Equal End Jacks

This was my Grandfather's, from PAL Cutlery. Similar to Dpzer's , but not in as good of condition.

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nifbuf, I store my images in a hosting site called photobucket.com .
The site automatically resizes my images. When I want one to post, I go to it by opening it in a second browser, and click on the "direct link" below the image, which automatically copies it. Then I go back to my post, and click the yellow rectangle above this window, and paste it in (ctrl + v). I'm not much of a technician, so I hope that helps.
 
O.K, I dug a couple more out of deep dark places;-)
These are bigger guys, again. The bone Ulster at 4 1/8", and the ebony Empire at 4 1/4". I really like these older knives. They have a certain solidity; as you can see, they've seen their share of use. However they still snap into their half stops, and snap open and closed with authority. They make me think of a grizzled old carpenter, or bricklayer; still muscled and up to the task, whatever it is!
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I found this picture, but not the knife??? I hope I didn't lose it:eek:!! My wife will probably find it, after all, she always knows where my glasses are:D!
Anyway, it's about 3" as I recall, so a contrast to the big bruisers I just posted. Near mint, it's a little sweetie!
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Jacks!

Great thread. Fantastic pics.

It is really good to see this pattern is as popular with you as it is with others.
 
What is the difference between
Equal End,
Serpentine,
and
Dogend Jack?

Can a Jack have either a spear or a clip as the main blade?

thanks
 
They all look great, I'll play too and post my equal ended one as well, very nice knife!

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Sharp as the dickens, now that is ;)
G2
 
Equal ends have a straight handle with identical bolsters at each end -- the overall handle shape may be oval or cigar or whatever; serpentine is shaped like a stretched out "S", but both ends are basically the same; a dogleg is basically serpentine also, but it swells out as it gets to the butt - the blades are attached at the smaller end. A jack is just a knife with all its blades attached at one end -- the blades can be whatever you want.
 
nifbuf said:
Thought that I would post an unusal Jack. This is a carperter Jack made by Canton Cutlery Co.

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That is an interesting knife!
and as I see you can upload images to bladeforums, the 'trick' to making the
image show up in a larger view is to click on it, then save that address and
then also paste that into your thread, like this;

with [ img ] http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=85591&d=1199549255 [ /img ]

I put extra spaces around the img code so you can see what was being
done;

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And as mentioned, photobucket does a nice job too, you can setup a free one
but it's $25 for the year and you don't get all the banner junk that way.

Thanks for sharing that photo!
G2
 
There is some great stuff here guys. I really like that Canton. Here are a few of mine. I will try to put up more later. These are Buhl Sons, Valley Forge, Imperial(an early one), and a John Primble.
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Thanks Waynorth. Here is one of mine where I found an old picture but can't seem to find the knife right now.
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Another one from Tony that a friend sent him to add to his collection.
This is a (3 line) Camillus Equal End Jack. It is clothed in fine, premium jigged Delrin :) and probably comes from the 50s.

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Where does one find Delrin?? It must be a natural material, because you see it on so many knives. Invertebrate bones?? Delrin tree?? Giant celluloid clams?? Hmmmmmm:eek:!!
 
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