ideal knife co.

[flip_switch]

hello to everyone! i'm new to the forum, and want to introduce myself right away by calling on any vintage pocket knife experts in the house to help shed some light on any history or dates for an Ideal K Co. knife i picked up recently.

the seller said is was around 40 years old, but it looks new to me. it is 4 1/2" closed with a single clip point blade that has a rectangular nail groove. the handles are black celuloid with a whale stamp/shield. the tang only says ideal k co on it. also, the blade apears to have been punched out, because the top edge of it has a very unfinished look to it.

if any one has any info, or tips on which books i could try, i'd greatly appreciate it!

 

[Hawkbill]

Well, let's see...
Levine's 4th ed says Ideal Knife Co trademark IDEAL/U.S.A. was located in Providence, RI operated from 1926-c. 1986 .

Voyle's 2nd ed says about the same.

And Goins' says in addition to what is listed above that Dominick & Michael Marseli, with Phillip Magioni founded the company. They went to shell-handle construction in the late 1930's.

Values for this brand are not listed, but generally in the low-end of desireablity.

 

[flip_switch]

thanks hawkbill!

that helps alot - i thought maybe this was a new knife being sold as vintage...so it's at least 17 years old...looks brand new!

 

[Morgoth412]

Two other places you should go with this:
1. The traditional slip-joint forum
2. Levines Knife-Id forum
Both are on this site under General. I'm not sure if they can give you move info than hawkbill already has, but it is worth a shot!
-Kevin
p.s. - Digicam's help for ID