An Old Tool from and Old Store

[RPK]

A recent find was this Dawes & Ball Smokers' Knife from a long gone tobacconist. It was made in Sheffield, England in about the 1930's and sold here in the states.

Links are to the Dawess & Ball company and to Fader's Tobacconist where it was sold:

Dawes & Ball (Sheffield) Ltd

<p>The owner of this cutlery business was Joseph William Ball (1893-1962). He had been born in Sheffield, the son of Frederick (a spring knife cutler) ...

www.hawleysheffieldknives.com

Fader - Pipedia

pipedia.org

And a link to Faders on this site:

Faders Gone? :: Pipe Tobacconists - B&M's and Internet Retailers

Is Faders out of business? saw this on twitter @FadersTobacco Follow Follow @FadersTobacco More End of and Era. Fader’s would like to thank ALL of our amazing customers for making us one the Best Tobacconists in the country. Fader’s will miss you ALL!!!! #FadersFamily #EndOfAnEra

pipesmagazine.com

Lightly cleaned and oiled and appears to have hardly if at all been used.
As its a bit heavy using the tamper requires a very light touch.

 

[Waning Embers]

Still made by Rogers of Scheffield.

 

[Bbailey324]

Nice find.

 

[RPK]

Nice find.

Thank you. There are some others out there but this one with the labeled box and case I thought were the best and the price was negotiated down so that was even better.

 

[Waning Embers]

Thank you. There are some others out there but this one with the labeled box and case I thought were the best and the price was negotiated down so that was even better.

If you've got a collector's eye, the store display racks often appear on ebay with the knives themselves selling for $10-$20 with a variety of handles.