Pike Label Thread Collection

[timwcic]

I just found/bought this cool piece off the bay. I don’t own a scythe but I couldn’t pass on this as I love old labeled Pike stuff (I’ll post my others soon). I may have overpaid but it’s hard to tell with this Pike stuff sometimes. Got it for a single Benjamin, but it’s worth it to me. I’ve never seen one before.View attachment 1740699View attachment 1740698

NICE, I see a few different Pikes with labels every year but the paper is in varying degrees of distress. Unlabeled, a few dozen per year and I leave them were I see them. I have no plans to put to use. It was flea market priced and going to persevere it

 

[David]

Here’s one I’ve never seen before. A Pikes fastcut oil and water stone. For mechanics and household use. Use either oil or water, but not both. 8x2. I have some other Hindo fastcuts but don’t recall seeing this one before.

 

[SliceOfLife]

I have a 6x2 of that same stone in my basement somewhere.

Owned 3 or 4 in the past, but threw them in lots.

Then somewhere years ago one sold for crazy money on eBay ($200+) and so when I got this one I kept it.

It's a decent stone. Doesn't wear too fast and somewhere between fine india and queer creek. No clue what it actually is... but I'd assume some xfine aloxite mix... maybe just a hard QC looking at it again.

Dont think I've seen a 8x2 before.

edit: Pics

Im aware some catalog from the 1920s said these are "selected Hindostan stock". Mine shows no evidence of being a Hindo... nor did the others I've owned or see, frankly.


Found a link to a 6x2 with the same box as David's stone and this one DOES look Hindo:

Vintage Pike fast cut oil & water sharpening stone Natural sandstone? w/box | #3757781755

for auction is a vintage Pike Fastcut oil & water Stone in the original box. I believe the stone is a natural sandstone. It measures 6'' long. It is 1 3/4'' wide. It is 1/2'' thick. The stone has not

www.worthpoint.com

 

[David]

No clue what it actually is... but I'd assume some xfine aloxite mix... maybe just a hard QC looking at it again.

It’s a Hindo 100%. I’ll get more pics up later.

 

[SliceOfLife]

Yeah, maybe I'll clean mine up a bit and see how it does. It's fast and hard for a Hindo in my experience with them... and definitely more QC/Carbo colored (grey, no tan or orange)... no layering either...

But maybe after a cleaning some of those traits will show.


Last one I owned was almost pure white.

Never seen orange in the ones I own like yours has. Almost wonder if maybe these (later era I assume) boxed versions were a different stone.


edit: Lapping does reveal a Hindo... A very hard, almost glassy Hindo with some vaguely Les Lat-like marbling in it. Bottom right freckles are orange... The blobs/splotches are off-white to yellow green, like some les lats in color (not nearly as smooth/hard as a Les Lat obviously, but far more-so than my other Hindos)

 

[captaincaed]

One of mine, a couple from some scrounging. Fun little thread!

Extra choice selected coticule with stamps

Lily white washita with box

Queer creek, a little different from the one posted before

 

[SliceOfLife]

That's an awesome QC Label.

Anyone got any clue on era?

I'd guess pre 1910 at least?

 

[captaincaed]

A couple more from scrounging.

The first is unknown to me and the label is worn enough I don’t recognize it. Anyone seen a Pike Green Mu______ or know what it is?

The second is a fancy presentation box. Seems to fit the theme.

 

[Darth Scandalous]

Green Mountain would be my first guess.

Found this on the web, from a 1935 Norton catalog:

 

[captaincaed]

Damn, nice pull! I can’t find a picture easily, but only have my phone on me. I’ll keep hunting to see if I can find a more complete label.

 

[timwcic]

While not a Pike, a more complete label

 

[Legion]

A couple more from scrounging.

The first is unknown to me and the label is worn enough I don’t recognize it. Anyone seen a Pike Green Mu______ or know what it is?

The second is a fancy presentation box. Seems to fit the theme.

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I think @David has one of those little metal boxed ones. From memory they are for on the desk to tune up pen nibs.

 

[captaincaed]

For funsies, the letterpress block for the labels, someone sold it on Etsy.

This must be the most attention anyone’s paid to a mediocre scythe stone.

 

[Legion]

For funsies, the letterpress block for the labels, someone sold it on Etsy.

This must be the most attention anyone’s paid to a mediocre scythe stone.

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I bet there are whole mediocre scythe stone forums.

 

[David]

I think @David has one of those little metal boxed ones. From memory they are for on the desk to tune up pen nibs.

I have one made by Pike and another off branded one. They are the exact same thing except the off brand has a handle.

 

[Bowmaker]

A couple more from scrounging.

The first is unknown to me and the label is worn enough I don’t recognize it. Anyone seen a Pike Green Mu______ or know what it is?

The second is a fancy presentation box. Seems to fit the theme.

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Is that Green Mountain a synthetic?

 

[captaincaed]

No clue, just an internet picture so far

 

[LJS]

This is one of my most prized stones, primarily because it was my grandfather’s. Not the largest chunk of translucent novaculite, but served him well for decades and now me as well.

 

[captaincaed]

Another couple internet finds. The queer creek stones have great labels for such a rubbish rock.

The Green M____ scythe stone I posted previously appears to be carborundum, nothing too exciting.

 

[captaincaed]

Finally! With the help of persistence and insomnia, I achieved my dream. I finally tracked down a nearly complete label for the fabled, celebrated, adored, Pike Green Mountain scythestone.

That carborundum jewel, sparkling amid all the better stones. The pyrite in the goldmine, the rough that defines the diamonds.

Plus a White Mountain stone, whatever the hell that is.

And one actually good stone, I guess. Pike Extra Washita. Graded between Lily White and No 1, with no other description from the catalog.