Stuart Truelove

[jamie briggs]

Hi all,I have a knife that I purchased some years ago at a sport show,and I have not been able to track down any information on the maker.It has a 4" drop point blade 8 1/4" overall ,carbon steel with a full tang and stag slabs.It has a very nice taper from the butt of the handle to the tip,and a heavy brass hilt.On the riccaso area it is stamped Truelove Hand Forged,in the center of the blade it is engraved w/a stag head flanked with some simple scroll work and Sheffield England,also banners above and below,in the top banner it says Stuart Truelove.also there is a small area of file work on the spine.Any info would be greatly appreciated.If I can figure out how to post a picture I will.
Thanks
Jamie Briggs

 

[larry the spark]

Might be an idea to ask the guys at www.britishlades.com. A lot of guys on these forums are members too but it might be a good idea to post your query there too as they know their stuff Let us know the answer if you find out.

BTW www.yoxio.com is a simple image hosting service thats dead easy to use

 

[jamie briggs]

Thanks Larry,Heres a pic ,I wasn't able to get a shot of the engraving on the blade,even though it has some pitting it still has a great mirror finish.

 

[Colin KC]

http://rs6.loc.gov/wpa/10043103.html

Maybe more soon

 

[Colin KC]

http://www.oldrarethings.com/p2-20271-middleton-sheffield-bowie-knife-stag.html

Mebbe more :-D

 

[RuthH]

Hi all,I have a knife that I purchased some years ago at a sport show,and I have not been able to track down any information on the maker.It has a 4" drop point blade 8 1/4" overall ,carbon steel with a full tang and stag slabs.It has a very nice taper from the butt of the handle to the tip,and a heavy brass hilt.On the riccaso area it is stamped Truelove Hand Forged,in the center of the blade it is engraved w/a stag head flanked with some simple scroll work and Sheffield England,also banners above and below,in the top banner it says Stuart Truelove.also there is a small area of file work on the spine.Any info would be greatly appreciated.If I can figure out how to post a picture I will.
Thanks
Jamie Briggs

Hi Jamie,

I stumbled across this very old post whilst looking for Stuart Truelove knives for sale.

My husbands family are relatives of Stuart Truelove and we are trying to get as many Truelove knives back in to the family and I wondered if you still had the knife and if so would you be willing to sell it? It would mean a lot to the family to be able to collect as many as these as possible.

Thanks Ruth

 

[C_Claycomb]

Hi, Jamie hasn't visited the forum since 2005. Doesn't look like that web link works anymore, and I couldn't quickly find any mention of him on other blade related forums.

Chris

 

[Broch]

I believe Briggs Leather is the same company (I may be wrong though) and you can contact them on:

contact@briggsleather.com

I have no idea if Jamie is still the guy running it though, but it may be worth a try.

 

[Davidi]

Hi Jamie,

I stumbled across this very old post whilst looking for Stuart Truelove knives for sale.

My husbands family are relatives of Stuart Truelove and we are trying to get as many Truelove knives back in to the family and I wondered if you still had the knife and if so would you be willing to sell it? It would mean a lot to the family to be able to collect as many as these as possible.

Thanks Ruth

Hello Ruth,

I saw your post post by chance. I have a couple of Truelove knives that I bought several decades ago but never used them. I would be happy to reunite them with the family if you are interested. I'm in north Sheffield.