I had a knife given to me little while back. It was pretty nasty looking, but I thought from the shape and stuff, it was just an Old Hickory knife. One of those cheapo kitchen knives. As I was cleaning it up, I saw it was not what I thought, but rather a 'Stewart's Hand Made' knife. Yes, Hand Made is in two words.
It looks a LOT like the Old Hickory knives. This one has two (2) rivets in the handle not the three that I have found examples of.
The blade is obviously a plain jane carbon steel. it takes a nice edge, but I do not know yet about the edge retention.
Does anyone have any information of these knives? When were they made? Why the 3 rivet vs 2 rivet handle? is there a date of manufacture that corresponds to the number of rivets?
I am not expecting this to be worth much at all, but I really want to know more about the company, but for whatever reason, I am not finding much at all so far. I need your help! :)
Kevin D
The rivets were recessed into the handle .015 - .020". Besides the difficulty in cleaning the rivet heads, I really didn't like that look much. So I sanded the top surface of the handle down so that the rivet heads are now flush with the wood.
In my opinion, it looks and feels better!
8 hours ago