"Old Knives"

[waynorth]

Nice Empire, Jake!

 

[bakerg2g]

I like that Empire Gunstock as well Jake! Very nice..

Jason

 

[supratentorial]

Thank you, guys.

 

[Mike Robuck]

A quick phone picture of a New York Knife Company lockback I recently picked up. It's 4.5 closed. Doesn't look like it was carried but there are a few tiny sharpening marks on the shield side of the blade.

Same pattern from a catalog:

 

[Peregrin]

Man that's a nice old knife, Mike! That bone looks great and the cut swedge on the blade looks nice and clean. Nice find!

 

[Mike Robuck]

Thanks Gary. Must have felt nice to carry and use such a knife back in the day.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Wow Mike, that is simply one stunning knife you have there! Fantastic condition.

 

[Will Power]

Wonderful knife, a big one too! What kind of age is it? I like the unusual looking shield, suits the knife completely.

Thanks, Will

 

[Mike Robuck]

Thanks Duncan and Will. NYK Co. was in business in Walden, N.Y. from 1856 to 1931. I Googled the company name on the blade etch and it looks like it was in business from around the 1918s to 1920s before slightly changing its name to something else in 1928.

 

[ken erickson]

A great find on that lockback!

I did have a question, in the bottom picture with the blade closed, in the locktap recess, is that shadow, or is the bottom of the lock bar visible? Just curious from a maker's eye, a great knife all the way around.

 

[Mike Robuck]

Thanks for the nice comment on the lockback, Ken. That is the bottom of the lock bar in the recess. I hadn't noticed it before. Your comment made me mess with the lock some more. The top of the lock bar is almost flush with the bottom of the recess when opening before it locks in.

 

[Vanguard41xx]

It may not seem like much, but it is to me.
It is my first NY Knife co. Very well made, still has a lot of life left.
If anyone can assist in a date I would be very grateful.

 

[Gevonovich]

Congrats Vanguard
She is a beauty!!

 

[Vanguard41xx]

Congrats Vanguard
She is a beauty!!

Thanks!

 

[Vanguard41xx]

Here are two I received just an hour ago...both are PAL Blade co. Both have excellent walk and talk.

Easy open jack w/ bail

Swell end (?) jack

 

[pistonsandgears]

Couple of nice ones there, nice looking bone on both of them.

Here are two I received just an hour ago...both are PAL Blade co. Both have excellent walk and talk.

Easy open jack w/ bail

Swell end (?) jack

 

[lambertiana]

NYKC Cattle Knife

 

[Vanguard41xx]

NYKC Cattle Knife

Lovely knife, lambertiana. Looks like it was hardly used.



Here is another I got today. A WH Morley & sons. pen.
Never had the brand before.

 

[Mike Robuck]

The main blade on that NYK Co. cattle knife looks very full. A very nice knife and pattern. Is there a pattern number on it?

I also like the PAL EO.

 

[Campbellclanman]

NYKC Cattle Knife

Lambertiana, ....Im not too sure where you get these lovely knives from, but this ol' girl is just great! That Bone is beautifully Jigged, and the main blade is just a beautiful highlight...... just a GREAT knife Sir...thank you for showing us your lovely knives, I for one really appreciate it!