Blade's Guide To Knives & Their Values

by Shackleford, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780873499132
• ISBN10: 0873499131
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-12
• Publisher: Krause Pubns Inc

Summary

Building on the great tradition established by Levine's Guide to Knives & Their Values, Blade's Guide contains pricing information for tens of thousands of collectible knives from antiquity to the present. Profusely illustrated with detailed photography and illustrations from the original manufacturers' catalogs, Blade's Guide to Knives & Their Values also includes cutting-edge research and feature-length articles by the world's foremost knife and cutlery experts. It is, quite simply, the definitive identification and price guide for collectible cutlery from around the world! Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface and Explanation of Values	p. 6
Collecting Knives
Introduction: Collecting Knife Lore	p. 8
Buying Selling and Trading Knives	p. 11
What Should You Collect?/Parts of a Knife	p. 13
Knives as an Investment	p. 22
Collecting Knives to Use	p. 24
Building and Displaying Your Collection	p. 26
Knife Show Etiquette	p. 28
Grading the Condition of a Knife	p. 29
Some Clues That Help Date and Identify Knives	p. 30
Handle Materials	p. 33
Learning to Recognize Fakes	p. 35
Blade Finishes/Proper Cleaning	p. 40
Folding Knives
Introduction to Folding Knives/Cut Away View	p. 42
Factory Folding Knife Charts, Tables and Histories
Pocketknife Blade Charts	p. 43
Pocketknife Brand List	p. 45
Numbers as Trademarks	p. 95
Pocketknife History
Cutlery Centers Past and Present	p. 97
Late 18th Century Sheffield Cutlers' Marks	p. 98
Masters of the Sheffield Cutlers Guild, 1624-1905	p. 106
Cutlers' Company of London Pictorial Touchmarks	p. 108
Masters of the London Cutlers Guild, 1584-1922	p. 112
Salisbury Cutlers	p. 114
19th Century Sheffield Cutlery Firms	p. 115
The History of G. Wostenholm & Son	p. 118
Swiss Multi-Blades	p. 119
History of the Solingen Cutlery Industry	p. 122
Bohemian Pocket Cutlery	p. 124
Eskilstuna Cutlery	p. 125
19th Century American Pocketknife Firms	p. 126
Remington U.M.C.	p. 133
Case, Western, Ka-Bar, Cattaraugus, and Related American Brands	p. 135
Case Pocketknife Patterns	p. 136
Winchester and Simmons	p. 138
Imperial, Ulster, Schrade and Camillus	p. 140
Makers of Picture-Handle Pocketknives	p. 144
Standard American Folding Knife Patterns
Introduction to Standard American Folding Knife Patterns	p. 147
Pictorial Key to Standard American Folding Knives	p. 152
Introduction	p. 155
Standard Jack Knife Shapes	p. 156
Value Table For Standard Jack Knife Shapes	p. 156
Names, Illustrations and Descriptions	p. 157
Equal-End Jacks
Slim Equal-End Jacks
Regular Jacks
Slim Jacks
Curved Regular or Clasp Jacks
Sleeveboard and Jumbo Jacks
Jumbo Jacks
Curved Jacks and Congress Jacks
Sway-Back Jacks
Congress Jacks
Crown Jacks
Swell-End Jacks
Easy-Openers
Swell-Center Jacks
Balloon Jacks
Swell-Center Regular Jacks
Gunstock Jacks
Premium Jacks
Serpentine Jacks
Wharncliffe Jacks
Slim Serpentine or Crooked Jacks
Eureka Jacks
Canoes and Surveyor Jacks
Surveyor Jack
Fishtail and Fish Jacks
Fish Jacks
Double-End Jack Knives	p. 169
Farmer's Jacks
Stock-Knife-Type Double End Jacks
Cattle-Knife-Type Double-End Jacks
Sunfish
Named Jack Knife Patterns	p. 173
Special Purpose Jack Knives
Harness Knives
Electrician's Knives
Janitor's Knives
Pruning Knives
Maize Knives
Cotton Samplers
Budding and Grafting Knives
Florist's Knives
Melon Testers
Sailor's Rope Knives
Rase Knives or Timber Scribers
Physician's Knives
Spatula Knives
Corn Knives
Box Knives and Smoker's Knives
Special Spey and Veterinary Knives
Fleams
Other Veterinary Knives
Boy's Knives
Barlow Knives
English Jacks
Ticklers and Fish Knives
Trappers
Muskrat and Large Trappers
Folding Hunters
American Clasp Knives
Swell-Center Hunting Knives
Swell-Center
Hunting and Lock Knives
Clasp-Type Folding Hunters
Modern Folding Hunters
Farmer's Clasp Knife
Folding Dirks and Folding Bowie Knives
German-Style Folding Bowies
Switchblade Double-End Jack Knives
Switchblade Jack Knives
Silver Fruit Knives
Introduction	p. 210
Standard Pen Knife Shapes	p. 210
Value Chart: Skeleton Knives	p. 213
Names, Illustrations and Descriptions	p. 213
Skeleton Knives with Gold-Filled or Plated Covers
Senator or Equal-End Pens
Sleeveboard Pens
Anglo-Saxon
Milton
Oval or Cigar Pens
Congress and Tobacco Knives
"Gunstock" Pens
Crown or Coffin
Modern Crown Pens
Swell-Center and Balloon Pens
Serpentine Pen Knives
Swell-Center Serpentine
Swell-Center Congress or Sway-Back
Whittlers	p. 223
Equal-End Whittlers
Sleeveboard Whittlers
Jumbo Whittlers
Three-Blade Physician's Knives
Oval or Cigar Whittlers
Gunstock Whittlers
Congress Whittlers and Three-Blade Tobacco Knives
Swell-Center Congress Whittlers
Serpentine and Wharncliffe Whittlers
Swell-Center Serpentine and Norfolk Whittlers
Swell-Center Whittlers
Crown Whittlers
Lobster Pen Knives	p. 232
Oval Lobsters and Charm Knives
Equal-End Lobsters
Sunfish Lobsters and Dolphins
Sleeveboard Lobsters
Sheffield Pattern Lobsters
Serpentine Sleeveboard Lobsters
Fancy Sleeveboard Lobsters
Serpentine Candle-End Lobsters
Gunstock Lobsters and Orange Blossoms
Quill Knives	p. 236
Mechanical Pen Knives	p. 237
Office and Letter Opener Knives	p. 238
Embossed, Color Etched and Enameled Handles	p. 239
Advertising, Figural, Character and Miniature Knives	p. 240
Introduction	p. 244
Horseman's and Sportsman's Knives	p. 244
Champagne Patterns, Bottle Opener and Smoker's Knives	p. 248
Folding Knife-Fork-Spoon Combinations	p. 250
Utility and Scout Knives	p. 252
Six-Blade Utility Knives
Four-Blade Utility Knives
Large Size Utility Knives
Boy Scout Knives
Girl Scout and Camp Fire Girls Knives
Remington Boy Scout Knives
Official Scout Knives
U.S. Military Utility Knives	p. 262
Cattle Knives	p. 263
Standard Cattle Knives
Four-Blade Cattle Knives
Junior Size Cattle Knives
Fancy
Three Backspring Cattle Knives
Premium Stock and Junior Stock Knives	p. 267
Plier and Wrench Knives/Gadget Multi-Blades/Tool Kit Knives	p. 271
Showpiece and Exposition Knives	p. 277
Folding Medical Instruments	p. 278
Foreign, Exotic, Primitive and Historical Folding Knives	p. 279
Fixed Blade Knives
Introduction to Fixed Blade Knives	p. 295
Bowie Knives	p. 295
American Knifemakers and Selected American Cutlery Merchants of the Bowie Knife Period	p. 305
American Indian Trade Knives	p. 310
American Hunting Knives	p. 318
Butcher-Style Hunting Knives
First American Sport Hunting Knives
Marble's Knives and Axes
Butcher-Style Sport Hunting Knives
20th Century Sheffield-Made American-Style Hunting Knives
After World War I
Gerber Fixed Blade Sport Knives
Pioneers of Modern Handmade Knives	p. 343
Knife-Crafters	p. 348
Clles Wetherill
Howard James
Donald Moore
Kennedy Arms
Eske/Nevis
Randall Made [Orlando, Florida]
Morseth Knives
F.J. Richtig
Floyd Nichols
A.C. Cornelison
R.H. Ruana
John Ek
John Nelson Cooper
David Zephaniah Murphy
Buck Fixed Blade Knives	p. 361
Special Section
United States Military Fixed Blade Knives	p. 369
Rifleman's Knives
Model 1880 Hunting Knife
Bolos and Hospital Corps Knives
Machetes
Trench Knives
Special Combat Knives
Combat Utility Knives
Commercial Combat Utility Knives
Foreign Military Fixed Blade Knives Including Third Reich Knives	p. 382
Modern Commercial Daggers and Survival Knives	p. 384
Foreign, Exotic, Primitive and Historical Fixed Blade Knives	p. 388
Latin America
Scandinavia
Europe
Africa
Middle East and Indian Sub-Continent
East and Southeast Asia
Malaysia
Indonesia and the Philippines
Australia
Kitchen and Butcher Knives	p. 408
Historically Interesting Brands
American Kitchen and Butcher Knives
Table Knives and Forks	p. 418
Carving Sets	p. 418
Trade, Craft and Artisan Knives	p. 420
Handmade Knives
Bob Loveless: The Holy Grail of Handmades?	p. 423
Bill Moran: The No. 1 Name in Bladesmithing	p. 426
Today's Knifemakers	p. 430
Alphabetical Listings	p. 433
Modern Factory, Commemorative, Knife Club and Limited-Edition Knives
Harley-Davidson Knives	p. 465
Buck Custom and Limited-Edition Knives	p. 467
Commemorative and Limited Edition Knives	p. 474
Cripple Creek U.S.A. Bench Made Collectible Knives
Fight'n Rooster Limited-Production Knives
Knife Club Limited-Edition Knives
Schrade Limited-Edition Knives
Selected Private Limited-Edition Knives
Buck Folding Knives	p. 505
Gerber Folding Knives	p. 514
Perspectives
"They" Are Out There-Are You?	p. 517
The SUVs of Pocketknives	p. 522
The GI's Most Trusted Tools	p. 526
Worth Their Weight In Merit Badges	p. 531
Premium Stockmen Are Prime-Time Players	p. 535
Advertising Cutlery's Rich Potential	p. 539
Pocketknife Blade Openers	p. 542
Award-Winning Buck Collection	p. 543
Cutlery Display Cases	p. 547
Throwing Knives	p. 549
Buck Custom Shop Knives	p. 551
Appendix
Some Specialists in Collectible Knives	p. 553
Combined Glossary and Index	p. 561
Cutlery Exhibitors at the 1876 Philadelphia Exhibition	p. 574
Major Watersheds of Modern Cutlery History	p. 576
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