Entouré d'une palanquée de compères, ce CC trônait sur un étalage de vide-greniers.
J'ai pris les 6 meilleurs à ce vendeur.
C'est clairement celui là le plus vieux.
Le démontage a posé souci, ou alors c'est parce que je suis fatiqué en ce moment. Quoiqu'il en soit, le rivet de l'espaceur ne s'est pas rendu avant que la chasse ne soit fendue. Je me suis détesté sur ce coup là, mais ce qui est fait est fait. Cela ne se voit pas sur les photos. J'en ferai de meilleures quand il y aura du soleil, et vous pourrez vous aussi me détester à loisir.
Sur l'envers de la chasse non incrustée, on peut lire JS. Ca tombe bien, j'aime bien lire...
Un certain "Dupuy" a gravé son nom dessus... Je n'ai pas effacé cette gravure.
Les trous dans la corne ont été comblés à la cyanoacrylate. Puis la chasse a été légèrement poncée, nourrie avec de l'huile et polie.
La lame a été brossée et polie. J'espère pas trop.
L'espaceur en plomb a juste été poli.
Concernant la marque, j'ai trouvé ceci :
This trademark was used by Needham, Veall & Tyzack.
Taylors Eye Witness was founded by John
Taylor in around 1820. In 1838
Taylor applied for and was granted the Eye Witness trademark for his goods, it is said he chose it after being inspired by the line “No eye hath seen such” from Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1. In 1852
Taylor moved to the newly built Eye Witness Works on Milton Street. At the time the works only consisted of five single storey bays and were driven by steam power with a 40 foot chimney stack which is still in place today. Upon the death of John
Taylor in 1854 the firm passed to his daughter who had married into the Needham family who were also knife producers.
The company became known as Needhams Ltd, joining forces with James Veall in 1876 and the well known local firm of Tyzack’s in 1879 to form Needham, Veall & Tyzack.
After WWI, 1918, Needham, Veall & Tyzack was hit by the fall in the demand for high-guality pocket knives and razors. Walter Tyzack's response was to lead a merger of Sheffield cutlery companies. In 1919, he organized Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers Ltd, which was a combination of his own company and Joseph Elliot, Lockwood Bros, Nixon & Winterbotoon, Southern & Richardson, and Thos. Turner. Bad management and poor trading conditions in the 1920's soon ruined this venture. Tyzack himself suffered a seizure in March 1922 and he retired to London, where he died on 24 January 1925.
In the aftermath of this fiasco, Needham, Veall & Tyzack took over Southern & Richardson. W.C. Veall remained a director until his death on 23 February 1941, aged 74. Besides the firms listed above, it began to acquire other Sheffield names and marks: notably those of Saynor, Cooke & Ridal in 1948, Wheatley Bros, Parkin & Marshall, Hawcroft, and Brooksbank.
In 1965 Needham, Veall & Tyzack became known as
Taylor’s Eye Witness to take advantage of its well-known trademark. In 1975 it was bought by Harrison Fisher & Co.
(Avis au modos : si je n'ai pas le droit d'utiliser cette image, je la supprime ou vous pouvez le faire.)A l'heure actuelle, le CC est affûté (AVEC DU SCOTCH !
), mais pas affilé.
Ca viendra, parce que je compte bien l'essayer !
Sujet: Sheffield : Taylor Eye Witness 
Dim 4 Nov 2012 - 18:44
Tu nous diras s'il rase ?
