Rare tool with super rare sheath

[MultiMat]

I have wanted a made in Australia Whittingslowe tool No.43 ,1950's vintage one piece tool with matching leather sheath for quite some time. A number of weeks ago member Dutchy357 was in town & we met up for a trade + a chin wag. I had a great arvo with John/Dutchy , John was in town attending a regimental function. We met at the keswick army barracks & got to have a quick tour of the army museum  .
This is what I got ;

 


Leather sheath is in great nick given it is well over 60 years old  .
John mentioned you can tell if a No.43 has been stored in it's leather sheath , they tend to be a bit tarnished  . You can see this in the following photos , the tarnished No. 43 is the one that came with the sheath the more original looking one did not come with a sheath.




You would of thought storing the tool in the sheath would preserve it better 

These 2 photos were taken from a Aussie Ebay sale with the owners permission  , a original No. 43 + it's instruction sheet 

[Gareth]

It has a razor sharpener?   Very cool little tool Mat.

[AHB]

Great score Mat, gotta love these ol' things.. 
Any chance you could measure the sheath, I have some leather lying around and maybe I should make a sheath for my No. 43 sometime..

[MultiMat]

107mm long


37mm wide

Sheath is 2 identical pieces of leather stitched together.

[Neil]

I heard keeping old knives in their original pouches could be detrimental to the metal so I'm not surprised at the tarnishing.  I guess they can trap moisture and keep it in contact with the metal longer   I'm sure someone with more experience will chip in and confirm deny

Nice catch Mat

[Gareth]

I am the only one that pick up on the subtle message that Mat thought Allan's request was in fact a PAIN in the ASS?



 

[Neil]

  Child!

<snigger> 

[AHB]

Just wait 'till I get my hands on Mat.. 




 




Thanks btw.. 

[Mr. Whippy]

Actually, I think Mat's quite clever to figure out a way around the smurf filter. 

[Grant Lamontagne]

I heard keeping old knives in their original pouches could be detrimental to the metal so I'm not surprised at the tarnishing.  I guess they can trap moisture and keep it in contact with the metal longer   I'm sure someone with more experience will chip in and confirm deny

Nice catch Mat

I have not only heard that but experienced it on several occasions, both with the old pre-1964 Puma White Hunter I got from may father and my brass Cold Steel Master Tanto.

Leather plus old steel equals messy old steel.

Def

[MultiMat]

I am the only one that pick up on the subtle message that Mat thought Allan's request was in fact a PAIN in the ASS?



 

  That was not my intension at all  .

Now where is my Dirty Rotten MoFo ruler , I need to redo those photos

I have not only heard that but experienced it on several occasions, both with the old pre-1964 Puma White Hunter I got from may father and my brass Cold Steel Master Tanto.

Leather plus old steel equals messy old steel.

Def

Ebay speak 'the item has a wonderful Patina forming on it's surface' 


Addit if you did have a Dirty Rotten MoFo ruler I wonder what you would measure with it  .

[J-sews]

Congrats there Mat on a fine old No. 43!

So how many Whittingslowe pieces do have now, and how many are left to go?

[David]

Great catch there Mat!

[JimShockz]

I have wanted a made in Australia Whittingslowe tool No.43 ,1950's vintage one piece tool with matching leather sheath for quite some time. A number of weeks ago member Dutchy357 was in town & we met up for a trade + a chin wag. I had a great arvo with John/Dutchy , John was in town attending a regimental function. We met at the keswick army barracks & got to have a quick tour of the army museum  .
This is what I got ;

 


Leather sheath is in great nick given it is well over 60 years old  .
John mentioned you can tell if a No.43 has been stored in it's leather sheath , they tend to be a bit tarnished  . You can see this in the following photos , the tarnished No. 43 is the one that came with the sheath the more original looking one did not come with a sheath.




You would of thought storing the tool in the sheath would preserve it better 

These 2 photos were taken from a Aussie Ebay sale with the owners permission  , a original No. 43 + it's instruction sheet 

Just cant get enough of the older tools,I have a drill auger from the 1800s,it just brings you back to when all things were  done by hand incredible.

-JH

[Leadfoot]

Tanning acids can be very caustic, my guess for the condition of the plating.
Hi end custom knives are very seldom stored in sheath for this reason.
Well that and putting the blade in the sheath might leave a mark. 

don't get me wrong, a couple of my safe queens have never been in leather.


Leadfoot