What kind of Primble is this?

[Atiger]

Could someone tell me something about this Primble barlow? I suspect that it's a product of the "post-Belknap" generation but I've never found enough information to confirm that. Tang stamp reads "John Primble/India Steel Works/USA".

Thanks for any information you can offer.

 

[Markesharp]

I can tell you for certain that it has been re-handled. The bolsters look original and the blades look new.

 

[huelsdonk]

That looks like one of the Queen/Bluegrass Cutlery made ones, right?

 

[supratentorial]

The photo loaded for me earlier but now that I have time to reply it's not showing. Might just be my computer or photobucket.

I'm not sure who originally made the knife or worked on the knife afterward. I don't think it's Queen... maybe Utica. It looks like the 5016 pattern from around 2010.... with the red Primble box. Does it have 5016 stamped on the reverse?

 

[Atiger]

The photo loaded for me earlier but now that I have time to reply it's not showing. Might just be my computer or photobucket.

I'm not sure who originally made the knife or worked on the knife afterward. I don't think it's Queen... maybe Utica. It looks like the 5016 pattern from around 2010.... with the red Primble box. Does it have 5016 stamped on the reverse?

Indeed it does have a 5016 stamp - I should have noted that in my post. What details do you know about yours?

 

[supratentorial]

It's just an example I pulled from the web so that you could make a comparison. I don't have more information than what was in my prior post. I remembered seeing them being sold by dealers. In addition to the straight jack type of barlow, there was also a curved jack type of barlow with a similar bolster. As Mark noted, your knife seems to have been worked on.