Greetings,
I would like to call to your attention to a few more examples of some period patterns that I have been working on, with the latest being my first three blade pattern, a three blade whittler. This knife pattern dates back to before the CW era, a similar example can be seen by the Holley Manufacturing Company, (shown in red thumbnail pic). This "whittler" features genuine brown bone jigged handles, "rounded" German silver bolsters, brass liners, carbon steel blades. It also features a nostalgic long "match strike" nail pull on the main blade, you do not see many of these anymore! Blades are a large clip point, small clip point, and a small sheep foot. I've also notched it out just a little near the small clip blade's nail pull for ease of opening. The most difficult part of constructing a knife with opposing blades is that they need to be able to fold in together into the handles without striking one another. I learned how to do this from a 75 year old retired Case master cutler. The operation is called "cutlering" the blades and is done with a hammer and anvil.
Another old period correct pattern I've resurrected is the "easy opener jack", another long time favorite pattern of me personally. These feature one spear point blade, and the same quality traditional materials and hand workmanship as the others.
I've now started to do shield inlays as well. You can check out some of my recent work on my website, http://www.orchardhillsutlery.com, just follow the links.
Thanks for looking. Take care all.
Best Regards;
Dan Houde - Proprietor
Orchard Hill Sutlery
I would like to call to your attention to a few more examples of some period patterns that I have been working on, with the latest being my first three blade pattern, a three blade whittler. This knife pattern dates back to before the CW era, a similar example can be seen by the Holley Manufacturing Company, (shown in red thumbnail pic). This "whittler" features genuine brown bone jigged handles, "rounded" German silver bolsters, brass liners, carbon steel blades. It also features a nostalgic long "match strike" nail pull on the main blade, you do not see many of these anymore! Blades are a large clip point, small clip point, and a small sheep foot. I've also notched it out just a little near the small clip blade's nail pull for ease of opening. The most difficult part of constructing a knife with opposing blades is that they need to be able to fold in together into the handles without striking one another. I learned how to do this from a 75 year old retired Case master cutler. The operation is called "cutlering" the blades and is done with a hammer and anvil.
Another old period correct pattern I've resurrected is the "easy opener jack", another long time favorite pattern of me personally. These feature one spear point blade, and the same quality traditional materials and hand workmanship as the others.
I've now started to do shield inlays as well. You can check out some of my recent work on my website, http://www.orchardhillsutlery.com, just follow the links.
Thanks for looking. Take care all.
Best Regards;
Dan Houde - Proprietor
Orchard Hill Sutlery
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