Easy open Jacks...Let's see 'em.

navihawk

navihawk

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I picked one up last week and I have to say this has been an overlooked, by me, pattern. The lack of a shield is well made up by the nickel silver bail. The bone is quite pleasing.This pattern, or this knife anyways, really reeks with personality.Total therapy finding an old knife like this and cleaning it up.It's an Imperial. Anyone who has any info to date this jem please chime in.The knife walks and talks with the best of them now and has found it's way into my pocket ever since.

The pin was a little messed up, but a soft face hammer set it right.Looks like someone tried to take the pin out at some point.
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someone took a good jolt of 110....
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Missing the scale pin.
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Waterville Cutlery (1843-1913), late 19th or Early 20th Century:

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Shoot me an email and we'll talk. I've had my eye on stuff of yours in the past. ;) :thumbup:
 
Navihawk, I too have an Imperial like the one you posted. It is missing just about an 1/16 of an inch of bone just above the bail pin, on the pen blade side. Other than that it is whole, blades are well used but not abused and still good walk and talk. Nice knife. I got a Camilus at the same time, it was in very good shape but I gave it to a military collector friend in Finland. Last one I got was a IXL, about a 1/4 inch longer than my Imperial, with hard rubber grips and a long, thin, rectangular eschuchon, no bail and Bernard Levine said it was probably from the 20 or 30's. Great walk and talk, am going to start carrying both of them.
 
Very nice pattern thread here without question, Navihawk!. I love the EO Jack pattern and always have. I am really enjoying this thread a lot! The knives you and the other forumites here are sport'n are really somthing special indeed..

Here is a vintage Kutmaster in a nicely jigged greenish-brown bone. I am not quite sure of the date on this one.. She has a three line tang stamp:

KUTMASTER {over} UTICA,N.Y. {over} MADE IN U.S.A.

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That ones in great shape Sunnyd. Nickel silver bail too. This is definately an "Old Time" pattern for sure. When ever you see one you can be sure it's old.
Smilin-Knife, thats a cool blade stamp.
 
The Imperial and Kutmaster are military jack knives made for the US Army circa 1930's to WWII.

Imperial and Camillus were the most prolific manufacturers of this US Army pattern...that Kutmaster is the first I have seen with that tang marking. You will also see them from Case (CASE TESTED long tail C). Also Imperial made a lot of them with jigged black composition handles. Camillus examples usally have the 4-line stamping and long pull on the main blade.

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knifeaholic said:
The Imperial and Kutmaster are military jack knives made for the US Army circa 1930's to WWII.

Imperial and Camillus were the most prolific manufacturers of this US Army pattern...that Kutmaster is the first I have seen with that tang marking. You will also see them from Case (CASE TESTED long tail C). Also Imperial made a lot of them with jigged black composition handles. Camillus examples usally have the 4-line stamping and long pull on the main blade.

Steve
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Thank you very kindly Steve!. Your input always sheds much needed light on the facts in this forum. Much obliged for the brief history lesson.:thumbup:
 
knifeaholic said:
The Imperial and Kutmaster are military jack knives made for the US Army circa 1930's to WWII.

Imperial and Camillus were the most prolific manufacturers of this US Army pattern...that Kutmaster is the first I have seen with that tang marking. You will also see them from Case (CASE TESTED long tail C). Also Imperial made a lot of them with jigged black composition handles. Camillus examples usally have the 4-line stamping and long pull on the main blade.

Steve
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Thanks Steve. Does the U.S.A on the small blade signify United States or Army?
 
well it ain't as nice as these bone handled beauties but here is an old syracuse with a shield advertising endicott johnson shoes. EO's are among my favorite jack patterns
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I wonder why the ez open feature has fallen out of fashion with makers of traditional slipjoints. :confused:
 
mnblade said:
I wonder why the ez open feature has fallen out of fashion with makers of traditional slipjoints. :confused:
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Why did it fall out of fashion period ?

The only thing I do not like about more 'modern' slippies is that they are a pain to open if you dont have nails made of iron or something.

The nailnick is a great idea , too bad your nails cannot reach it if you have short nails or nails too soft , and man ya better hope it's not one of those slippies that takes about 20 lb's of pull pressure to open !

I'm being a little funny here but my point is made , that idea of the easy open slot belongs on all slippies , IMO.


Nice pics gents , thanks for sharing.
 
keensharp said:
well it ain't as nice as these bone handled beauties but here is an old syracuse with a shield advertising endicott johnson shoes. EO's are among my favorite jack patterns
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I've been eyeballin them on Ebay keensharp. There was a Buster Brown and another Endicott shoes, but with no bail and a screaming large shield up for auction. The Endicott one had a pen blade instead of a screwdriver.:thumbup:
 
This Parkin and Marshall XL-ALL is an early stainless model circa 1920s. Blades were stamped with stainless to differentiate them from the traditional carbon blades. When stainless became more popular the stamp moved to the tang.

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