"Old Knives"

Here's an old Hartford Cutlery Co Jack. Not sure who made this one, Ulster or possibly Empire.
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I like the Tang Stamp
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Paul,

Your Hartford is a lovely jack! Looks like both blades are full. This knife really has a lot going on. Sometimes its the simple patterns,IE. straight jacks etc that come across so classy. From the large bold swedge on the master blade to the nicely rounded ebony scales set with a propeller shield. I can only imagine what this knife looked like new sitting in a display case/shelf in some country store a century ago.

PS. can you list the length closed?
 
Thanks Jason
Here are 2 more oldies- by Challenge Cut Co 3 1/4" WW1 Sailors Jack and a 3 5/8" Jack. The bone jigging on the 3 5/8" one is very nice. I might have to do a close up of it.
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Thanks Paul, another lovely straight jack. Looks like it would have been a pretty premium knife in it's day, with the long pull, swedging and rattail bolster. I'm not very knowlegable about these old knives, but it seems like the end cap might be on the rare side as well. Almost a basketweave jigging pattern . . . I would like to see more closeups.
 
Here are some oldies, I recently got:

Buck Akonua:
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/3585/img1729hm.jpg
http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/4872/img1730q.jpg

Schrade 155 SC:
http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/5609/img1731r.jpg

Hibben:
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/5835/img1734k.jpg
http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/1966/img1735e.jpg

THe Hibben is stamped with his name, but I have not been able to id it. It's a nice push dagger, solid wood handle, brass accents, etc.
I know there was cheap stuff put out under that name, but this one looks well made. Any ideas anyone?
 
Here is a closer look at the jigging on that Challenge Jack. It does have a basketweave kind of look to it. It has left a few diamond shape pieces of bone in some areas.
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I picked this up a few days ago. It's a WWII-vintage Camillus Army Engineers pocket knife. Nothing special, and pretty common from what I've gathered.

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I've quickly grown fond of this knife. The condition was nothing to write home about, and I spent the last couple of nights cleaning the rust off it. But the bone is beautiful, and the main blade is about 98% full. The tools are fully functional too and the bail is attached pretty solidly. I don't care that it's a less-than-mint specimen, this is still a good knife and the condition ensures that I won't feel any guilt over using it.

- Christian
 
Just a flood of beautiful old knives landing here! Thank you all for the eye candy!!
Paul - you have a keen eye for the killer pieces - but you knew that!!
 
Christian, you were hankering for a scout to use - glad you found such a nice one. Camillus did nice jigging in those days!
And so did Remington, as witnessed by this junior Cattle knife. 3 1/4" long, I love these rare little guys!
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RemJuniorCatt2.jpg

Sorry for the glare on the blades - my old scanner is finally giving it up (sniff) after a dozen years and a gajillion knife pics!
 
waynorth said:
Paul - you have a keen eye for the killer pieces - but you knew that!!
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Agreed. And he's pretty good with a camera too.

waynorth said:
Christian, you were hankering for a scout to use - glad you found such a nice one. Camillus did nice jigging in those days!
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Thanks Charlie. It did end up pretty nice, you should have seen the condition this knife was in when I first received it. There was a fair amount of rust, and I could barely open the can opener and the awl. It took some elbow grease, mineral oil, and steel wool to clean up. I probably paid too much for it, but part of that is attributable to the premium you pay for scout/utility/camp knives with intact bone scales. Part of it was also due to my inexperience with old knives, I guess I can write it off as the cost of education!

- Christian
 
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And so did Remington, as witnessed by this junior Cattle knife. 3 1/4" long, I love these rare little guys!
RemJuniorCatt1.jpg

RemJuniorCatt2.jpg

Sorry for the glare on the blades - my old scanner is finally giving it up (sniff) after a dozen years and a gajillion knife pics![/QUOTE]



Charlie,
That's a great looking Remington! I haven't seen too many
of those! Love those Cattle knives. looks to be in amazing condtion.
Thanks for sharing.


Jason
 
I am 90% sure that jigging came from the Bone Shop that Walden, Schrade and NYK shared in Walden N.Y. for a time.
Way back when.:D
 
Paul M, those Jacks you show are marvellous. Particularly like the Ebony one and those shields give added elegance. Why is it that older knives' blades run straight from the handle with no 'droop' (don't know the correct terminology, sorry)? It looks so much better to have this straight effect-not seen much on modern knives I feel.
 
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