Blade's Guide To Knives & Their Values
by Shackleford, SteveFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-10-12
Publisher(s): Krause Pubns Inc
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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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