First Imperial Knife

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TheRussian

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As I am new to this website and collecting itself, I was not exactly sure were I should put this so I decided to just post it here. Let me know on any thoughts or comments you have. Thanks.

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Tang Stamp, sorry it's the best i could do. :o
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Serial code... once again best I could do.
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Did some looking around. Your knife was made between 1956-1988. I'm assuming earlier. These were sold a lot in Hardware Stores.
 
I have one just like that, or very similar. The tang stamp indicates the knife was made prior to the mid-80s when the production of Imperial knives moved to Ireland.

Now, as you probably know, Imperial knives are made in China for Taylor Brands, LLC.
 
Although the Province, Rhode Island made Imperials were very inexpensive, they were higher quality overall (in my experience) than the Irish Imperials.
 
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