Beauty of the Beehive...

[jimi43]

On another thread my dear friend adidat noticed a little knife hanging on my magnetic tool rack...so I thought I would put it in a new thread to save hijacking the other one...

Beehive was the trademark for Gregory Bros of Sheffield...makers of fine cutlery and edge tools and this is indeed a very fine example of their wares...

An amazing piece of steel...finely six point pinned in the tang to a pair of rosewood scales and embellished with brass sleeved rivets...

The handle has beautiful finger scalloping...beautifully carved on both sides....

It's a bit late now Chris but I do have some research on this maker...

Suffice to say...it's quality steel that holds a terrific edge and I am going to dedicate a few hours tomorrow hitting the new Charnley with it!

Cheers

Jimi

 

[adidat]

very nice jim! thanks!

adidat

 

[Webby]

you couldnt post another picture with a tape beside so we can see how big or small it is please

 

[Phil Pascoe]

The finger scalloping gives an idea of scale.

 

[jimi43]

you couldnt post another picture with a tape beside so we can see how big or small it is please

A pleasure....

After ruining two bootfairs the rain finally relented this afternoon and the sun burst out in Tropical Kent...

The wonderful wood figuring shows up now.

Cheers

Jimi

 

[Evergreen]

Hi Jim

What an interesting looking old knife, with all the hallmarks of high quality manufacture. Do you have any ideas of its specific function? Perhaps a butcher's knife?

With the rosewood scales and the brass sleeved rivets, it must have been unusually expensive when new.

 

[jimi43]

Hi Jim

What an interesting looking old knife, with all the hallmarks of high quality manufacture. Do you have any ideas of its specific function? Perhaps a butcher's knife?

With the rosewood scales and the brass sleeved rivets, it must have been unusually expensive when new.

Indeed EG...it certainly feels like a quality knife.

I think that the company was mainly involved in the production of cutlery but I have seen very similar hunting knives in leather sheaths with this mark...so it may be one of those. I am off for three days now and will be looking into the company further....the peining of the rivets certainly has given me a few ideas though...the sleeved one is very well done and looks the biz!

Oh...and it is now darn sharp...hair-shavingly so!

Cheers

Jim