I found this slip joint metal detecting in some old woods can anyone help ID?

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I won't be able to ever get it open I don't think and I doubt it would have a legible tang stamp even if I could. Would anyone be able to post a picture of an old print add or give me an idea of how old and what it might have looked like?

Thanks

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some poor guy was kicking himself decades ago over losing that thing.
 
I'll bet that was a nice looking knife when it was new. The wooden scales (at least that's what they look like) appear to have had a nice grain. I like that style shield and it is still attached and doesn't have any gaps around it after being in the ground for a while. The scale-to-bolster fit still looks really good too.
 
I'd soak it in mineral oil for a good long time, then grab some pliers and see what the main tang says. :)

~ P.
 
That is an Empire Jack! They are the only ones who used that shield, that I know of, and I have collected them for quite a while.
Don't clean it! Sell it to some fool - like me!:D
 
Made in Winsted, CT!!!
I will post some pics when my computer and photobucket (grrrrr!) interface gets sorted out!
 
waynorth said:
Made in Winsted, CT!!!
I will post some pics when my computer and photobucket (grrrrr!) interface gets sorted out!
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Charlie I kept having trouble with photobucket and switched to imgur and have had no more problems.
 
This thread made me laugh loud enough that the Misses looked at me from the other room...

A knife that had been buried/ditched/lost for who knows how long, and left to fend for itself against the best and worst that mother nature had, and was Immediately Recognized by one of our very own who has a thriving collection of them.
Even a place of construction was stated off the bat.

I love this place.
 
NJBillK said:
This thread made me laugh loud enough that the Misses looked at me from the other room...

A knife that had been buried/ditched/lost for who knows how long, and left to fend for itself against the best and worst that mother nature had, and was Immediately Recognized by one of our very own who has a thriving collection of them.
Even a place of construction was stated off the bat.

I love this place.
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If you saw how excited I was to recognize that knife you would have laughed even louder, NJ!
 
waynorth said:
Made in Winsted, CT!!!
I will post some pics when my computer and photobucket (grrrrr!) interface gets sorted out!
Click to expand...

Thanks for the picture waynorth, what time period would you put it at? Makes sense it's origin is from CT, I found it about 10 minutes north of Boston in a wooded area overlooking a river. Maybe a fisherman threw it deep into the woods out of the frustration of snapping a blade, seems the scale was broken before it was dropped/lost.
 
NS, the knife was likely made just before or just after WWI.
It could be 100 years old. Who knows when it was so horribly abused, :eek: and discarded like insignificant tra. . . . . .sniff. . . . .it's so sad . . . . .:( !


:rolleyes:;)
 
Funny how the wood handles survived but the metal was corroding pretty fast in comparison. I would have though the handles would be gone long ago, and just liners/bolsters/blades/pins left.
 
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