No documented trail back to the war- just hearsay. Edited my original post to reflect that.
Rev War Patch Knife
- Thread starter cornstalk
- Start date
Help Support Muzzleloading Forum:
No documented trail back to the war- just hearsay. Edited my original post to reflect that.
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2021
- Messages
- 2,923
- Reaction score
- 6,234
Good looking knive tallpine.
Do you sell those? Or make them to sell rather?
I used to make these to sell but I haven’t in a while.I currently have one I am making for my father though. I will post pictures when it finished. Thanks
- Joined
- Aug 25, 2003
- Messages
- 6,519
- Reaction score
- 1,484
My skinning knife.
Sweet!
Brokennock
Cannon
Darn. Was hoping you had some.
Unfortunately I've seen similar, with similar claims, on a certain discount knife catalog.
just where did the JACK come from in JACK KNIFE?
Spyder83
36 Cl.
Spyder83
36 Cl.
This is from the internet: A jackknife is a knife that has a mechanism that allows the blade to fold inward when not in use. It was invented in 1711 by Jacque de Liege as a way to safely carry a knife so that the blade was covered until needed. The jackknife is also known as a pocket knife as many men would carry the knife in a pocket and use it to whittle, or carve, sticks and pieces of wood.
- Joined
- Aug 25, 2003
- Messages
- 6,519
- Reaction score
- 1,484
The cutting edge itself is roughly 3 1/2".
and cut off a plug of tobacco to chew? thank you for the explanation.
well how did Jacque make them different than the friction folder that has been around since Christ was a Corporal?
- Joined
- May 6, 2014
- Messages
- 17,458
- Reaction score
- 16,517
- Joined
- May 6, 2014
- Messages
- 17,458
- Reaction score
- 16,517
OK, it is really difficult to date this knife without knowing what the maker's mark says. Perhaps some oil and a toothbrush to scrub out the rust or dirt in the lettering so it can be seen better? That won't harm anything including any collector value it has, but it could date the blade.
I would not be surprised if the blade originally came from a fixed blade "trade" knife that might have been made in the 18th century or maybe even the early 19th century.
It looks to me like the hole that might have been for suspending from the neck, was "hot punched" by a blacksmith, rather than having been drilled. The discoloration around it and the shape of the hole, including the ridge on one side, all point to that.
That hole MAY have originally hot punched for a ring, such as was seen in Muela/Muello (SP?) folders from Spain and to a lesser extent the Mediterranean as a whole. That was popular from the 17th century onward and such blades have been excavated in Texas, Florida and the West Indies/Caribbean Islands.
This one still has an attached ring, though the ring is peined in place:
Gus
I would not be surprised if the blade originally came from a fixed blade "trade" knife that might have been made in the 18th century or maybe even the early 19th century.
It looks to me like the hole that might have been for suspending from the neck, was "hot punched" by a blacksmith, rather than having been drilled. The discoloration around it and the shape of the hole, including the ridge on one side, all point to that.
That hole MAY have originally hot punched for a ring, such as was seen in Muela/Muello (SP?) folders from Spain and to a lesser extent the Mediterranean as a whole. That was popular from the 17th century onward and such blades have been excavated in Texas, Florida and the West Indies/Caribbean Islands.
This one still has an attached ring, though the ring is peined in place:
Gus
Spyder83
36 Cl.
Similar threads
