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C+X Lockwood Brothers Sheffield Real Knife Pampa - 6 Ettrick knives in original box!

Hi guys, Calling all knife collectors! I didn't know a thing about knives until these were found by chance up in the rafters of my mum's garage! 4 boxes in total! What a treasure to find. I'd love any and all info about them! Here's the research I've managed to do on them:

This is an (antique?) boxed set of half a dozen folding/pocket knives (presumed unused) manufactured by LOCKWOOD BROTHERS, Sylvester St., Sheffield. A subsidiary company of Joseph Elliot & Sons (Sheffield) Ltd.
The total length of each knife with blade extended is approx. 15.5cm. The length of the blade is 5cm (not including the stamped hilt part).
I have learned these are Ettrick knives.

The box has the words Real Knife Pampa with the associated Rhea bird logo which according to my research was used Circa 1886-1919
It has the word Stag in bottom corner referring to the handle material.
It also has the handwritten 1/2 Doz (referring to the no. of knives) plus a parts number: Z369

Each blade is stamped with: C+X Lockwood Brothers Sheffield, and etched with the 'Young's Sheep Dips' company name for which they were clearly produced.
(Young's Sheep Dips was a product sold by the international manufacturer: Robert Young & Co Ltd. Glasgow. The NZ branch of Young's Sheep Dips Ltd, was in Petone, Wellington which would explain why these knives were discovered by my mother in the rafters of her old garage).

As is clear from the photographs, the blades are quite rusty and the box rather tattered due to limited protection from moisture up in the garage rafters.
I've not attempted to clean the rust off as I wasn't sure if this would affect the value of the knives.

The blades are sharp and very pointy and open/close tightly which leads me to believe further that these were unused and have remained in this tattered wee box for possibly over a hundred years.
They are what I would describe as 'full tang' and each knife has 3 small nails or rivets attaching the handle to the blade.

I'm not a knife collector so have not much knowledge on what is collectable and what isn't. But I thought someone on here would get a kick out of seeing them

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Comment by Iris Kouzounian on February 9, 2017 at 17:40: The set is proving a very popular topic on the knife forum bladeforums. They're going off on Ebay!

Comment by Iris Kouzounian on February 9, 2017 at 17:40: Thanks guys :) yes I was told that about the Wharncliffe blade although another opinion was that although similar they are just slightly different in that the Ettrick blade is smaller in comparison to the handle than a Wharncliffe. I'm learning a tonn from all you knowledgeable knife collectors ;) And yes, sheep dips were mandatory here in NZ in the early 20th Century to eradicate pests. There are still remnants of sheep dip pits here that are contaminated with potentially very toxic substances that they used to use (including arsenic..eek.. poor sheepies lol)

Comment by John Bamford on February 9, 2017 at 13:41: The Ettrick pattern is a very old one that has always been quite popular in the UK , never seemed to make it over to the States though . I have had one or two in the past but they got lost somewhere or other .

Great find Iris !

KnifeMaker Comment by Paul S on February 9, 2017 at 5:20: The blade appears to be a "Wharncliffe" blade and is similar in profile to a sheep's foot but the curve of the back edge ...Ref:Wikipedia. Sheep dip is the chemical mixture which is used to clean sheep; also for the container which holds the mixture in which the sheep get a bath (dip) to keep them healthy. That is appropriate for your country of New Zealand which is said to have many more sheep than people.
The box for the knives makes has very attractive graphics and would look nice in a kitchen collectible dispaly

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