Gardening knife

I've lost mine in the pill box somewhere too Andy

 

I've been using a sandvik pradines knife for about 20yrs now, its always in my back pocket.

Looking online, I dont think you can get them anymore.
So not much help.

 

Have you come across any worked flint J.

 

Manufacture of quite a few of Sandviks knives has been taken over by smaller Swedish companies. Thats the reason they cant be found online, you need to know who makes them now.

 

I used to live near John, found some worked flints on top of St. Catherine's hill, which is a sandstone hill, any flint up there would have to have been carried up there.

Found lots of waste chippings and a parrot beaked burin, a tool for making holes in leather.

 

I've always had a fascination with pocket/pen knives. Pocket knife = a multi bladed knife, whereas a penknife has a single blade. Penknives were originally designed to sharpen quills, in the days of yore.
There used to be a highly skilled trade based in Sheffield for the manufacture of top quality knives, the people who did this work were known as 'Little Mesters'. I'm not sure if any of these people still carry out this trade, but if they did, a handmade knife made by these craftsmen would cost many hundreds of pounds.

My recommendation for a quality knife (without breaking the bank) would be made by 'Taylors Eye Witness'.....worth a Google.

Remember, a cheap knife made from poor steel will always be blunt & will never hold an edge.

 

Talking of digging things up.....I found this old pruning knife in a box of rusty old tools belonging to my late father. It must have belonged to his father, who was a head gardener in late Victorian times.