[Rarebooks] FS: Sheffield Exhibition Knives - Sport, Bowie, Fishing, &c

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: “Sheffield Exhibition Knives”

Edited by Bill Adams.
Published by Old World Publishing in 1999.

DISCUSSION: A fabulously photographed ‘exhibition’ of the finest knives
from that world-renowned knife-making capitol, Sheffield. “Here you will
see daggers and Bowie knives fit for a king –or an oriental potentate.
There are multi-bladed sportsmen’s knives, fishing knives with hook
removers...some of the knives have been identified as being exhibited in
the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition or in the Great Exposition in London in
1879. Here you will see knives with interchangeable handles, folding dirk
knives with carved pearl handles from the 1830s, cased penknives with
engraved gold bolsters and a cock spur marked “Cutlers to the King”. Since
this book was a display of the world’s finest knives, it was necessary to
supplement the outstanding pictures with a group of writings from some of
the world’s finest knife experts. We have that with chapters from Bill
Adams, Bernard Levine, and Jim Taylor”. The knives shown include many
examples from the firms of Joseph Rodgers, George Wostenholm, and John
Blyde-Greenhough Knives.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 8.5”x11”, 245+ pages, loaded with color plates,
dust jacket.

CONDITION NOTES: In fine, clean condition.

PRICE: $150.00

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