What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

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I didn't even post any of my carries last week, so I'm carrying the same knives for the second consecutive week. (And now it's already Wednesday, and I posted no knives Monday and Tuesday, the first two days of my "carry week".)

Last week I carried 6 knives I recently received from J Just Tom. He called them some old thrifty but interesting knives, but I call them "an embarrassment of riches". :thumbsup: 🤓 :thumbsup: When I got reinterested in pocket knives back in 2014, it was mainly for nostalgia, and I hoped to find a bunch of old inexpensive knives from when I was a kid that might need a little TLC to get back into action. But I haven't had much luck in that direction, although I've learned a lot and had a lot of fun buying new knives from several countries on my "dollar a day" knife budget. However, 4 of the knives from Tom really scratch the nostalgia itch, and the other 2 are valued additions to my "international knives" sub-category. I'm definitely thankful for your thoughtful generosity, Tom!!

I'll post a couple of Imperial knives today. One is a 4" stockman with black synthetic sawcut covers. It has the clamshell construction characteristic of Imperial back in the 1956-1988 time frame indicated by the knife's tang stamp. It has almost full carbon steel blades with some kind of "forge marks" on them, which is a new feature for me. It also has a shield that looks like the Hammer Brand logo; not sure why there's an Imperial tang stamp and Hammer Brand shield.
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The other Imperial Tom sent me is a 3" jack with saber-ground clip and pen blades. No patina on the blades, although there are a couple of spots of black rust; I haven't used it enough yet to determine whether the blades are carbon or stainless. It's also shell construction from the 1956-1988 era, and it has these CRAZY covers that I'm guessing might be a thin celluloid "wrap" over the steel bolster/handle component. I'll ask Primble Primble to inspect a photo to see if the covers hide any "critters" I need to worry about.
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- GT
 
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