Equal end jacks

ptradeco said:
Charlie, that first Robeson, what is that celluloid called? I have seen it on some Shapleigh Diamond Edge knives, I believe they called it honey molasses, but not on any others until today. Did Robeson do contract work for Shapleigh?

Mike, it was originally called a Jack, a Double-End Jack:)
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Schrade Cut Co called it Brown Lined Cream Pyralin, and later they called it K-Horn for some reason. Schrade definitely did Shapleigh DE knives, but that is not anything new.
 
CNoyes said:
I have no idea. Always possible, I suppose.

That handle material, however, was available from the manufacturer to any cutlery company that wanted it.
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Charlie

Hate to keep bothering you but do you know if Robeson was the originator of this celluloid?
 
Doug Add said:
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That's a beautiful pic, Doug. Those three beauties compliment each other nicely.
 
I have always liked EEs! Something basic, and primitive about them.
Here are some Schrades that are 3 3/8" long, in various blade configurations.
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This is a nice pocketable size, even with 4 blades!! Mostly cattle knives, but some Jacks, regular and double-end.

Also, here are some in a slightly different pattern, just 1/8" longer at 3 11/16"!
Some are jacks also.
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Charlie, 2nd picture, top row, second in from the left...that is a dandy! Love the handle material, details?
thanks,
R
 
russde said:
Charlie, 2nd picture, top row, second in from the left...that is a dandy! Love the handle material, details?
thanks,
R
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It's most often called French Ivory.
Cream Celluloid, with a subtle pattern of stripes to approximate nicely patterned Ivory.
It seems to be more stable than most Celluloid.
 
Brad, Schrade Cut Co used a lot of that Butter and Molasses cell, and did a lot of contract work for Shapleigh D-E! I've seen dozens of D-Es with that cell and SCC DNA.
 
Charlie, I love the equal end jack pattern, and one of my favorite knives is my grandfathers Ulster equal end jack.

I would love to see a GEC do a run of equal end jacks at about 3-1/2 inches closed. Maybe a white owl equal end jack with a liner dividing the main and secondary blades..A Northfield version with dimpled bolsters and exotic woods would be one of my dream knives!

I really like the look and feel of the EE Jacks.

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Thanks Charlie & Charlie. I just had not seen it anywhere before except for DE. When I saw the Robeson of C. Noyes's I got my interest peaked. BTW, it is quite stunning in hand. Nicest celluloid I have seen.
 
Here's an Ulster Cattle knife, a Remington Cattle knife and a Winchester Jr. Cattle knife 3-1/4 closed. and a Utica 4-1/2 Equal End jack.

Jason
Ulster

Remington


Winchester

Utica
 
Folks,
when I started this thread, I suspected that some of you had some nice equalenders hidden in their closets, but you're going further than I hoped for :)
Jason,
the Utica jack you posted looks great to me. It looks like one of those knives that catch your pocket even more than they can catch your eye :)
Charlie,
I'm not surprised to see I wasn't the only one who took notice of the French ivory SCC ;)

Fausto
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I can't compete, but it turns out I do have a couple to contribute.
Miller Bros, Wards, the inevitable Imperial:
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Wow. Watching this thread develop has been a real pleasure. One of the all time great patterns and done up right on this thread.

Robeson Pocket Eze, Remington, GEC, and a Case 55 to die for. Hat tips all around.

Will
 
burnside said:
Charlie, I love the equal end jack pattern, and one of my favorite knives is my grandfathers Ulster equal end jack.

I would love to see a GEC do a run of equal end jacks at about 3-1/2 inches closed. Maybe a white owl equal end jack with a liner dividing the main and secondary blades..A Northfield version with dimpled bolsters and exotic woods would be one of my dream knives!

I really like the look and feel of the EE Jacks.
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Ask and you shall receive....?


"#68 Tidioute Jack pen springs ready to be marked"
 
Naive question: Can an Equal End knife have square bolsters or is the pattern always round ended and symetrical? How about Swell Centre? A Queen Cutlery Jack I have is serp back but the square bolsters are equal in size.

Thanks, Will
 
t.sous11 said:
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"#68 Tidioute Jack pen springs ready to be marked"
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Tyler,
thank you for opening a new window into a world of hope for equal end jacks :rolleyes: as I wrote on my first post on this thread, I do hope that GEC (or any other company) will produce a medium size equal end jack of some sort. The GEC #68 frame surely is a great point to start from.

Fausto
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Will, I've never seen a square bolstered knife referred to as an equal end, nor a serpentine either.
 
I may be wrong, but my idea of equal end frame refers to a frame that's perfectly symmetric if cut in two along the short axis...which is why a serpentine frame could never be an equal end. As for squared bolsters, or swell center, that shouldn't be against the name. I hope that someone with knowledge will chime in :)

Fausto
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Here's an older thread, same topic. Looks like all the posted examples are of the 'cigar' shape (not serpentine, no square bolsters). Perfect top-to-bottom and end-to-end symmetry of the handle shape, as previously suggested. And they always seem to look like they'd fully overlap, if split in the middle and folded one end over the other. That's what I've always recognized as 'equal end', just based on all the named examples I've seen.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/617389-Let-s-See-Equal-End-Knives


David
 
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