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Old 10-27-2005, 07:30 PM
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update on old "Buck Town Made" hawkbill, and Osbourne head knife (pics)

I saw these two old knives in an antique shop awhile back, and didnt have the money on hand to buy them. I went back a few weeks later to see if they were still there, but they weren't. I was saddened that I had missed out on such cool knives.

Well... today is my birthday, and I got a gift from my parents. I opened it, and it was the two old knives! They went in and bought those knives for me the next day, and i was upset all that time that someone else got them.

Anyway, these pictures arent so great, my lighting/camera situation is ghetto, but actual pictures are better than the MS Paint drawings I presented before.
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Old 10-27-2005, 07:34 PM
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here's a couple more of the Buck hawkbill. I tried to get the stamp as best I could.
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anybody wanna comment?


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Interesting stuff.

The top one by osbourne i am pretty sure is a leather cutting knife. The Buck one: no idea what that one is for though.



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Old 11-10-2005, 03:15 PM
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The head knife is certainly for leather work. The hawkbill could have purpose from laying carpet to horticulture. "Pruning knives" for gardening/nursery work have a shape like that.

Nice birthday present! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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Old 11-13-2005, 02:00 AM
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My great great grandfather was a saddler and he handed down knives and cutters almost identical to both of these to my grandfather.
I would say they are BOTH leather working cutters.
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Old 11-14-2005, 01:48 PM
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My great great grandfather was a saddler and he handed down knives and cutters almost identical to both of these to my grandfather.
I would say they are BOTH leather working cutters.

I saw a knife similar to the osbourne head knife in a book featuring Bill Moran. He was using it to cut leather for making sheaths. Thats how I found out it was for leatherwork.

The Buck hawkbill type knife was in a wooden box with it, with some other crude knives made with straight razor blades and file handles. The blade on the Buck is forged and sharpened in a way in which I've never seen in any other hawkbill type knife. The very top of the knife has a very sharp convex edge, and a very small portion of the underside of the edge is sharpened, like a gut hook or something.

I'm still trying to find out more info on this little knife. Thanks for your response. every little bit helps.


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Here is one by buck i found on ebay. I have not been able to find another mention of them.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...DME:B:TB6:US:2


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nice skiver & the hawksbill could be used for horticulture or leather
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The Buck is an old carpet layers knife but as stated earlier it can also be used for leather. I remember when I was a kid that the carpet layers had knives like the buck. That was a time before the discard after use of today, and no I ain't gonna say how old I am. well I guess I just did.


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