First Flea market of the year .... not bad :)

[jaydar]

A decent haul



Nice old hoof knife stamped Victoria





got a great deal on these two a 1924 soldier and a pre 1908 model A Soldier it has a 5 on it which could well be the year in this case





top one here the bottom one looks a little small to be a soldier



never seen a 3 layer one of these (with a saw)





And some nice alox a 85 and a 96

[ColoSwiss]

Very nice haul! 

One question: Is that odd knife a hoof knife? I have a similar one without the hand guard and my information that its called a timber or race knife, used for marking lumber and wooden crates and barrels.

Karl

[sparky415]

Its no wonder I can’t find old soldiers anywhere, they are all in your collection

That was a good day 

[J-sews]

Oh.....maw....GAWD! From now on I'm going flea marketing in Switzerland!!

[jaydar]

Very nice haul! 

One question: Is that odd knife a hoof knife? I have a similar one without the hand guard and my information that its called a timber or race knife, used for marking lumber and wooden crates and barrels.

Karl

A Race knife

ok that makes more sense I could not quite see why you would need a hand guard on a hoof knife

Cheers for that

[ColoSwiss]

The race knife or timber scribe.

[Neil]

How come you get that lot and I get a couple of mobile phones and some rusty old tools

.... I guess I'm just in the wrong country

Fantastic haul chap

[Ashley]

 

[WWW]

Nice picks (and pics... it's a terrible joke)  Didn't knew about the one with the saw.

[kronk]

That's great.

[ColoSwiss]

I came up with some pics of race knives, including another one with a folding guard, apparently made in Solingen. (#1).

Also came up with a shot of some farrier knives (#2). Some of them appear to have blades with a similar shape to the race knife. Most of the photos I found of farrier knives were of fixed blade tools, though a few were folders. I have no idea how to tell them apart from race knives.

Karl

http://www.patented-antiques.com/Backpages/T-F-S/edge/MISC-EDGE.htm

http://www.cottamhorseshoes.com/images/farrier_knives.jpg

[demonoflust]

The race knife or timber scribe.

Or for tapping rubber tree sap?

[Zed]

Very nice haul mate    i cant even find one knife at a booty in the uk  I think we need a MTO outing to switzerland   

[edcgear]

Wow what a haul... 

Flea market here means few Chinese POS knives and old clothes...

[Logrus9]

Wow what a haul... 

Flea market here means few Chinese POS knives and old clothes...

The Antiques Roadshow has convinced everyone around here that any old rusty/dirty thing they've found will pay for their kids college fund.