Easy Openers

[Rufus1949]

Charlie those Ebonies!! Wow - Look at the MASSIVE Spring on that beast- I bet you its snaps like a Bear Trap!

Charlie - is that your Countries Natural Jade? didn't you remark on that about you finding that a while ago?

Rufus, That Schrade Cut Co is a Sweetheart of a Knife- nice CAMILLUS as well

Thank you kindly Duncan.

Bob

 

[RickHuf]

Look at the MASSIVE Spring

Yeah wow! You need an easy open slot for that sucker.

 

[waynorth]

Charlie - is that your Countries Natural Jade? didn't you remark on that about you finding that a while ago?

Yes; it's a beach-polished rock of Nephrite Jade, found mostly in B.C, Russia and New Zealand!!! My friend, Linda M. has a piece twice the size of a football!!! Most of it is now sent to Asia, to be cut and polished!!

 

[waynorth]

I've posted some of these before; they were issued in the U.S.Navy ca.WWI or after 1900, as Steam took over Sail!!

 

[waynorth]

Hammer Brand Sailor's knife!! Unused!!

 

[waynorth]

GEC's version, celebrating the texture of ROPE!!

 

[waynorth]

Ken Erickson made these, including the hand-cut nail files!!! One for a midshipman, and one for an officer!!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Holy Cow- Charlie those Oldies are stunning, 2nd down - cant quite read Tang - Schrade Cut Co? or is it a Cattaraugus ? the Bone on that is spectacular- and so too are the others as well, that's a nice handful right there.

The later releases are awesome aren't they!

I would be very happy being Midshipman receiving that beauty- let alone the Officers - in stating that I have ( me personally ) always like Bone more that Peral - weird because the Pearl is beautiful.

edit- spelling

 

[birdsbeaks]

https://imgur.com/a/DTXIZbK

 

[Augie]

Hey, Augie ! Those are some fine examples you've shared. Do you happen to know what the key was used for on the Nagle?

Hey Adam, not sure I understand the question. The Nagle blades could be changed without a tool but Nagle did make tools to make it easier. I'm posting a pic from Galvanic showing a set of Nagle blades and in the upper right corner are 2 tools, is this the key you are referring to?

 

[RickHuf]

The Nagel is really neat! How practical was it in real life? Were the blades readily available somewhere or from a factory catalog? Is it a nice solid connection when one is open?

Sorry for the questions I've never seen one.

 

[Bloodloss]

is this the key you are referring to?

Whoa! I had no clue about the changeable blades. Thanks for sharing that interesting feature!
The end of the caplifter/screwdriver has a square hole in it. I was wondering if it had a common use back then, like winding a clock or something.

 

[RickHuf]

The end of the caplifter/screwdriver has a square hole in it

Maybe a gas tank, like an acetylene MC or B tank. I usually have a key on a shoestring tied to the tank, but sometimes tools will have a little key cut in for it. I think it's a 3/16" square.

That's what it looks like to me, anyways lol.

 

[Augie]

Whoa! I had no clue about the changeable blades. Thanks for sharing that interesting feature!
The end of the caplifter/screwdriver has a square hole in it. I was wondering if it had a common use back then, like winding a clock or something.

I gotcha, it was for a common use, turning on the gas for acetylene headlights on cars and other gas bottles. Nagles were only made a few years 1916 or so.

 

[Augie]

The Nagel is really neat! How practical was it in real life? Were the blades readily available somewhere or from a factory catalog? Is it a nice solid connection when one is open?

Sorry for the questions I've never seen one.

It's as solid as any other well made jack, can't even tell the blades are replaceable. Blades were available from Nagle, I have a couple spare blades including this one with its original packaging.

 

[RickHuf]

It's as solid as any other well made jack, can't even tell the blades are replaceable. Blades were available from Nagle, I have a couple spare blades including this one with its original packaging.


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Thanks!

What a good concept!

 

[redsparrow]

This rescued Schrade (c 1917-1946) was re-covered in giraffe bone with easy opener added.

Schrade
Cut. Co.
Walden, N.Y.

Please pay no attention to the pin cracks.

 

[waynorth]

cant quite read Tang - Schrade Cut Co? or is it a Cattaraugus ? the Bone on that is spectacular-

It's a Cattaraugus, as you guessed, Duncan!
They put some nicely jigged Bone on those old Rope knives, didn't they!!

 

[Rufus1949]

A Franklin 250 made for Tracy- Wells Co. by Schrade.( pre 1939).

 

[btb01]

GEC's version, celebrating the texture of ROPE!!View attachment 2203084View attachment 2203085

Those #15 Rope Knives are definitely one of your most interesting SFOs, at least in my opinion. The texture on the bail and bolster is a great detail. I shared a group photo of mine earlier in this thread (I was fortunate enough to pick up all three colors when they came out), but this is the one that sees some pocket time every now and then.

Hey Adam, not sure I understand the question. The Nagle blades could be changed without a tool but Nagle did make tools to make it easier. I'm posting a pic from Galvanic showing a set of Nagle blades and in the upper right corner are 2 tools, is this the key you are referring to?


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Really interesting system.