Today's Haul...

[amcardon]

I went to a knife show today and got to chat with some wonderful knifemakers and also got to look at a lot of straights (a lot more than I expected, that's for sure!) and picked up these 3 straights... The Dovo will need to hit the buffer to get rid of some rust spots but is in otherwise excellent condition. The other 2 will need full restores but I am more than happy to put some new horn pants on them.

PICS

Dovo ("DOVO, Solingen, 25; Fritz Bracht, Solingen-Germany):

Rodgers (Joseph Rodgers & Sons, *illegible*):

Wade & Butcher (Wade & Butcher's Blank for concaving, Sheffield, England):

W&B on left, Rodgers on right:

I am quite happy with these guys. The gentleman gave me another straight with a ton of filework done on it but also a lot of wear, it was around 3/8 remaining so probably just a file worked spine to look at...

 

[life2short1971]

Here's what the tang reads on your Joseph Rodgers I believe just for reference. You have some nice projects for these cold nights.

 

[eto]

Awesome score.

 

[Antique Hoosier]

I've never seen a W&B stamped "blank" on tang. Has to be a scarce bird indeed! Nice snags!

 

[amcardon]

Here's what the tang reads on your Joseph Rodgers I believe just for reference. You have some nice projects for these cold nights.

Thanks for posting that pic! For the life of me I couldn't read the tang and didn't have a chance to hit it on the buffers to figure it out...

 

[amcardon]

I've never seen a W&B stamped "blank" on tang. Has to be a scarce bird indeed! Nice snags!

Neither had I... I'm new to the straight game (less than a year into it) so by all means it could be a lot more common than I realize, but I was really curious when I saw the tang.

The W&B and Rodgers should both be really fun projects that will most likely end up on the BST once they get their new horn pants on.

 

[mdunn]

great haul mate, that blank stamp is tres cool

 

[Antique Hoosier]

..........that blank stamp is tres cool

Intrigued, I did a Google search and found reference to a SRP member honing a W&B "Blank for concave" razor... You might want to do a similar search and compare notes with him.