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J Russell 'California Carver' Style Carving Knife Carbon Steel Nickel Stag
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Made by the J Russell Green River Works company at their Turner's Falls Massachusetts factory from the 1880's to the 1910's.
Blade is nice and full but the ferrule is just a little wiggly, dyed stag handle with nickel buttcap is nice and secure, comes with fresh edge.
This knife is done in the style of San Francisco made knives from the 1860s to turn of the century which became popular after the transcontinental railroad connected San Francisco to the East Coast. Exports of San Francisco made knives to the East coast and Europe impressed with their unique design and high quality.
Large scale East Coast manufacturers like J Russell saw the popularity of the original San Francisco made knives especially from Will & Finck and Michael Price and before long pumped out cheaper imitations like this one. Imitations of the iconic offset carving knife with a hump on the spine and carving fork and sharpening steels with antennae like guards cropped up from makers as far away as Sheffield and Germany in the later 19th century as the copiers were copied themselves.
In a curious turn of events as the Transcontinental railroad opened up the West Coast to imports from the east by train (rather than by boat around South America) the demand for locally made products (including cutlery) softened and San Francisco makers even began retailing Eastern copies of the 'California Carver'.
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We are a full-service cutlery shop offering sharpening services, Japanese and Western culinary knives, vintage knives, outdoor, pocket and craft knives, cooking tools and accessories. We also offer knife skills and sharpening classes, and more.
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