Collector Piece

Item 1673
Please note all knife blades have been professionally restored,  with the blade polished and sharpened.  RAZOR SHARP.

This is a razor sharp vintage fully restored utility knife with full tang, what appear to be walnut (sorry not a wood expert)scales, and double rivet design.  It is ready for immediate use.  Not perfect, but a really nice knife.

Marked “Steel”

It may have some nicks and scars from use.

$45 shipped.

As always we are happy to take back pieces if you are not 100% satisfied.  (Please see return policy)

*High carbon steel knives are highly sought after knives loved by professional and home cooks alike due to the quality of the steel, the edge it maintains and the hardness that is not matched by other knives.  If you don’t believe me, take a look the opinions of Alton Brown.  Please note these are NOT stainless steel knives, they do require a little bit of care (prompt washing and drying after use, occasional sharpening, etc), but hey, if you can maintain a cast iron pan you’ll find this a piece of cake.  Over time they will develop a patina, and even stain.  But they are probably the best quality steel knives you’ll ever use.

Item 1033
Razor sharp! I.P  Hyde is still in business making painting products and knives for industrial use.  He started out making knives for shoe makers and in fact this knife could have originally been meant for that kind of use.  Today however it will make a very nice slicing knife.  Round handled with round bolster and a hidden tang, secured with a pin in the same fashion as those used in old Japanese swords.

Marked “I. P. Hyde Southbridge, MA made in USA”

Knife has been professionally restored,  polished and sharpened it is RAZOR SHARP.  It may have some nicks and scars from use.

$40 shipped.

*High carbon steel knives are highly sought after knives loved by professional and home cooks alike due to the quality of the steel, the edge it maintains and the hardness that is not matched by other knives.  If you don’t believe me, take a look the opinions of Alton Brown.  Please note these are NOT stainless steel knives, they do require a little bit of care (prompt washing and drying after use, occasional sharpening, etc), but hey, if you can maintain a cast iron pan you’ll find this a piece of cake.  Over time they will develop a patina, and even stain.  But they are probably the best quality steel knives you’ll ever use.

As always we are happy to combine shipping, as well as take back pieces if you are not satisfied.  (Please see return policy)

Item 1044

Knife has been professionally restored,  polished and sharpened it is RAZOR SHARP.  It may have some nicks and scars from use.

I hate to use the word “rare” it’s very overused, usually for things that truthfully are not.  But in this case I have to make an exception.  This one is something special something very rare, not just because it is a 100 year old Henckels, but finding these with the Demmler & Schenck stamp is just about unheard of.

This is a 13” chef knife.  Blade is actually 12” 1/2 long but is called 13” in the trade.  Full tang, triple riveted.  Blade has some nicks and scars, but it’s 100 plus years old so that is certainly to be expected.

Marked:  “J.A. Henckels Solingen Demmler & Schenck Co. Pittsburgh PA.  Germany

$175 shipped.

*High carbon steel knives are highly sought after knives loved by professional and home cooks alike due to the quality of the steel, the edge it maintains and the hardness that is not matched by other knives.  If you don’t believe me, take a look the opinions of Alton Brown.  Please note these are NOT stainless steel knives, they do require a little bit of care (prompt washing and drying after use, occasional sharpening, etc), but hey, if you can maintain a cast iron pan you’ll find this a piece of cake.  Over time they will develop a patina, and even stain.  But they are probably the best quality steel knives you’ll ever use.

As always we are happy to combine shipping, as well as take back pieces if you are not satisfied.  (Please see return policy)

Item 1054

Some of you may not know this but I love old kitchen knives.  Old carbon steel blades were probably some of the best blades ever made for kitchen use.  They keep an edge well, are easy to touch up with a steel (or ceramic), and cut better than almost anything made today.  Most professional chefs, love and pamper their carbon steel knives as lesser replacement knives can cost anywhere from $150-500 each.

This is a real collector piece – an antique J.A. Henckels German made 12” carving/slicing knife.  You just don’t find these anywhere.   Henckels is still in business and make some of the finest knives in the world.   A lot of handwork went into making knives of this type, for while the blade could be produced in the factory, adding the handle and balance plates to give it proper hand feel required the work of a craftsman.  For that reason not many of these Henckels stag handled knives can be found.

Knife features  hidden tang with bottom plate (to hold the blade in place and give the knife balance), stag horn handle, decorative ferrule, with a 12” blade (with small bolster.  Ready for use.

This Knife has been professionally restored,  polished and sharpened it is RAZOR SHARP.  It has some nicks and scars from use.

Marked:  “J.A. Henckels” Germany on the bottom of the blade, aligned vertically with the bolster which may well indicate that the knife is older than I’m stating as typically the name is placed along the length, rather than the short width of the blade.

$175 shipped.  (buy it with a stag horn handled carving fork and get a $5 rebate on the pair)

*High carbon steel knives are highly sought after knives loved by professional and home cooks alike due to the quality of the steel, the edge it maintains and the hardness that is not matched by other knives.  If you don’t believe me, take a look the opinions of Alton Brown.  Please note these are NOT stainless steel knives, they do require a little bit of care (prompt washing and drying after use, occasional sharpening, etc), but hey, if you can maintain a cast iron pan you’ll find this a piece of cake.  Over time they will develop a patina, and even stain.  But they are probably the best quality steel knives you’ll ever use.

As always we are happy to combine shipping, as well as take back pieces if you are not satisfied.  (Please see return policy)

Item 1515
Please note all pictures on our site are of the actual piece you will receive, not a stock photo of a similar piece.

You could use this one tomorrow.  This one has been cleaned, oiled, painted and put back together using all the original parts.  While some improvements could have been added I did not want to replace original parts with substitutes.  Thus the O-Ring, and screw in ring for the jar are not restored as they could not be, and the original screw on top is not perfect.  Wood of the handle has not been touched.

Marked:  “Arcade Crystal”

Approximately 18” long, 6” wide

Fully cleaned, restored and painted.  All original parts.

No cracks or chips.  Designed to be counter or wall hung.

$125 shipped

As always we are happy to take back pieces if you are not 100% satisfied.  (Please see return policy)

Item 1731

Sometimes we run across something that is not iron, but really is too cool, or too useful to leave behind.  This is one of those pieces.

Art Deco kitchen stuff.  Amazing display piece.

Well I’ve never seen another quite like this – its a really cool electric grill/toaster/broiler combination but really it was pretty much the first electric stove.  Appears to be unused It was made between 1912-1927 (that is the date range for Edison Electric Appliance Co after which it became Edison General Electric Co.).  This one had the ability to cook two dishes at once, one under the heating element, and one on the top.  According to the label it was capable of poaching, broiling, boiling, toasts, and frying.

Has three distinct cooking levels – and a cooking surface for each one – a steel griddle level for the top a lower deeper drawer for broiling, and a poacher with 4 cups.  All of which are slide in shelf types.

Has the original paper label.  It’s actually an amazingly cool piece of home tech and very retro!

Sold as found.  No cord, but I bet it would still work.

$75 shipped.

As always we are happy to take back pieces if you are not 100% satisfied.  (Please see return policy)