New York Time Warp!

waynorth

waynorth

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Owned by a central New York Physician, whose grandfather worked at New York Knife Co, it was purchased from him in the 1970s. I just bought it from the purchaser - and it more than lives up to what I hoped I was looking at in the pictures.
The bone is an older NYK variety of jigging - I have a couple that are identical except for varying degrees of pocket wear.
Never carried, used or sharpened, and a few specks away from mint! And. . . . .taadaaaah . . .it is a Harness Jack!!!;)
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The scratches are on my decrepit old scanner glass, and not the knife!!
 
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Charlie...I don't know if it's you hunting down HJ's, or them coming at you...but either way, I assume that's the way it should be.
Awesome knife for sure :)
(oh and...by the way...I will set that thing tomorrow morning and let you know).

Fausto
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Woah that's a nice acquisition, Charlie!:thumbup:
 
Dam!Charlie that's amazing!! Jigging is beautiful, It
kinda looks like Napanoch bone. Etching looks really nice.
Nothing but the best... Congrats.

Jason
 
Wonderful find, Charlie. Congrats!

Hard to tell from the scan - almost looks like the tang on the punch has two overlapping pieces? Is the inside of the punch blued?
 
Rick, the inside of those punches were colored "straw"-like from the heat treating. Often a "cleaned" knife will have it buffed off! The tang is laminated, because the forged punch is thinner, probably to form a nice curve.
Jason I'd love to see some more Napanoch bone, to compare!
Thanks for the kudos, folks!!
 
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Amazing knife and it has found the right home, again. Does it have a pattern number on the main blade?
 
That is quite a find. And very fitting for you that it is a harness jack.

With that Harrison punch it is 1902 or later, so they were using that style jigging then.
 
I added some pics to the OP so you can see the tangs, Mike.
The knife is 3 5/8" long. I wish there was more info about the different types of jigging.
 
Stunning Charlie! absolutely stunning! All those eighty years plus, like time stood still.

Russell
 
Ouch!!!
That knife just punched me in the face with it's image.
Great knife, I love seeing an old one that shines like a new penny, beautiful knife.
 
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