"Old Knives"

Campbellclanman · Mar 12, 2020

That's a Beauty Cal!
The question is- Has it ever been used? wow!!!

Augie · Mar 12, 2020

Nice one Cal.

Picked up this American teardrop jack, full blades and nice wood.

tongueriver · Mar 12, 2020

Outstanding! Ya gotta love it for even just one: ebony, teardropness, and the BLADE. Is that knife made by Empire?

Augie · Mar 12, 2020

tongueriver said:
Outstanding! Ya gotta love it for even just one: ebony, teardropness, and the BLADE. Is that knife made by Empire?

Thanks Cal, from what I understand the company was started by disgruntled Empire employees.

tongueriver · Mar 12, 2020

I can empathize. I are an ex-disgruntled postal employee. But I have only made one knife.

waynorth · Mar 12, 2020

Augie said:
Nice one Cal.

Picked up this American teardrop jack, full blades and nice wood.

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tongueriver said:
Outstanding! Ya gotta love it for even just one: ebony, teardropness, and the BLADE. Is that knife made by Empire?

Nice knives, both of you!! :thumbsup:

Augie's knife was made by disgruntled ex-Empire employees, who quit, and resurrected the name "American" in Winsted!!
They brought over some of Empire's patterns!!

tongueriver · Mar 12, 2020

Arkansas Hunter! Wunderbar! Tony Bose has resurrected that pattern as well!

Augie · Mar 12, 2020

waynorth said:
Nice knives, both of you!!
Augie's knife was made by disgruntled ex-Empire employees, who quit, and resurrected the name "American" in Winsted!!
They brought over some of Empire's patterns!!
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Thanks Charlie, what a gorgeous knife you have.

waynorth · Mar 12, 2020

tongueriver said:
Arkansas Hunter! Wunderbar! Tony Bose has resurrected that pattern as well!

Augie said:
Thanks Charlie, what a gorgeous knife you have.

Thanks Guys!! :thumbsup:

Tony Bose makes one, and Ken Ericson made one!! Tony's is a slip joint, and Ken's was a lockback !!

Luger1952 · Mar 12, 2020

Augie and Charlie, just beautiful and wonderful old folders :thumbsup:

Both are very visually appealing and obviously well built!
Thanks for showing them.

rockman0 · Mar 12, 2020

Great knives guys :thumbsup:

The wood on the tear drop is beautiful

Luger1952 · Mar 12, 2020

Here are a couple of old folders I have been fortunate to acquire lately. The first is a Robeson PocketEze Eureka junior cattle knife.
It is 3 & 3/8 inches closed. According to B. Levin “At least 90% percent of cattle knives are standard equal-ends, but a few have been made in other shapes” and this includes the Eureka. Look at Charlie’s thread on Cattle knives in this forum https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/round-up-those-cattle-knives.1548498/#post-17785746 and you will see very few Eureka Cattle Knives.

The second is a NYKC two blade single spring pen knife (3 & 1/4 inches) with fully intact blade etch. I would say this is late production but still even so it is at least 90 years old. It has cocobolo covers.

Augie · Mar 12, 2020

Luger1952 said:
Here are a couple of old folders I have been fortunate to acquire lately. The first is a Robeson PocketEze Eureka junior cattle knife.
It is 3 & 3/8 inches closed. According to B. Levin “At least 90% percent of cattle knives are standard equal-ends, but a few have been made in other shapes” and this includes the Eureka. Look at Charlie’s thread on Cattle knives in this forum https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/round-up-those-cattle-knives.1548498/#post-17785746 and you will see very few Eureka Cattle Knives.

The second is a NYKC two blade single spring pen knife (3 & 1/4 inches) with fully intact blade etch. I would say this is late production but still even so it is at least 90 years old. It has cocobolo covers.
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Both are fantastic old knives Lloyd, great additions to your collection.

315 · Mar 12, 2020

Picked up this little Schrade Walden this past week.

lambertiana · Mar 12, 2020

Augie said:
Nice one Cal.

Picked up this American teardrop jack, full blades and nice wood.

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I love these old teardrops.

waynorth · Mar 12, 2020

Luger1952 said:
Here are a couple of old folders I have been fortunate to acquire lately. The first is a Robeson PocketEze Eureka junior cattle knife.
It is 3 & 3/8 inches closed. According to B. Levin “At least 90% percent of cattle knives are standard equal-ends, but a few have been made in other shapes” and this includes the Eureka. Look at Charlie’s thread on Cattle knives in this forum https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/round-up-those-cattle-knives.1548498/#post-17785746 and you will see very few Eureka Cattle Knives.

The second is a NYKC two blade single spring pen knife (3 & 1/4 inches) with fully intact blade etch. I would say this is late production but still even so it is at least 90 years old. It has cocobolo covers.
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Wow, Lloyd!! Two truly great ones!!

waynorth · Mar 12, 2020

315 said:
Picked up this little Schrade Walden this past week.

Nice Schrade,

315 !!!

315 · Mar 12, 2020

waynorth said:
Nice Schrade, 315 !!!

Thanks Charlie, just a little birthday present to myself

rockman0 · Mar 13, 2020

Awesome duo

Luger1952 said:
Here are a couple of old folders I have been fortunate to acquire lately. The first is a Robeson PocketEze Eureka junior cattle knife.
It is 3 & 3/8 inches closed. According to B. Levin “At least 90% percent of cattle knives are standard equal-ends, but a few have been made in other shapes” and this includes the Eureka. Look at Charlie’s thread on Cattle knives in this forum https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/round-up-those-cattle-knives.1548498/#post-17785746 and you will see very few Eureka Cattle Knives.

The second is a NYKC two blade single spring pen knife (3 & 1/4 inches) with fully intact blade etch. I would say this is late production but still even so it is at least 90 years old. It has cocobolo covers.
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tongueriver · Mar 13, 2020

Luger1952 said:
Here are a couple of old folders I have been fortunate to acquire lately. The first is a Robeson PocketEze Eureka junior cattle knife.
It is 3 & 3/8 inches closed. According to B. Levin “At least 90% percent of cattle knives are standard equal-ends, but a few have been made in other shapes” and this includes the Eureka. Look at Charlie’s thread on Cattle knives in this forum https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/round-up-those-cattle-knives.1548498/#post-17785746 and you will see very few Eureka Cattle Knives.

The second is a NYKC two blade single spring pen knife (3 & 1/4 inches) with fully intact blade etch. I would say this is late production but still even so it is at least 90 years old. It has cocobolo covers.
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I hate to be kicking the d horse, but, my goodness! Those two are just stunning!