Info wanted on named axes

[bushtank]

Hi all can anyone tell me about these names on some axe heads and a knife i have been given.
C.T.SKELTON & CO (axe) bought at a carboot
J&C (axe) bought at a car boot
GORKA ARMY 2024 (knife) dug up next to Ely cathedral
British Red can you help with any info on these axes and knife
cheers Tom

 

[philaw]

Wikipedia says that Gurkha can also be spelled as 'Gorkha', and foreign words are often spelt various ways by people who've heard them and then had a bash at writing them. Are you familiar with what a gurka kukri knife looks like?

 

[bushtank]

Wikipedia says that Gurkha can also be spelled as 'Gorkha', and foreign words are often spelt various ways by people who've heard them and then had a bash at writing them. Are you familiar with what a gurka kukri knife looks like?

yes it looks very much like a gurkha knife cheers for the info would upload pics but still not sure how to

 

[robin wood]

Quick bit of googling came up with this

C. T. Skelton @ Co. Ltd were a well known firm of edge tool manufacturers in the war years. They made large quantities of spades and trenching tools for the forces, also, special spades made of non-magnetic alloys for the use of bomb disposal personel. They produced also thousands of drop forgings, including parts for the Daimler scout car, Napier Sabre aero engine,shell bases, and forgings for parts of the Mulberry harbour.
After the war they went back to tool and cutlery manufacture.

and more here http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-4772.html

 

[British Red]

CT Skeltons were a Sheffield based drop forged tool company based in Prospect Road - sadly now long gone (although they certainly were still going in 1955 as a book commemorated their centenary) They certainly were operating in WWII when they did a lot of work for the war effort. They made a lot of spades but also ploughs, axes and other drop forged gear. Charles (CT) Skelton was I believe an Alderman at one point.

I've seen Kent pattern J&C axes but don't know much about them

Red

 

[bushtank]

Thanks very much guys for the info the skelton axe is looking real good now polished up nice

 

[philaw]

The easiest way to post photos is to get a free account with a filehost. I just got one with photobucket.com and it was very easy. You upload the pictures and then it shows you various addresses for them that you can copy into the post. If you use the IMG one the picture will just appear in the post. If you use the HTML ones it will appear as a link to the picture on a webpage.