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Do my eyes deceive me or is that Russell a lockback? Kinda looks like it but surely it’s not. Is it?With the last "Catch Bit Show" podcast in mind, here is a thread for any and all traditional easy open models.
Here are a few oldies including a Camillus, Joseph Rodgers, and a Russell.
Please post any old or new models.
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Do my eyes deceive me or is that Russell a lockback? Kinda looks like it but surely it’s not. Is it?
With the last "Catch Bit Show" podcast in mind, here is a thread for any and all traditional easy open models.
Here are a few oldies including a Camillus, Joseph Rodgers, and a Russell.
Please post any old or new models.
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Oh man! Now that’s about ten shades of cool! I never knew lockbacks dated that far back! I’m not much of a knife historian at all and I just thought the Buck 110 was the first. Learn something new indeed every day! Sorry to derail your thread, I just had to ask.Yes it is.
The Russell daddy Barlow lock back model was introduced around 1917 and is fairly uncommon variation.
Thanks for the nice comments. Even for older collectors like Charlie and I, there's always another knife to find.These are some fine examples but that Joseph Rodgers swell center jack caught my eye right away - what a beauty!
I'll have to peruse my collection but I don't know that I have very many easy-open knives.
Oh man! Now that’s about ten shades of cool! I never knew lockbacks dated that far back! I’m not much of a knife historian at all and I just thought the Buck 110 was the first. Learn something new indeed every day! Sorry to derail your thread, I just had to ask.
Thank you very much, I'm going to be out for a few hours, but when I get home, I'll try and find it (I hope I have it right!). I have a couple I think. Even here, they're not that uncommon, I guess because so many were producedJack Black, Thanks for all the great photos. (and a Stan Shaw, to boot!) I'm curious about that Trim Trio. I know you have hundreds, maybe thousands more knives than I do, but I've never seen a Trim Trio with that handle shape, and missing the spring tab on the spine. Could you please post another couple photos with all the blades and tools displayed, and any tang or makers stamps? Thanks.