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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by D ale on November 4, 2015 at 18:54

Are you sure it's not "Wostenholm" .. got a pic of the stamping ????

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on November 4, 2015 at 19:09

good catch Dale!

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Permalink Reply by Michael Wells on November 5, 2015 at 9:52

Yes i am sure of the spelling, I used a scope at work to blow up image on monitor to see it clearly, it might be W. H. Osenhome but see no dots and all letters are capitalized and evenly spaced.  I will try to get a pitcher of it today.

D ale said:

Are you sure it's not "Wostenholm" .. got a pic of the stamping ????

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on November 5, 2015 at 18:16

excellent Michael!  Love a mystery

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Permalink Reply by Michael Wells on November 7, 2015 at 20:12

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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by D ale on November 8, 2015 at 11:36

Michael .. the pic you've posted is of an old "OLD" & very desirable piece .. imo. While it's not in the best of shape .. the family history will likely make it very dear. I believe the inscribed "1835" to be accurately representative of the period of which this was manufactured.

I've referenced a variety of different sources. I am unable to locate any records documenting whosenhome superior cutlery. I've also investigated numerous variations .. to no avail.

Thank you for posting the pic of the stamping. It unfortunately still leaves questions .. as to the spelling.

Specifically .. the last letter of the first line in the stamping .. holds little resemblance to the known "E" in the second line of the stamping (fourth letter .. supErior) ..nor.. the obvious "E" in the last line of the stamping .. (fifth letter .. cutlEry).

There is ..perhaps.. a period on either side of the second letter of the first line of the stamping. Both W. *********** & W.H. ********** were commonly used by numerous cutlery manufacturers of that era. Even a cursory glance @ Levine's "pocket knife brand list" will validate.
While my USB microscope allows exacting focus .. it drifts. i.e. I swear .. gravity is pulling something inside the unit downward .. thereby causing the focus to "drift". I've had to focus with one hand while holding everything steady with the other .. leaving my third hand to grab the mouse & snap the shot. Argh !!! I now fixture the desired object in a small wooden vise & have mounted the scope on a "stable" base ...and... must occasionally still focus "above" the exact desired point of focus .. and then click the mouse button (snap pics) as the focus "drifts" through the exact point of focus. I've also taken to recording NUMEROUS shots .. which I then later scrutinize for optimum focus.

Perhaps your scope @ work also experiences this or other "challenges".

Regardless .. a clearly focused higher resolution pic of the stamping would aid considerably.

Again .. you've a very desirable old knife there !!!

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