Unknown Barlow?

[waynorth]

I was cleaning out some dusty boxes, and found two long forgotten knives, a Schrade peanut, which I'll post in its own thread, and this guy. I have looked all over this knife, blown up hi-res scans, zoomed them in and out, and could find no markings whatsoever. Does anyone recognize anything that will give me a clue to its origins??
Severely shrunken yellow cracked-ice handles (thankfully not yellow snow), but no rusting, which makes me think the cell is not currently "offing" itself. It makes me think North American, but It doesn't match exactly anything I've got. Guesses even may help,
Thanks

 

[Codger_64]

In another forum, a member mentioned the resemblence to an early Imperial pattern. I looked up the Jackmaster Barlow of 1959 (earliest illustration I have right now) and the blades themselves do resemble the knife you posted, though this 1959 version is tipped and has the "Nuloy" bolster stamped, it was also genuine pearl cell.


I don't know if this is of much help, but it is the best I can do at the moment.

Codger

 

[waynorth]

What's Nuloy, Codger? Is it different than nickel silver?

 

[glennbad]

Those bolsters look solid to me, are they?

The blades don't look horribly worn. I've seen other manufacturers, such as older camillus, where the blades don't wear so fast, but the tang stamps get worn quicker. I have seen that they were lightly struck to begin with.

SCC barlows I believe would tang stamp both blades.

So I don't think it's an Imperial, unless it's a much older one. I can't remember them using a cell like this either, but you never know.

Glenn

 

[waynorth]

The bolsters are solid Glenn. And the tangs, if ever stamped, show no signs of marking. If they were both stamped, you would think something would be left. So maybe it is a lightly struck Camillus; or maybe it will be a permanent mystery!!
Thanks for the opinions!