What is the Definition of Ettrick??

waynorth said:
Lest anyone forget the humble Ettrick, WAKE UP thread!!!:eek:
:D

These wonderful and useful knives have a certain something I like! They are off the beaten path! They march to a different drum!! I feel right at home with one in my pocket.;)

Here is a comparison bunch, with some Ettricks of varying ages:
I've kept them in the same order for you to ID them:
Top to bottom,

-A current production A.Wright from Sheffield (walnut?)
-A recent creation by John Lloyd in stag
-A nice vintage Joseph Rodgers, courtesy Duncan via New Zealand
-3 very recent Esnyx productions in Sheep Horn, Cocobola, and bark pachyderm! :cool:

I've been thinking of all the things I use a knife for in this modern life, and except for food prep, and excursions outside the city, these compact-bladed knives will do rather nicely!!:thumbup:

And, I've also been thinking, NICE WORK Evan!!:)

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Here are pictures of the 4th knife by Evan to complete his Ettrick series for me! The icing on the cake!!

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That's a gorgeous, shapely knife, Charlie; congrats! :thumbup::thumbup:
And hats off to Evan fro his craftsmanship! :cool::cool:

- GT
 
Yeah interesting that he made the last with such a prominent attractive swedge.

Who has been to Afghanistan, those 'worry beads' looks like quality lapis lazuli?
 
Glad to see this one pop up! Enjoy it, my friend.

As to the questions about the swedge, I made the adjustments on it due to a recommendation from Mr. Bose. That was his only critique on the previous ones, and I think it was a nice improvement.
 
The two patterns are very similar!
Some older Ettricks have "fuller" handle profiles, similar to the Case swayback.
Older and newer ones have slimmer profiles as well, like the previously shown Abletts, and John Lloyd's knives.
The main difference I see is, the blade is proportionately shorter in an Ettrick, than in a Swayback with a Wharncliffe blade.
If you have studied old patterns for a while, you see the overlap of details between patterns. It is sometimes debatable what name to give a knife pattern, as has been proven many times in these endless pages!!:rolleyes:
:D
 
Very nice Esnyx Ettrick Charlie, that's a great interpretation of the pattern by Evan I think :thumbup:

I think one of the features which differentiates an Ettrick is that the whole knife, when open, forms a sort of lazy 'S', with a blade which slopes down towards the point :thumbup:
 
Ishrub said:
Yeah interesting that he made the last with such a prominent attractive swedge.

Who has been to Afghanistan, those 'worry beads' looks like quality lapis lazuli?
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Those blue beads were traded into the Alaskan and B.C. Fur trades hundreds of years ago, Ishrub!!
They are glass, and likely Venetian.
Don't you love it when answers appear months later? Sorry I missed your question back in April!!
 
Nice to see this great Thread surface again! Love this style of knife! Interesting about the Beads Charlie!

Wow Evans Knife just is simply amazing!
 
Campbellclanman said:
Nice to see this great Thread surface again! Love this style of knife! Interesting about the Beads Charlie!

Wow Evans Knife just is simply amazing!
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+1 to all of that Duncan, I always enjoy it when this thread pops up, and that's a really great knife :thumbup:

As I didn't actually own an Ettrick, I thought I should own at least one, and bought an Arthur Wright six months ago. Shamefully, I've not photographed or carried it yet! :o
 
Those Lambsfoot knives have been taking up all my time Duncan ;)
 
Time to wake up the Ettrick thread again with my latest find:

C+X
Lockwood Brothers Sheffield:








The wood's in nice shape. Gapped and worn at the liner/spring, but the blade still walks and talks nicely





Pre-1930? It's worn enough, I may just go ahead and sharpen it and use it. :)
 
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R8shell - definitely pre 1930 - although worn, that Lockwood Bros. is a very cool old knife- ANY one of us would have loved to come across that lovely old beauty!
I am going to push it and say that knife would be most probably late 180's, I have owned a few Lockwoods, but the font is thick and heavy - a early Stamp, be interesting when Charlie and Jack see this!
 
Thanks, Duncan. I was very excited to find it.
 
Hi Charlie, guess who? ;)
So I have just learned a new thing about my mum's knives... they are Ettrick knives! And I believe with a Lamb Foot blade is that correct? Very cool to learn this stuff :)
Iris

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