Knife nostalgia enquiry

[airborne09]

Way back around 1970 / 71 , I would have been 13 or 14 years old I bought what I thought was the real deal back then , a small (around 7" total length) what we used to call a sheath knife . It was a Sheffield made knife in a leather sheath with a brass guard and steel pommel , It had black , red and steel spacers at the guard end of the handel and at the pommel . I am not 100% sure but apart from having Sheffield steel stamped into the side of the blade (not sure if it was S/S or Carbon steel ) , I seem to remember the name Rogers stamped in also ? Could any member here remember having a similar knife as a kid and also any pics would be great . Forgot to state , it had a stag handle .
Thanks

 

[saxonaxe]

My kids..well they're both in their 50's..... Bought me this as a present about 18 months ago, as a reminder of times past.



I never was in the Scouting Organisation but I still carried a knife like this in the 1950's as a youngster when in the woods etc:

 

[airborne09]

My kids..well they're both in their 50's..... Bought me this as a present about 18 months ago, as a reminder of times past.



I never was in the Scouting Organisation but I still carried a knife like this in the 1950's as a youngster when in the woods etc:

Yeh Saxonaxe , that is very similar except the handle was showing more bark off the stag horn and the sheath was a light tan in colour . Like you and many other young boys , back in the 60s and early 70s I carried some sort of knife for throwing in tree trunks or just whittling away at a piece of wood , there was never any thought about using a knife offensively . That passion never really left me as I ended up as a combat survival instructor with the Army and these days just have a collection of reasonable quality gentlemens pocket knives , khukuris and a few bushcraft style knives which I will no doubt pass on to my Grandson one day .

 

[Springchicken]

My kids..well they're both in their 50's..... Bought me this as a present about 18 months ago, as a reminder of times past.



I never was in the Scouting Organisation but I still carried a knife like this in the 1950's as a youngster when in the woods etc:

Blimey! That brings back memories! My mother bought one very like that from the Scout Shop way back in the 1970s. It remained my pride and joy until my father brought back a Marttiini puuko from one of his business trips to Finland. I never quite managed to get an edge on it - not a great surprise as I was only eleven. It did mean that I was staggered by the arrival of the puuko, which was incredibly sharp.

Quite what happened to that old original, I don't know. I think it might have fallen victim to one of my mother's 'cupboard clearance' exercises!

 

[brancho]

You can buy one here

Whittle tang Bowie knives

Manufacturer: A.Wright & Son A carbon steel bowie knife range with polished blades, brass guard and a cast zinc pommel. Available with a stag or leather handle. Complete with leather sheath.

www.sheffield-made.com

 

[Toddy]

Mine's still up the loft
It has the stacked leather handle though. I didn't fancy the antler one.
My Dad bought it for me at the Scout Shop in Glasgow. I was a very junior 14 year old cub scout leader.

My husband still has his one too, and his is the older version with the aluminium type pommel. Again, bought in the Scout Shop in Glasgow. His would have been in the 1950's.

They're still sound, still don't keep an edge worth a damn, but other wise still good.

I think we need a knife clear out though, it's gotten a tad ridiculous.

M

 

[oldtimer]

I had one like that too. It was a William Rodgers "Bushman's Friend" with a 5 inch blade. They were often referred to as Scout knives and I used to wear mine to school with my Scout uniform. But as a fourteen year old we often used to bring our knives to compare them. A "friend" offered to take mine home and sharpen it: I never saw it again. Back in the 1960s my wife bought me a replacement, which travelled with us for years. It now lives permanently in my grandfather 's chest and will be left for my grandchildren.

 

[Duggie Bravo]

Whilst the ones with a fake antler made of plastic were fairly common, my first knife was a mora frost, it was stolen when I was in the army, but I bought my son a new one when he joined scouts, by which time I was using my Dads old ones, my wife had his Mora Classic.


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[Jon Terry]

Heres mine from 1980-81 when I was 7 years old

 

[oldtimer]

Heres mine from 1980-81 when I was 7 years old

Wow. I had a "kangaroo" pair like that in the 1950s, You don't often get nostalgia that good nowadays!

 

[Jon Terry]

Yup love them, I recently bought a new kangaroo sheath from the "Famous Shefield Shop"

 

[ONE]

Had a very similar one myself, bought in the souvenir shop at a forest park in the early 80s. No idea where it ended up.

 

[kawasemi]

I still have the one my dad bought me on holiday in Wales. Sheffield made with an Indian brave's head etched on the blade. All stacked leather handle. I was six at the time and that knife got a serious hammering. Even lost in the shed for some years and found covered in mildew. I cleaned and sharpened it when I found it...at the point I had learnt to care for a knife!!!
47 years later and I will never part with it.

K

ps Bushman's Friends are superb knives Oldtimer. I have a few. There is a really rare version with Sea Scout etched on the blade. I would love to own one as a Rover Sea Scout myself but have only ever seen one example.

 

[John Fenna]

I have a similar one - but the antler handle split at some pont in time and it became my very first re-handling project...

 

[airborne09]

Heres mine from 1980-81 when I was 7 years old

Thats the very ones I am talking about , great

 

[airborne09]

Following on from my original post , can any of the members tell me where I can buy one of the old Sheffield style stag handle sheath knives , preferably 3" or 4" inch blade ??
Thanks

 

[Jon Terry]

Here we go mate, I bought the new sheath for my Kangaroo Set from these guys last year
They make and sell the real deal so you can have exactly what you want (link below)
Cheers
JT

The Famous Sheffield Shop Limited

Sheffield made steel, silver and pewter to buy online from the Sheffield shop; Christening and wedding gifts, solid silver cutlery canteens, hand-made pen-knives, metalware, made in Sheffield by local designers for special occasion gifts

www.sheffield-made.com

 

[Nice65]

Here we go mate, I bought the new sheath for my Kangaroo Set from these guys last year
They make and sell the real deal so you can have exactly what you want (link below)
Cheers
JT

The Famous Sheffield Shop Limited

Sheffield made steel, silver and pewter to buy online from the Sheffield shop; Christening and wedding gifts, solid silver cutlery canteens, hand-made pen-knives, metalware, made in Sheffield by local designers for special occasion gifts

www.sheffield-made.com

It would be really good to see these classics in a better steel than 1070, at least as an option. I don’t mean super steel alloys with Vanadium and Cobalt, but 1070 is kind of Stanley knife blade disposable, even 1095 or 01 would be better.

 

[Jon Terry]

It would be really good to see these classics in a better steel than 1070, at least as an option. I don’t mean super steel alloys with Vanadium and Cobalt, but 1070 is kind of Stanley knife blade disposable, even 1095 or 01 would be better.

This company used C70

 

[Nice65]

This company used C70

Hi Jon, yes I get that it’s still being made in the original steel for reasons of tradition. I just think it would have more appeal to people with a nostalgic lean to have it made in a steel that performed better. C70 is the same as 1070, as C75 and C95 are 1075 and 1095 steels respectively.