All of that decorative filework could be done with ease on a wheel, but then it wouldn't be a top quality handmade Sheffield knife. A delight to watch, thanks for posting.
I used to have loads of these pen knives when I was a boy an always carried one in my pocket. I have just found two knives in a second hand shop … one I paid £7.50 an a larger one for £12.50 , I cleaned them up a bit an now look lovely again an will hopefully go on for a good few more years yet . Greetings from Portsmouth England 🏴
I've recently picked up a I*XL pocket knife from an antique dealer. It just caught my eye. I've only recently noticed the markings on the main blade so googled it. I'm really thrilled at what I discovered I'll be on the look out for more from now on 😊
I love knives and I love to sometimes forge simple fixed blades but my gosh this type of work would drive me crazy! It gives me a tedious, hectic feeling just watching; I have no clue how people have the patience and skill to do this. Even if I somehow got it assembled, dont worry, it would not work right. Great vid!
I have a weird dagger type lockknife that belonged to my grandad. It has a Rodgers & Sons (iirc, but it might just be Joseph Rodgers) blade and is basically a lock knife dagger with maybe a third of the long blade sticking out of the end of the knife handle. It's all quite loose and floppy and the finish of it is like it is home made. I don't know if it was a proper factory/workshop made knife or if it was maybe fashioned together in the trenches of ww1 or something. It is made of steel, brass and wood. It has a double crossguard that slides into place when the knife is open and is made from not very thick strips of brass. I think it's probably a home made knife using a blade from another kind of knife. The blade has a fair amount of play up and down, but is pretty firm side to side. It reminds me a little of those cheap (indian?) locking knives with the dark wooden scales brass ends on the handle. It mostly likely originally belonged to either my nans dad or my grandads dad. I'm doubting that locking folding knives would have been manufactured with a good portion of the sharp blade projecting from the end of the handle when it's closed but then again if it were in a holster or sheaf of some kind it could be usefull in a war situation to quickly whip it out and be able to use the portion of blade sticking out as a weapon or use it for quickly cutting something without having to unfold the blade.
Actually on a quick google I seem to have found what it is 'Rodgers & Sons' folding bowie knife. I saw one for sale somewhere that was 12 inches long but the one I have is maybe 7 or 8 inches long unfolded. I also have an old Joseph Rodgers carving knife which unfortunately has a crack nearly half way along the blade. It's a nice old knife but the blade is rather thin and has a decent amount of flex in it. It says stainless and I am assuming it's carbon stainless as it's not particularly shiny.
This looks good for the camera, but it won't be the one RUSHED on a Friday to finish early, or the one produced after a BOOZY weekend, with blades out of alignment, blunt edges, etc
Awesome Video, I would love to pay a visit to your factory & buy a couple of knives, Would that be possible? I live in Cumbria & would love too get down before the end of the year. Regards Barry.............
I am so curious as to the specs on that broaching tool. is it just two high carbon bits spring tensioned apart being fit into a cut out form to work or is there more to it? Oh, it's unfair to be so obsessed with making blades and being stuck in oklahoma and not Sheffield or Solingen.
Dont know if someone will reply to this. Quite a beautiful piece. Definetly want a IXL bowie and a folder somwtimw. But can I ask what are the three different blades are conventionaly for?
tgillies101 Hello again. We can make a Wostenholm Stockman's knife with solid rosewood scales to match those we use on a Wostenholm 10" Bowie Knife. Please drop me a quick e-mail with your contact details to enquiries@sheffieldcollectableknives.com and we will be in touch with further information.
I have a Wilkenson Sword Stockman, Made in Sheffield , England. I can't find any info on it. I was just wondering if you can help me with some info. It appear's to me nicely made. I don't care the wirth of it. But I can't find any info on it., Please help if you can.,,. Oh, Thanx You in advance.,,.
Wilkinson Sword stock knife was made by Richards / Rodgers wostenholm in the works at 55 Moore street, c 1980, possibly some at the old works at Heeley bottom. there was a range of kitchen knives and pocket knives, intended to look like the swiss army knife. One of the first batches of the stock knives was stolen and hawked round Sheffield pubs, cheap! Essentially the Wilkinson sword stockman was a standard knife with nickel silver bolsters and rosewood scales.
The pearl handle scales are a little oestentatious for me. Is it possible to order this model it in Rosewood ? Reason I ask is I intend to get a plain blade IX*L Bowie with a Rosewood handle and would love to compliment it.
tgillies101 Hello again. We can make a Wostenholm Stockman's knife with solid rosewood scales to match those we use on a Wostenholm 10" Bowie Knife. Please drop me a quick e-mail with your contact details to enquiries@sheffieldcollectableknives.com and we will be in touch with further information.
Thanks for your comments. You can buy I*XL Bowies now on www.sheffieldcollectableknives.com. You can choose from a range of blades, blade markings and handle types and we will hand make it specially for you. The Stockmans knives will be added shortly. The blades on the Stockmans Knife are a main blade which is a Clip-point, a Lambsfoot and a Castrator. The knife is popular with many people, especially livestock farmers with the three blade types covering a multitude of different likely uses. The clip point for piercing and skinning, the lambsfoot for more precise trimming and the castrator for...well...you know! (You can find more information here - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade). As well as this, the knife makes a lovely general purpose pocket knife, hand crafted in Sheffield.
SheffieldCollectableKnives And it's this hand crafted quality and timeless elegant style that makes a young fella like myself go "Stuff the tacticool folders and modern gimmicks I want the real thing". Currently putting money aside for these so will email you guys in the near future. Thanks for the reply.
@@rockets4kids the blade was sharpened correctly... to lift in the angle giving you a stronger tip.. if you don't know what you are talking about then dont.. its been done this way in Sheffield for hundreds of years
Honest hand made quality craftsmanship. May we never lose sight of this.
All of that decorative filework could be done with ease on a wheel, but then it wouldn't be a top quality handmade Sheffield knife. A delight to watch, thanks for posting.
I used to have loads of these pen knives when I was a boy an always carried one in my pocket. I have just found two knives in a second hand shop … one I paid £7.50 an a larger one for £12.50 , I cleaned them up a bit an now look lovely again an will hopefully go on for a good few more years yet . Greetings from Portsmouth England 🏴
That's a really fascinating inlay devise! A simple bow drill and a twin-spanned stylus-great stuff, and something I've never seen!
What an exceptional beautiful knife! Too bad they are so hard to find...
Lovely! I like the Barlows by IXL.
I've recently picked up a I*XL pocket knife from an antique dealer. It just caught my eye. I've only recently noticed the markings on the main blade so googled it. I'm really thrilled at what I discovered I'll be on the look out for more from now on 😊
Instablaster...
I love knives and I love to sometimes forge simple fixed blades but my gosh this type of work would drive me crazy! It gives me a tedious, hectic feeling just watching; I have no clue how people have the patience and skill to do this. Even if I somehow got it assembled, dont worry, it would not work right. Great vid!
I have a weird dagger type lockknife that belonged to my grandad. It has a Rodgers & Sons (iirc, but it might just be Joseph Rodgers) blade and is basically a lock knife dagger with maybe a third of the long blade sticking out of the end of the knife handle. It's all quite loose and floppy and the finish of it is like it is home made. I don't know if it was a proper factory/workshop made knife or if it was maybe fashioned together in the trenches of ww1 or something. It is made of steel, brass and wood. It has a double crossguard that slides into place when the knife is open and is made from not very thick strips of brass. I think it's probably a home made knife using a blade from another kind of knife. The blade has a fair amount of play up and down, but is pretty firm side to side. It reminds me a little of those cheap (indian?) locking knives with the dark wooden scales brass ends on the handle. It mostly likely originally belonged to either my nans dad or my grandads dad.
I'm doubting that locking folding knives would have been manufactured with a good portion of the sharp blade projecting from the end of the handle when it's closed but then again if it were in a holster or sheaf of some kind it could be usefull in a war situation to quickly whip it out and be able to use the portion of blade sticking out as a weapon or use it for quickly cutting something without having to unfold the blade.
Actually on a quick google I seem to have found what it is 'Rodgers & Sons' folding bowie knife. I saw one for sale somewhere that was 12 inches long but the one I have is maybe 7 or 8 inches long unfolded.
I also have an old Joseph Rodgers carving knife which unfortunately has a crack nearly half way along the blade. It's a nice old knife but the blade is rather thin and has a decent amount of flex in it. It says stainless and I am assuming it's carbon stainless as it's not particularly shiny.
the old school slipjoints are the best
Looks like it would cost a pretty penny. Beautiful.
This looks good for the camera, but it won't be the one RUSHED on a Friday to finish early, or the one produced after a BOOZY weekend, with blades out of alignment, blunt edges, etc
Awesome Video, I would love to pay a visit to your factory & buy a couple of knives, Would that be possible? I live in Cumbria
& would love too get down before the end of the year.
Regards Barry.............
WOW !
Ooooo 💥
I am so curious as to the specs on that broaching tool. is it just two high carbon bits spring tensioned apart being fit into a cut out form to work or is there more to it? Oh, it's unfair to be so obsessed with making blades and being stuck in oklahoma and not Sheffield or Solingen.
This is one I made for the camera, the one you buy will be to say the least DIFFERENT
@@Bear-cp9yx Nope simply bought a couple of their products
I wonder where those knives are made at and the ones owning them must have their knives as collectibles only and not using them for everyday use.
What is the name of the tool used to opening the space for the shied (showed in 2:55)? Amazing video ... thanks for showun!
Isn't it great? Such a simple idea!
It's called a "Parser" Lori.
Dont know if someone will reply to this. Quite a beautiful piece. Definetly want a IXL bowie and a folder somwtimw. But can I ask what are the three different blades are conventionaly for?
tgillies101 Hello again. We can make a Wostenholm Stockman's knife with solid rosewood scales to match those we use on a Wostenholm 10" Bowie Knife. Please drop me a quick e-mail with your contact details to enquiries@sheffieldcollectableknives.com and we will be in touch with further information.
$2 a half dozen and worth it
It is a called a parser
I wonder how much these go for, brand new? 🤔
5 hundred us dollars for a plain bowie
I have a Wilkenson Sword Stockman, Made in Sheffield , England. I can't find any info on it. I was just wondering if you can help me with some info. It appear's to me nicely made. I don't care the wirth of it. But I can't find any info on it., Please help if you can.,,. Oh, Thanx You in advance.,,.
Wilkinson Sword stock knife was made by Richards / Rodgers wostenholm in the works at 55 Moore street, c 1980, possibly some at the old works at Heeley bottom. there was a range of kitchen knives and pocket knives, intended to look like the swiss army knife. One of the first batches of the stock knives was stolen and hawked round Sheffield pubs, cheap! Essentially the Wilkinson sword stockman was a standard knife with nickel silver bolsters and rosewood scales.
The pearl handle scales are a little oestentatious for me. Is it possible to order this model it in Rosewood ? Reason I ask is I intend to get a plain blade IX*L Bowie with a Rosewood handle and would love to compliment it.
tgillies101 Hello again. We can make a Wostenholm Stockman's knife with solid rosewood scales to match those we use on a Wostenholm 10" Bowie Knife. Please drop me a quick e-mail with your contact details to enquiries@sheffieldcollectableknives.com and we will be in touch with further information.
Thanks for your comments. You can buy I*XL Bowies now on www.sheffieldcollectableknives.com. You can choose from a range of blades, blade markings and handle types and we will hand make it specially for you. The Stockmans knives will be added shortly. The blades on the Stockmans Knife are a main blade which is a Clip-point, a Lambsfoot and a Castrator. The knife is popular with many people, especially livestock farmers with the three blade types covering a multitude of different likely uses. The clip point for piercing and skinning, the lambsfoot for more precise trimming and the castrator for...well...you know! (You can find more information here - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade). As well as this, the knife makes a lovely general purpose pocket knife, hand crafted in Sheffield.
SheffieldCollectableKnives And it's this hand crafted quality and timeless elegant style that makes a young fella like myself go "Stuff the tacticool folders and modern gimmicks I want the real thing". Currently putting money aside for these so will email you guys in the near future. Thanks for the reply.
+Tristan Gillies idk man check out the crkt M16 01s
Perfect craftsmanship the entire time but can’t put a proper tip on a blade?
You are stupid
@@charliebowen5071 Re-watch the section at 11:06. The tip of the main blade doesn't even touch the stone.
@@rockets4kids you are stupid too... yes it does touch.. it’s a sheepsfoot
@@charliebowen5071 we're referring to the main / clip point blade here
@@rockets4kids the blade was sharpened correctly... to lift in the angle giving you a stronger tip.. if you don't know what you are talking about then dont.. its been done this way in Sheffield for hundreds of years