Imperial Money clip knife

[copdoc2008]

Does anyone have an idea when this was made? I could not get the stamp on the back to show but it says " BALFOUR" "14 K G F" Anyone know what the Balfour means? "14KGF" is 14 Karot gold filled. Did a different company make the gold clip? It appears to be made for 30 years of service to Western Electric.

thanks

Tried again and got it with the other blade

 

[Codger_64]

BALFOUR:

http://www.balfour.com/About/CompanyHistory.aspx

That knife seems to be an employee appreciation knife for Bell Telephone (division of Western Electric?). When? Dunno. The knife pattern was made for many years. This one may have been provided to Balfour as a skeleton which they put their handles on, or they may have provided the finished 14K gold filled handles with emblem (either using Imperial base handles or making their own to Imperial specs) to Imperial for assembly. It was a popular Imperial pattern for ad specialty knives.

 

[copdoc2008]

BALFOUR:

http://www.balfour.com/About/CompanyHistory.aspx

That knife seems to be an employee appreciation knife for Bell Telephone (division of Western Electric?). When? Dunno. The knife pattern was made for many years. This one may have been provided to Balfour as a skeleton which they put their handles on, or they may have provided the finished 14K gold filled handles with emblem (either using Imperial base handles or making their own to Imperial specs) to Imperial for assembly. It was a popular Imperial pattern for ad specialty knives.

Hi Codger. Bell Labs is a local company and is or was a division of Western Electric. (I think parts were split off due to monopoly laws, but not sure) The knife came from an employee through another person who gave it to me. I am looking at some of my old knives, realized it was Imperial and thought the Balfor stamo might be of interest. I saw your chart for Imperial advertising knives and wondered how many of them I had.

Thanks for the info and posting the chart on the other thread.