Imperial USA 9" Knife

[Sam Pirozzolo]

Hello to all,
I found this Imperial knife sticking out of a tree in the park along my daily dog walk. It was in rough shape but cleaned up nicely. This knife had dirt encrusted everywhere but sharpened razor sharl in minutes. Good ol carbon steel I guess. Any help on indentifying would be appreciated.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10158693537665821&id=597050820

 

[Mitchell Knives]

Not sure about the knife, but that is a cool find!

 

[killgar]

Looks like a vintage Imperial model H-38 or H-39 hunting knife. The H-39 has a serrated false edge fish scaler on the back of the blade.

Here's an Imperial catalog from 1959. Scroll about a third of the way down to page 142. The design, size, and tang stamp look the same.

http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/Imperial/1959-Imperial.pdf

Cool find.

 

[killgar]

oops, double post