all it sais is USA

[plastid]

good evening Traditional forum!!!

I came across this today at a flea market

it sais USA on the big blade and some numbers on the small blade.

what would this configuration be?

anyone else have anything they could add?

Ps. i love knives

 

[paulhilborn]

Two blade Equal End Jack---looks Imperial-ish to me? I know Camillus made knives had a USA tang stamp as well.

Paul

 

[plastid]

Thanks paulhilborn!

 

[bdev]

I asked the same question (USA stamped knife) when I first joined the forum. Someone said that if the blade is flat on one side, it's probably made by Ideal.

 

[Gevonovich]

Looks like the De Luxe Jack-master Hammer Brand Imperial knife. I think it might be in the 1959 catalog


http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/Imperial/Old Imperial Catalogs.htm

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

In searching the web, all three of the patent numbers shown on the blade (2170537, 2284833, 2689400) lead back to Imperial Knife Company, Inc., Providence, RI.

http://www.google.com/patents/US2170537?printsec=abstract#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://www.google.com/patents/US2284833?printsec=abstract#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://www.google.com/patents/US2689400?printsec=abstract#v=onepage&q&f=false

Looks like the patents are related to the method and machinery used to form the stamped, one-piece scale/bolster/covering commonly found on old Imperial knives.


David

 

[rune1279]

I bought an Imperial at a thrift shop once, and it was in with a bunch of "USA" tagged knives that look just like this -- part of a collection, the cashier said. I bet those numbers are patent numbers -- well, I just checked, the first is an Imperial patent. Is it a shell-handle? Can you see tabs on the ends wrapping around the liners?

Imperial interwove with Hammer Brand and Schrade in ways I don't know, but others here do -- my guess is Imperial/Hammer.

Edit: Whoops! Obsessed With Edges beat me to the google patent search!

--Mark

 

[Jack Black]

Looks like the De Luxe Jack-master Hammer Brand Imperial knife. I think it might be in the 1959 catalog


http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/Imperial/Old Imperial Catalogs.htm

That sounds like a man who knows his onions! Here's a an Imperial Jack of the same size sent to me by the good man himself



And something a little smaller from Vanguard