Fantastic Plastic

Maximumbob54 said:
Is hollow plastic welcome?

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The broken one on the left is a hand me down from my dad that he may have been given by his dad. It came to me broken. I carried it but always worried I would break it further. So I found the next one only to notice the pins are cracking the plastic...

Stamped "Imperial Ireland" on both the large blades.
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"Imperial Ireland" tang stamp dates from 1988 to 2004.

Imperial's Providence, RI plant was destroyed by a fire in early 1988.
Imperial moved production to a plant they bought in Ireland, rather than repair or replace the Providence plant.
(Other than the tang stamps, the 1956 to 1988 Imperial, Prov. NJ hollow bolster knives are identical to those made in Ireland.)

Production of some but not all 'Schrade' branded pocket knives was moved to Sheffield, England, the same year, when Imperial-Schrade bought out Geo. Wostenholm, IXL.

The plastic is a thin Delrin sheet on the Barlow, not a film.
 
The Fort said:
afishhunter, let’s go with “All are Welcome”. Can’t wait to see what else you have!
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If you say so.😊
Yellow and Green. Not sure if Delrin or an Acrylic.
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"Staglon" (Case might call it something else?) and white Delrin.
The no R number "Remington" canoe is likely 1990's Camillus production.
The Uncle Henry 885 is offshore. c.1980 Ulster Official BSA is likely a Camillus contract knife, since the old Ulster plant only made Old Timer's after c.1970.
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darn. "thought" the Case-Carhartt tiny stockman on top was in better focus... oh well ...

Clear Acrylic.
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RR did make some changes besides the (IMHO ugly) "R" bolsters to prevent the series from being passed off as an now rare and expensive 1950's/1960's Camillus 'Riders of The Silver Screen' series, and/or providing replacement blades. Both the blades have a Rough Ride tang stamp, and different etching, for example. Also, The spear point blade on the RR looks more like a Spey Blade at 1th and 2th glance. RR has Red Rider and Little Beaver sharing a knife. Camillus had a separate knife for each. RR only made the five most popular. Camillus had 15 knives in the series, including one for Ms. Dale Evans (Roy's blushing bride).

A couple European made. I'm not sure what plastic they use.
The Solingen pen knife has either "French Ivory" or "MOT"/"Mother of Toilet Seat". (I am 88% sure French Ivory and MOT are AKA: "Celluloid".)
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Does FRN qualify?
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afishhunter said:
If you say so.😊
Yellow and Green. Not sure if Delrin or an Acrylic.
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"Staglon" (Case might call it something else?) and white Delrin.
The no R number "Remington" canoe is likely 1990's Camillus production.
The Uncle Henry 885 is offshore. c.1980 Ulster Official BSA is likely a Camillus contract knife, since the old Ulster plant only made Old Timer's after c.1970.
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darn. "thought" the Case-Carhartt tiny stockman on top was in better focus... oh well ...

Clear Acrylic.
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RR did make some changes besides the (IMHO ugly) "R" bolsters to prevent the series from being passed off as an now rare and expensive 1950's/1960's Camillus 'Riders of The Silver Screen' series, and/or providing replacement blades. Both the blades have a Rough Ride tang stamp, and different etching, for example. Also, The spear point blade on the RR looks more like a Spey Blade at 1th and 2th glance. RR has Red Rider and Little Beaver sharing a knife. Camillus had a separate knife for each. RR only made the five most popular. Camillus had 15 knives in the series, including one for Ms. Dale Evans (Roy's blushing bride).

A couple European made. I'm not sure what plastic they use. The Solingen pen knife has either "French Ivory" or "MOT"; "Mother of Toilet Seat". I am 88% sure both are AKA: "Celluloid".
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Does FRN qualify?
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FRN is close enough for me. Thanks for sharing your collection and knowledge!
 
Maximumbob54 said:
The broken one on the left is a hand me down from my dad that he may have been given by his dad. It came to me broken. I carried it but always worried I would break it further. So I found the next one only to notice the pins are cracking the plastic...

Stamped "Imperial Ireland" on both the large blades.
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That's great you have it! Luckily carry/user spares are readily available & are inexpensive, Imperial made tons of them over the years.
I inherited this Imperial Barlow from my late grandfather, I dug it out of his old shop after he passed. It had a lot of grease & grime on it but I think it cleaned up well.
I later found a couple similar spares for pretty cheap, just to have & carry without worrying about losing. I just carry his on special occasions. It still gets used, just like my grandfather would want 👍

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The one open on the left is my Grandfather's. The other two are similar spares I'm still in the process of cleaning up.

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afishhunter said:
"Imperial Ireland" tang stamp dates from 1988 to 2004.

Imperial's Providence, RI plant was destroyed by a fire in early 1988.
Imperial moved production to a plant they bought in Ireland, rather than repair or replace the Providence plant.
(Other than the tang stamps, the 1956 to 1988 Imperial, Prov. NJ hollow bolster knives are identical to those made in Ireland.)

Production of some but not all 'Schrade' branded pocket knives was moved to Sheffield, England, the same year, when Imperial-Schrade bought out Geo. Wostenholm, IXL.

The plastic is a thin Delrin sheet on the Barlow, not a film.
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Thanks for the history Steve!
I had no idea that was the reason they changed from the Providence to Ireland stamp.
Would you happen to know the significance of the diamond D-E stamp on the bolster? It was Providence made & the D-E stamp is only on the mark side, the pile side has the usual Barlow stamping. I've been wondering about that 🤔
 
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ZHoovie said:
That's great you have it! Luckily carry/user spares are readily available & are inexpensive, Imperial made tons of them over the years.
I inherited this Imperial Barlow from my late grandfather, I dug it out of his old shop after he passed. It had a lot of grease & grime on it but I think it cleaned up well.
I later found a couple similar spares for pretty cheap, just to have & carry without worrying about loosing. I just carry his on special occasions. It still gets used, just like my grandfather would want 👍

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The one open on the left is my Grandfather's. The other two are similar spares I'm still in the process of cleaning up.

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Thanks for the history Steve!
I had no idea that was the reason they changed from the Providence to Ireland stamp.
Would you happen to know the significance of the diamond D-E stamp on the bolster? It was Providence made & the D-E stamp is only on the mark side, the pile side has the usual Barlow stamping. I've been wondering about that 🤔
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Diamond Edge was an Imperial sub-brand, like Frontier, IKCO (Acronym for "Imperial Knife Co."), and (post 1933) Hammer Brand were.
I'm pretty sure all the Imperial sub brands were discontinued with the move to Ireland.
 
Old Hunter said:
As used to be advertised, ‘live better through chemistry’. Valox on a Buck USA and Delrin on a Boker USA. OH

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Great looking Boker! For some reason, it seems like they have produced substantially less Stockman pattern knives like this, with the square bolsters.
 
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