I bought a Joseph Allen that is suspiciously close in blade design as a Wade and Butcher I have. I mean really close, down to the lettering “Medium Size Hollow Ground” etched into the blade. Same notch in the end of the blade, same turned up monkey tail.
I’m wondering if Joseph Allen was a subsidiary of Wade and Butcher, or if the purchased blanks from the same source or if J. A. was just ripping of the same design. Has anyone else noticed this ?
Jack