Silver Metal Fake Stag Handle.....

[Trent Rock]

I'm dying to know what Imperial called these handles
"Silver-Stag-O-Matic"
"Jigged Silver"
"Metallic Bone"
The can opener patent was issued to Imperial on 12/25/35

Anyone know what years these were made?
I paid ONE DOLLAR for it
I thought to myself===>
"Shit...I'll get at least 1 dollar worth of pleasure oiling it up and cleaning off the rust!"

 

[gradall5200]

Im like you I cant resist a knife for under $5 bucks no less just a buck Im sure it would bring $10 on ebay. great find.- joel

 

[Trent Rock]

I got this one for a penny on EBAY
I had to bid on it
It was too tempting
1 PENNY for a Imperial!!
(With shipping $2.96)
Help me out brother Schradeians
What am I missing?
How many models had the silver jig-o-matic handles??

Can anyone post a tutorial on searching/viewing patents?
I try but is says I need a plug-in
I download the plug-in
I hit IMAGES and it still shows nothing
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=2170537.PN.&OS=PN/2170537&RS=PN/2170537

Looks like the Mirando dude has one of the patents again...

United States Patent 2170537
Inventors:
Mirando, Felix A.
Henry, Vossler
Publication Date:
08/22/1939
IMP KNIFE CO INC

United States Patent 2637102
Inventors:
Henry, Vossler
Publication Date:
05/05/1953
IMP KNIFE CO INC

 

[glennbad]

Great bargains, TR!

I believe these models probably both came with an originally painted finish on the "jigging", most likely black in color.

I think of these shell handle knives like the Toyotas that were sold during the 70's. The bodies would rust out in the first 5-7 years, but the engines would go a couple hundred thousand miles.

I bet once you get those blades cleaned and oiled, they will snap nicely.

I do see the camper pattern in the 1959 catalog.

Haven't got nay more info than that right now though.

Thanks for sharing.

Glenn

 

[Codger_64]

...Can anyone post a tutorial on searching/viewing patents?...Looks like the Mirando dude has one of the patents again...

Once again Larry Vickery has taken the work out of it by archiving many of the related patents on his COSRUS site. Check it out!

 

[Trent Rock]

That's the one!!!
I think it mostly has to do with the "projections" (#66) as a means of attaching the handles

I like the term "ornamental knife scale"..... BTW
I'm gonna incorporate it in my knife jargon.....

Was that patent on the COSRUS page the whole time??
I forgot all about that page
1st place I should have looked

 

[Codger_64]

Sometimes patents were placed on blades that were eventually used on knives that had nothing to do with the patent number. Sometimes the patent is only incorporated by one of it's claims such as the attachment means. Yes, Larry went to a lot of trouble to search and retrieve those patents and put them into .pdf files. Just another example of the great collector resources his site contains.