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    I recently joined as I was given two older knives that we found as we were going thru my deceased grandfather's belongings. I hope it is something that maybe meant something to him and was looking for a little background as I have very limited knowledge and did not see any markings. Can somebody help me find out what type of knives these may be

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Jeremiah,

To be able to have knives that your grandfather use is great.

The top one is called a Hawkbill or a pruning knife.

The bottom looks to be a Sodbuster frame.  A good general purpose knife.  If there are any tangstamps, pics would help with identification.  They would be on the other side at the base of the blade.

Those are great old knives. Like JJ said, try to get some focused shots of the tang stamps and you will have answers soon thereafter.

Thanks for the help. I really appreciate it. I did find a tag on the top one, but can only make out knife co N.Y

The other one I did not see one



Jeremiah wilker said:

Thanks for the help. I really appreciate it. I did find a tag on the top one, but can only make out knife co N.Y

The other one I did not see one

The jigging & steel butt-plate on the pruner are reasonably unique. I know the stamping but have not nailed it down .. yet.

The top line of the stamping possibly ends in an "R" ??? Could you / would you snap a macro shot of the stamping on the pruner & post ? Is there any stamping on the obverse side ???
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I have knives w/ similar swedged steel bolsters & steel butt plate ..but.. they are Miller Bros. i.e. stamping not even close.

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Will keep looking. Note: any high res pic of the stamping will help   .......   in comparing against known stampings.

I tried a macro shot and no more showed up. It looks like it ends in ER and there are no other other imprints that I can see. 

I know he collected antiques mainly in the PA area so I would expect the knives to be older 

I appreciate it. A good Mystery is fun as I have been looking online with the information that I have learned from this forum

Truly a search to try our researchers skills.

Bee doing some looking.  Nothing meeting the tang stamp criteria, though found some that are simiar nonetheless.

New York Knife Company

Unknown "Frontier pruiner", similar bolsters

All I can find out is the first one sold for $18.00, I believe and the second sold for around $39.00.

Jeremiah, I copied your tang stamp photo and ran it through two different photo enhancement programs-- There are 3 lines in the tang stamp---Unfortunately, the top line is undecipherable from the photo-- The second and third lines, I am 99 % sure read Knife Co. NY. I know Walden Knife Co. used a similar tang stamp ( same block lettering and 3 line stamp circa late 1880s to early 1900s. At this point, just a guess.-- You might try making a rubbing of the stamp-- Put a thin piece of paper over the stamp,and rub over the stamp area with the side of a pencil lead. It might reveal enough letters in the  top line for us to have something to work with.I do think that I am about right on the vintage, regardless of the maker, basing on other  hawkbills (pruning knives) I have seen from that time frame.

Wow some fancy detective work:) That gives me a good idea...I was just curious

Any ideas on possible background of the other one?

Thanks everyone. 

Have any other shots of the sodbuster? Specifically, the other side of the tang, the liners, and spine.

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