LETS SEE THOSE MAGNIFICENT HARNESS JACKS

[Campbellclanman]

I like getting in relics of the Harness Jack Knife, there's so much that you can pick up off them, especially if you have a certain knife and trying to identify who made or who supplied the punch for that knife, here's a couple of relics that I picked up- not because they had any particular blade / punch that I needed to check out, I just wanted to have a look at them in person.
A nice example of gorgeous bone and jigging, the Remington punch that does not appear to have been used in it's lifetime with the blueing having done it's job with protecting the steel.This would have been a spectacular knife, unfortunately the main blade snapped clean off halfway.

Another very old Harness Jack kind of relic with it's beautifully worn Pic Bone almost to a smooth Bone -now that is some carry right there and to see this is great.
The Worn Main with it's heavily pitted tang, and the Alvord Punch.

 

[Campbellclanman]

A nice old John Pritzlaff Harness Jack with a Sabre ground blade, the punch shortened slightly but far from dramatically shows a very nice survivor.

Beautifully made- solid! The "Coke bottle" Ebony handles sit firm as do those gorgeous Caps and Bolsters - this is one solid well made knife that has it all going for it. I have a few other arrivals, one a Honk Falls that is so similar in shape, but there are just those few slight differences to sway you from thinking of any relationship - same Blade, different punches and very small changes in the make up.
Terrible photos that do nothing for this knife, I will take better ones in proper lighting instead of a night-time desk shot which never works.