width to the Spines of these Knives - the rear of the Spring measures just over 1/4 of an inch, where you see the Photo of the Wrapping up of the Spring- add another 1/8th to that!
I am not too sure about the Maker - possibly a Harrisons Bros. knife, you see a Harrison below, in the below Photo you will see two styles of Rope or Sailor knife types, the one I am referring to is the one that has the Marlin Spike, you see the Styling of the Blade which the ( above) contracted W.M. Marples has. I think this Knife looks just so good for a approx 140 year old Knife!
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Just beautiful old knives with some Great Stag my friend . This IS what it is all about for Knife Knuts like us . Outstanding job of removing that Paint . I do not think that I have ever seen pictures of Stag like the very bottom knife .Harry matey, Nor should it worry you who made that lovely Knife- as at first glance we see its a wonderfully made Knife that oozes Quality!
Harry you inspired me to get off my Bum and take some photographs of this Knife I bought recently, I have so many Knives to come in- they are at my great friend and Post Masters House - New Zealand are not allowing any packages to come into the Country as of yet, so its local buying for me as of late- or..poor Paul keeps receiving parcels addressed to Duncan C/- Mr. Hilborn....
I purchased this Ol' Gal a few weeks ago- covered in Paint, I knew there was a nice Ol' Knife under there. W.M Marples & Son Sheffield, Tool makers not Knife Cutlers, not an often seen Tang Stamp by any means, there were a couple of early Marples in Sheffield, but no W.M Marples & Son. Integral Bolster, Iron on top of Iron, Iron Hammered Pins, Iron Liners integral Bolstered.
What I think is gorgeous Stag - obvious as it is there's your Stunning Gnarly Popcorn type of Stag that Harry posted, and then you get your Deeply Grained Stag like this, I think either is just so fantastic and each a pleasure to behold! A big and heavy Knife at 4 & 1/4 inches long.
This Knife would most definitely rein in from the later 1800's era, unsure of the Maker.
This would not have been a Hawkbill or Pruner - even though this Blade shows evidence of loss I think the Loss isn't huge, I think this was more of a Sailors Rope knife.
Only on these do you see such massive Springs and huge width to the Spines of these Knives - the rear of the Spring measures just over 1/4 of an inch, where you see the Photo of the Wrapping up of the Spring- add another 1/8th to that!
I am not too sure about the Maker - possibly a Harrisons Bros. knife, you see a Harrison below, in the below Photo you will see two styles of Rope or Sailor knife types, the one I am referring to is the one that has the Marlin Spike, you see the Styling of the Blade which the ( above) contracted W.M. Marples has. I think this Knife looks just so good for a approx 140 year old Knife!
Harry
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Heres the Face side of the Knife my friend, (the Blade is Blued if it looks weird).
Heres a few more...
Heres a few more...
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WOW Duncan !!!!! Thanks for showing the other side of those Stags . Please don't stop now though . My eyes go to the bottom photo and Top Row and the 2 on the Right . The Stag and the Gunstock Checkering and etc , etc. , and etc.Heres the Face side of the Knife my friend, (the Blade is Blued if it looks weird).
Heres a few more...
Harry