Taylors EYE witness query ?

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festerfromnzed

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i just got my first Talors slippy today and have a query or two so i thought id ask here first...its 3 7/8 inches closed,the jigged bone is so dark a green its nearly black...the walk and talk and snap could be GEC if the stamp dibnt say otherwise...Im most impressed with this knife...both blades have the eye stamp,the pen and main blade has Sheffield england on the back...My query is?
1..Is this a serpentine Jack?
2..Any idea as to age?

Thanks for any info...

FES





 
Fes

In my opinion it's not a serpentine but a Jack. Nice knife Taylor eye witness are just great- and it's great to see this.
 
Great-looking Taylor's Fes, nice find :thumbup: First time I've seen one in that pattern, but is it not a Serpentine Jack? That's an older tang stamp, but how old I don't know. Could you take a close-up pic of it Fes?
 
JACK ..willl take a better pic tomorrow...I thought a knife shaped like that was called serpentine (snake)?....so much to learn,so little time...........FES
 
festerfromnzed said:
JACK ..willl take a better pic tomorrow...I thought a knife shaped like that was called serpentine (snake)?....so much to learn,so little time...........FES
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Me too, but the names of patterns always confuse me!
 
I'd call it a serpentine jack. It looks like the serpentine die that makes a cattleknife a stockman. Except that it also seems to taper. I'm weak on pattern names too, though.
 
Maybe some would call it a dog leg? Whatever it is called, nice jack knife with some good Sheffield steel! :thumbup:
 
I have my thoughts

http://www.knifecollector.net/PocketKnifePatterns.html

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Nice find, Fes. Nice size!
I'd call it a serpentine Jack.

Not really tapered enough to call it a serpentine sleeveboard Jack, nor a wharncliffe Jack. (Wharncliffe can refer to a handle shape.) It is slightly hybridized, making it confusing. But in the main, I vote Serpentine Jack.
 
Nice knife. I thought you might like to see a similar one. I think it may date to the 1950s but could be a little earlier.

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smiling-knife said:
Nice knife. I thought you might like to see a similar one. I think it may date to the 1950s but could be a little earlier.

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SK.....that knife is nearly identical except my main blade is more clipped..Very cool to see another of the same lot,thank you......I also did notice that your knife has 8 eyelashes where mine has only 6?.......interesting and will post pics when ive got some good light....thanks for showing.................FES
 
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