18th Century Folding Knives.

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  • @2gpowell
    @2gpowell 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Excellent tutorial ! Sometimes I sit back on a rainy day and watch your videos several times over. Great craftsmanship and great videos !

  • @ianrosie4431
    @ianrosie4431 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I've been digging into the origins of the 'Jack' knife and arrived at the French Siamois as a candidate. Thanks for making this wonderful vid. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

  • @dougwatkins5441
    @dougwatkins5441 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can't believe I' just found your channel I love history and especially colonial 1700's thru Civil War to early 1900's and pocket knife history great video

  • @susanwutz8606
    @susanwutz8606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I never knew they had those so many years ago! Fascinating!

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They had a nice variety back then, Thank you!

    • @kleinjahr
      @kleinjahr ปีที่แล้ว

      Folders have been around since at least the Romans.

  • @onehappycampster
    @onehappycampster ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Thank you. The French clasp and boucheron knives really catch my eye.

  • @denniswyse3590
    @denniswyse3590 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank You for the great info on these old knives

  • @quinntheeskimooutdoors6234
    @quinntheeskimooutdoors6234 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice knives. Thanks for showing us and take care.

  • @dangilliam6972
    @dangilliam6972 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Of all of the period gear, reproductions, all the stuff I have always had an interest in, you just found something that I had NEVER seen, heard of, or even thought about. I don't know why, sounds like they were pretty much normal fare then as now, but it just never crossed my mind. Thank you! :-) Wonder how long it took them to figure out that all they had to do was add a spring and boom! instant switchblade. I can hear that conversation now between two redcoats- "That yank reached in his pocket, and presented what appeared to be a stick. He tossed an apple in the air, we heard a click, and the apple hit the ground peeled, cored, and quartered. Then he turned and looked at us, and ran the blade across his tongue before closing it. We exited with the utmost haste."

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you for watching! Yes Sir, folding knives and their history is a very interesting study!

    • @mwillblade
      @mwillblade ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mid nineteenth century switchblades were made.

  • @drewwhite5601
    @drewwhite5601 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant video,and absolutely beautifully crafted knives I take my hat off to you 👍

  • @rebeccaback3287
    @rebeccaback3287 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have learned something from this video. I did not know about these knives.Keep up the good work. God bless you. David Back from Menifee county Kentucky.

  • @georgerobartes2008
    @georgerobartes2008 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The English Penny , I believe youll find derived its name from penne ( ' quill or feather ') used for cutting quills for pens . They are still called " Pen knives " in the UK and is their proper and traditional name .

    • @ScottMason-ss8ww
      @ScottMason-ss8ww 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's why in England we still call the penne knives, because that's what they were used for... Sharpening quils.

  • @453421abcdefg12345
    @453421abcdefg12345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Interesting to note that to this dayknives very similar to these 2 patterns are still common, to England, the British Army Jack Knife, and France, the Laguiole, the standard knife seen today, the Laguiole even has the extended lever shaped as a Bee.

  • @benjaminblabla
    @benjaminblabla 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    On the french knife, the "lentille" was used to help opening the knife with one hand only (piemontais system, I believe)

  • @ACOUSTIC_4LOVE
    @ACOUSTIC_4LOVE 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool Vid. Just picked up a mid 1700’s-Revolutionary War pocket knife for $9 . It’s still intact. Loose & Rusty of course . I’ll clean it up a little-but leave the patina. Blade is marked. I’ll have to get my Loupe’ out to try & make it out.

  • @vladimirkovacevic1656
    @vladimirkovacevic1656 ปีที่แล้ว

    beautiful knives

  • @briansherrillruralliving9708
    @briansherrillruralliving9708 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    A pocket knife is something one doesn't always think about. Well, I guess I do in a way as I feel naked if I don't have one. That said I wasn't aware a pocket knife goes back to the 1600s. Very interesting and thanks for the video

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too! Never leave the house with out one. Yes indeed, folding knives actually date back to Biblical times. Thanks so much!

  • @jelkel25
    @jelkel25 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maybe every person who worked on the lathes in Sheffield had a slightly different style? I presuming if you were particularly broke or trying to save your money you could buy the blade blank just like now and get your own handle turned or do it yourself. I know this was very common with fixed blades, axes, hatchets ect, why not folders? The importers could pack a lot more blades without handles into a crate on a ship than with as well as cut down the production time so you probably got a much better deal.

  • @billpotter7162
    @billpotter7162 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder at what point the Barlow style made it's first appearance in America? Late 18th or early 19th Century?

  • @garrockwaters304
    @garrockwaters304 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Is that an Opinel I see?

  • @marycahill546
    @marycahill546 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting. Sheffield, UK still makes the Barlow type folding knife. What about Spanish or Portuguese knives? How old is the French Opinel type knife design? Keep up the good work!

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you Mary! Not sure on the Spanish. I know they played a roll in trade here in USA during the 1700's down south. French designs date from 1600's on up. However, even the ancient Romans had folding knives. Very old concept.

  • @alphamale3643
    @alphamale3643 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How do you spelll the french knife? I've been trying to search and cant find it. "Simoa?" "Simwah"?

  • @Frostyfarmer420
    @Frostyfarmer420 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They called a penny knife because it cost a penny

  • @alphamale3643
    @alphamale3643 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    any idea where i can buy some really old vintage knifes from like 1700s and earlier? I would love to add some to my collection.

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Try eBay. Sometimes they pop up there.

    • @alphamale3643
      @alphamale3643 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HoffmanReproductions I ended up finding and buying a 1700s penny knife from Ebay. It has a heart and a 3 leaf clover ingraved in the blade. Wonder how much its worth.

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alphamale3643 Very cool! Nice find! Not sure on value.

  • @Jackknife1951
    @Jackknife1951 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Wow, fancy that. Way back when people were more 'hands on' in the 17th and 18th century, they didn't bother with thumb studs, waved opening, thumb holes, and fancy blade locks. Just a simple cutting tool was all they needed. A little lesson for modern knife nuts who think they need a tactical knife that is capable of prying open a tank hatch.

    • @Mikes_Life
      @Mikes_Life 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And just imagine if they could have gotten their hands on a Victorinox classic sd ;)

    • @PalmettoNDN
      @PalmettoNDN 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah. They severed tendons and lost fingers like REAL MEN!

  • @joemolf3894
    @joemolf3894 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice Ben

  • @ChacoteOutdoorRecreation
    @ChacoteOutdoorRecreation 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hoffman Reproductions Rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @AlanHarvey-k8c
    @AlanHarvey-k8c 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sorry, you have been talking rubbish, i should know as I used to work in a museum , these are not 18 century knives, they are 20 century for sure,

    • @HoffmanReproductions
      @HoffmanReproductions  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How am I talking rubbish? I made these knives myself. All are copies of originals from the 1700's down to the smallest details. I never said they were originals.

    • @PalmettoNDN
      @PalmettoNDN 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rubbish? People who work in museums read. People who read have better grammar than you.