The Old and the New - Teardrop Jacks

[trey999]

I'm pretty fond of this one.

 

[jackknife]

Great thread. The Teardrop jack is definitely one of my favorite patterns. Sorry, nothing old in my little family of pocket knives, but I love the #85. Here's mine, an EO in African Blackwood.

NIce knife, but also nice pipe. :thumbup::thumbup:

 

[Rsmith_77]

Nice!!!!! Cocobolo, right? The wood scale 85's are all gorgeous!!!!!!

negative ghostrider!
thats ebony!

 

[JustinR]

I wish I had been able to keep them all but I am down to the ebony Champlin and the Mike's white bone SFO. Probably my favorite GEC pattern with the 66 a close second.

 

[black mamba]

I'm not a fan of the EO cutouts or of the bulbous spear blade (although they look great!), but I do have a nice stag #85 with clip & pen.

 

[SAK Guy]

negative ghostrider!
thats ebony!

:thumbup: "Roger that Tower...the pattern is full of ebony, repeat, the pattern is full of ebony"....

 

[Rsmith_77]

:thumbup: "Roger that Tower...the pattern is full of ebony, repeat, the pattern is full of ebony"....

affirmative!
that was pretty good, i like that
:thumbup:

gotta say though, Black Mamba's 85 with stag and long nail nick is pretty much the bee's knee's right there isnt it

 

[waynorth]

Teardrop-pattern (TD) knives are great, an old and venerable pattern, as Duncan has suggested!
This one turned my HJ-obsessed head at an Easton, PA knife show a few years ago. Robeson did Teardrops very well, back in the day. (They also made them for Globe cutlery, BTW!)
I have seen at least a dozen Robeson TD HJs, but none quite like this one! Its condition, the super jigging, and the Belt Punch shield (very rare) make it one of the nicest HJs I have collected!

 

[Campbellclanman]

^^^^ Woweee! That's A knife!!! beautiful knives fellas!

 

[scruffuk]

Yup, some real beauties old and new.

Charlie - The jigging on that Robeson is outstanding, it's almost cloven. Boy did they know how to do it back then.

 

[deskil]

 

[waynorth]

Yup, some real beauties old and new.

Charlie - The jigging on that Robeson is outstanding, it's almost cloven. Boy did they know how to do it back then.

I heard they herded goats across the bone at a rapid pace to get that unique texture, Thom.
Probably on a steep slope . . . . . . . .

They did know how to do it!!:thumbup:

 

[waynorth]

Schrade did some nice ones in the 20s-30s, both Spear-bladed,

and Clip!

 

[Gevonovich]

Great thread and teardrops, lambertiana!!

I am really enjoying everyone's contribution!! I have on found one...I think...correct me if I'm wrong. Not as pointy as most being shown

Walden Knife Co

 

[waynorth]

That's a Teardrop alright, Gev! Cool jigging!

 

[Gevonovich]

Thanks, Charlie!! I was not quite sure so I appreciate your opinion! Those Schrades are the cats meow!! I better go take some more blood pressure meds...lol

 

[waynorth]

Case made some nice ones also, before and after WW I.

 

[Alnamvet68]

Love that exposed set of pins on that Case shield...how much more would a knife cost with pinned shields; a dollar maybe?

 

[JB in SC]

The new Case offering looks pretty nice, especially the ebony version.

 

[dewingrm]

Great thread. The Teardrop jack is definitely one of my favorite patterns. Sorry, nothing old in my little family of pocket knives, but I love the #85. Here's mine, an EO in African Blackwood.

Very nice picture. I love the 85's with dark covers and brass liners. I also like the EZ open cutout and cloud shield.