Old slipjoint ID. [Cross posted in Blade discussion forum]

[[digidude]]

Bought this old slip joint at a flee market for 4$, not sure who it is made by or aproxiamte value.
It says "Imperial USA" and "prov r.i.a" on the blade.

Any ideas?

 

[waynorth]

Imperial made it, maybe before it became part of Imperial-Schrade. In Rhode Island, hence the R.I. but I don't know why there is an "A" after R.I.?

 

[sunnyd]

A nice piece of history that you can still use for 4. USD.. Son, on this light tackle!.. Great Score [digidude]. :thumbup:

 

[Dijos]

Judging from this knife, it actually says



...................u
...................s
.Imperial R. I. a

As to worth? probably not much.

 

[[digidude]]

Judging from this knife, it actually says



...................u
...................s
.Imperial R. I. a

As to worth? probably not much.

Yes your right, thats what it says.

Thanks for the feedback guys.

 

[glennbad]

I posted a bit of an answer for you on the cross posted thread. It was moved to Levine's forum...

Glenn