Thread: Interesting little George Wostenholm

Picked this up off the bay and it was delivered a couple of days ago. It's a 5/8 near wedge IXL Spanish point with a worked spine. The tang has fine jimping on the top and bottom. The edge looks like it will come back with a bevel set. The scales are from a Robeson 35H350 "razor that fits your face" and are in pretty good shape (a few deeper scratches around the pivot). They look like they have the original wedge and wedge pins.





The tang stamp is what I'm finding interesting. There's no indication of England or Sheffield anywhere on the tang. Strazors states the Washington Works factory ran from 1848 to 1978. The company was bought by Joseph Rodgers in 1971, then Richards in 1975, and finally Imperial Knife of New York in 1977. I'm wondering if this could have been produced by Imperial in New York explaining the lack of Sheffield or England stamps

Should clean up pretty nice with some new scales.

At the moment I have no use for the Robeson scales, so if anyone wants/needs them let me know and I'll send them out.

It is not uncommon for old Sheffield blade to have a factory name or street address and neither Sheffield or England on them. I bet it cleans up well.

It has Robison Suredge scales. Get those off.

Man, Jelly! You sure like it rough! Get to work.....

Originally Posted by RezDog

It is not uncommon for old Sheffield blade to have a factory name or street address and neither Sheffield or England on them. I bet it cleans up well.

So you're thinking this is an oldie? I was thinking 1900's due to the shape of the tail and the jimping. First one I've seen without the Sheffield stamp. Learn something new everyday.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

It has Robison Suredge scales. Get those off.

Man, Jelly! You sure like it rough! Get to work.....

Yeah the scales are from the model "ground and honed for heavy beard, very tender skin (round nose for nervous man)." They will be replaced, probably some horn.

Yeah, I've been getting some rough ones lately. But I think it will clean up well. I've got a couple of easier ones I'll be doing before I dig into this one. Yes sir boss, I'll have something in the workshop this weekend.