Hello all,
What do you think of these John Primble knives? Could they be made authentic?
The first one, a two blade congress could probably be made authentic by fileing the rivets and carefully hand hammering them(All of these need the rivets changed) . I know the congress style is authentic because I have seen a picture of Abraham Lincoln's Ivory handled congress, and a soldier's rosewood handled congress too.
The second congress has four blades, I don't know enough to know if congresses had four blades during the Civil War period. That square-ish blade on the four blade congress looks wrong too, I bet it should be re-shaped some.
The shape of the third knife, a three blade whittler, is a correct shape, but I have only seen them with two blades from the period. however, I am by no means an expert. Someone could take one of these apart and make it a two blade.
And the last one, I am not sure of at all. It looks really nice, but is unlike any dug relic pocket knives, or originals in my collection, and I have not seen any like it on EBay. Need an expert here.
Of course I'm hoping these are not stainless, and they would say made in USA, which knives made in USA during the Civil War did not. Mr. Houde does make nice knives though!
What do you think of these John Primble knives? Could they be made authentic?
The first one, a two blade congress could probably be made authentic by fileing the rivets and carefully hand hammering them(All of these need the rivets changed) . I know the congress style is authentic because I have seen a picture of Abraham Lincoln's Ivory handled congress, and a soldier's rosewood handled congress too.
The second congress has four blades, I don't know enough to know if congresses had four blades during the Civil War period. That square-ish blade on the four blade congress looks wrong too, I bet it should be re-shaped some.
The shape of the third knife, a three blade whittler, is a correct shape, but I have only seen them with two blades from the period. however, I am by no means an expert. Someone could take one of these apart and make it a two blade.
And the last one, I am not sure of at all. It looks really nice, but is unlike any dug relic pocket knives, or originals in my collection, and I have not seen any like it on EBay. Need an expert here.
Of course I'm hoping these are not stainless, and they would say made in USA, which knives made in USA during the Civil War did not. Mr. Houde does make nice knives though!
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