Rev War Patch Knife

[cornstalk]

Provenance?

No documented trail back to the war- just hearsay. Edited my original post to reflect that.

 

[tallpine]

Here's one I made a few years ago. I've always called the friction folders, they have been around for hundreds of years.

 

[French Colonial]

Nice knife. I have made several that resemble that style from antler tips. View attachment 111577View attachment 111578

Put a hole in tab part and a string through it and there you go....

 

[LANEY REECE]

Good looking knive tallpine.

 

[waksupi]

I used to make early period slip joint knives. The second one down is all steel, documented to Revolutionary War period. The top one is the first I ever made, learning the ins and outs. .

 

[Slip6]

Nice knife. I have made several that resemble that style from antler tips. View attachment 111577View attachment 111578

Do you sell those? Or make them to sell rather?

 

[Flying B]

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

 

[LRB]

My skinning knife.

 

[cornstalk]

Sweet!

 

[Brokennock]

No documented trail back to the war- just hearsay. Edited my original post to reflect that.

Darn. Was hoping you had some.

Unfortunately I've seen similar, with similar claims, on a certain discount knife catalog.

 

[toot]

I used to make early period slip joint knives. The second one down is all steel, documented to Revolutionary War period. The top one is the first I ever made, learning the ins and outs. .

just where did the JACK come from in JACK KNIFE?

 

[toot]

My skinning knife.
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they just don't get any better than that!!!!

 

[Spyder83]

My skinning knife.
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That is a nice blade what is the length of the cutting edge

 

[Spyder83]

just where did the JACK come from in JACK KNIFE?

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.

 

[LRB]

That is a nice blade what is the length of the cutting edge

The cutting edge itself is roughly 3 1/2".

 

[toot]

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.

and cut off a plug of tobacco to chew? thank you for the explanation.

 

[cynthialee]

well how did Jacque make them different than the friction folder that has been around since Christ was a Corporal?

 

[Artificer]

well how did Jacque make them different than the friction folder that has been around since Christ was a Corporal?

ROTFLMAO. Loved that question! Almost spit coffee all over the PC screen.


Gus

 

[Artificer]

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

 

[Spyder83]

The cutting edge itself is roughly 3 1/2".

Thanks for the info, that blade does shine