Recommendation for repair handle

[Jim Evans]

Did British Knifemakers use only English Boxwood for their knife scales/handles in this period, and also in the 18th century? Or did they import it from Europe and the America's as well?

I have often wondered about this as Boxwood is a shrub and it seems like the English knifemakers would have almost needed to have denuded England of the shrubbery for knife handles?

Wait a minute, is that why the "Knights who say Ni!" demanded a shrubbery from King Arthur?

Gus

I just wonder if the word Boxwood has lost something in translation?
Could of the handles been made from a wooden shipping box , and not the boxwood bush, since they have small stem. :idunno:

 

[ZUG]

I would buy or build a glass display box and put the knife in it and display it with a "Tall Tail" letter stating it was a gift to your great great grandfather from some great Indian chief for saving his life :grin: :shocked2: :rotf: :hatsoff: . Other wise leave it alone and buy a knife you can use - don't waste your time on it :idunno: :surrender: :wink:

 

[Artificer]

I just wonder if the word Boxwood has lost something in translation?
Could of the handles been made from a wooden shipping box , and not the boxwood bush, since they have small stem. :idunno:

I'm not sure, but with the number of period British woodworking tools made from or partially made from real Boxwood (even if perhaps not English Boxwood) I am pretty sure they meant Boxwood and not wood normally used for boxes, which was normally pine or some kind of fir tree wood.

Gus

 

[Artificer]

I can't see trying to make this knife look close to new, even if one restores it.

Never said one should make it look new.
Originally, I advocated for replacing and blending the appearance of the missing piece and repairing the remaining scales to leave the knife in a functional state.

My apology if you thought that was what I meant. It wasn't. I just meant I would not go as far as trying to make the knife look new or close to new.

I don't think this knife is worth the effort of trying to blend repair wood into it and as you know, that would not have been a period repair.

If one is not going to use it and wants to keep it as a collector item, then the only thing to do is keep the wood and metal from further deterioration.

Personally, I would never consider this a collector item, but that is just my opinion.

Gus

 

[Rifleman1776]

Personally, I would never consider this a collector item, but that is just my opinion.

He didn't tell us anything about the knife. It could be a valuable historical item, or an el cheapo kitchen knife picked up at a yard sale. We just dunno :idunno:

 

[Artificer]

Actually, he already posted it in another thread on down the forum.

It is a very large Butcher Knife that is most likely newer than an historic period.

Gus

 

[nhmoose]

Should have been stated in this forum without the need to search. Sorry but that is me.

 

[sass2924]

Personally, I would never consider this a collector item, but that is just my opinion.

He didn't tell us anything about the knife. It could be a valuable historical item, or an el cheapo kitchen knife picked up at a yard sale. We just dunno :idunno:

Picked up at an auction for about 10 bucks around 20 years ago. Nothing special, just a neat old knife.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Actually, he already posted it in another thread on down the forum.

It is a very large Butcher Knife that is most likely newer than an historic period.

Gus

Then he can do his own thang and we can't hang him. :grin: