I was responding to a few FB Messenger messages this morning before work and a request popped up in one of the FB groups that I am member of asking for any info on this knife...
He'd already had a few incorrect responses and I do know a bit about it, so I thought I'd help out with the below...
I know a bit about that knife, I have a couple in my own collection.
It was made by my dad, Stuart Snr and is exactly the same as a pattern that we also made for George Ibbersons at that time, all were made 'white label'.
We are probably talking around 1980 and at that time I recall making many trips to the Halesowen Horn Company with my dad to deliver knives and also sift through piles of both antler and buffalo horn that we would bring back to Sheffield for our own use, it would not surprise me if those knives that we were delivering were payment for said horn, at the age of 10 though I wouldn't have been aware of that.
I'll get some photos of mine if you like, some are marked as Ibberson with the violin and Double Sharp ## logos, some still totally unmarked as I recall.
That inspired me to dig out one of my knife stashes, these are part of a load of knives that I bought back from Ibberson a few years ago, all my dads work, well before my time, mid to late 70's, very early '80's these, some still sterile (no markings), some already have the George Ibberson Double Sharp ## logo in place.
I'll dig out the rest.
He'd already had a few incorrect responses and I do know a bit about it, so I thought I'd help out with the below...
I know a bit about that knife, I have a couple in my own collection.
It was made by my dad, Stuart Snr and is exactly the same as a pattern that we also made for George Ibbersons at that time, all were made 'white label'.
We are probably talking around 1980 and at that time I recall making many trips to the Halesowen Horn Company with my dad to deliver knives and also sift through piles of both antler and buffalo horn that we would bring back to Sheffield for our own use, it would not surprise me if those knives that we were delivering were payment for said horn, at the age of 10 though I wouldn't have been aware of that.
I'll get some photos of mine if you like, some are marked as Ibberson with the violin and Double Sharp ## logos, some still totally unmarked as I recall.
That inspired me to dig out one of my knife stashes, these are part of a load of knives that I bought back from Ibberson a few years ago, all my dads work, well before my time, mid to late 70's, very early '80's these, some still sterile (no markings), some already have the George Ibberson Double Sharp ## logo in place.
I'll dig out the rest.
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