Diamonds in the Rough!

[GE Jr]

Surprisingly it's not! I will have to look again though. Reading through the knife section was a bit overwhelming!

Here's the first couple pages of the knife section. I love the color pages.

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Thanks, philllll! Some great sales points..."Action That Walks And Talks", for one.

 

[gunstockjack]

Philll, that catalog is fantastic, bud! Great find, for sure.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Good going Philll, wonderful catalog. Wonderful catalog.

Thanks Philll, right back to ya.

Wow!!
That's just amazing- unbelievable that such wonderful knives still exist in such amazing condition.

 

[waynorth]

A gift from an old friend! A nice old D-E box, with a serpentine Jack to go with it! The nice thing about the jack is, it is just right for carrying!! Not a safe Queen, but lots of bragging rights!!



Thanks, Eric!!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Dayam!!!!
Bragg away Charlie - I'm listening my friend.
Thanks to your friend for looking after you.

 

[waynorth]

I'm just sharpening it now, Duncan!!

 

[philllll]

Very nice Charlie! That's a heck of a carry piece!

 

[philllll]

I just got this wood handled jack. Very exciting. This is a stamp I don't have in my collection, A.F. Shapleigh Hardware Co. From what I can gather the date range is 1886-1901. There's still a faint etch on the blade, the largest diamond etch I've seen on a D-E! Overall the condition is great considering the age. And best of all it was a gift from a friend!



Hey waynorth I think this one is an empire made knife!

 

[philllll]

Here's another knife I added to the stable, a pearl whittler. This one is marked Shapleigh Hdwe. I've noticed that the Shapleighs I have which I can attribute to Empire are stamped "HDWE" while the ones that can be attributed to Schrade are stamped "HDW". Based on that assumption, this knife would date 1918-1930.

 

[waynorth]

A couple of beauties, Philllll!
That Ebony Jack is flat out killer!!!
And the Pearl was well loved, and continues to be I am guessing.
Congrats on the good hunting!!

 

[Luger1952]

What a couple of great finds Phil! You have a great knack of finding rare vintage folders with a laser beam type focus on the DE variety Your DE collection is more amazing all the time. I am thrilled for you and keep them coming! Lloyd

 

[Campbellclanman]

Hear Hear Lloyd my friend.
Amazing stuff Phill - I just simply Love That Ebony Jack - it doesn't get more Traditional than that - other than a HJ of course

 

[philllll]

Thank you gentlemen!

Here's another I picked up. This one is interesting because I've never seen this stamp before. I'm wondering about who made it, maybe Utica?

 

[waynorth]

Nice Jack, Philllll!
Reminded me of this one. Utica also??

 

[waynorth]

Ugly tang stamp!!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Wowee!
Philllll - yet another beauty. Incredible Bone- I'm enjoying seeing the DE's continued growth in your Stable my friend.
Charlie your example is perfect- What a knife!!!!

 

[sticktodrum]

I picked up this DE jack on the Bay. Great price, apparently unused. Not Shapleigh, but an old Imperial.

 

[blademan 13]

Those old Imperials are very lightweight and should take a very nice edge. About as pocket friendly a knife as you will find.

 

[Atiger]

Old celluloid-handled Shapleigh barlow...

 

[wlfryjr]

Very nice additions Philll. Charlie ,nice of you to open your museum again.I hope you didn't snipe that one on the bay.....

Phill ,that A F Shapleigh is of particular interest to me.