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You won the New York Knife Co. lottery. Absolutely amazing. At least history fell into the lap of someone who will appreciate and preserve it.
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Picked up this pretty nice NYK easy open this week.
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John,that is top shelf. ::tu:: ::drool::
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John that is exceptional! ::tu:: ::tu::
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"Pretty nice".
I don't know, John. ::undecided:: Some of those matchstrike hoozies aren't quite even. ::facepalm::

Actually, I'd go with downright beautiful. ::tu:: ::tu:: ::nod::
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Great knife! ::tu::
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Eleven months between posts to this thread and you revived it in a big way.

Great knife. ::tu::

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FRJ wrote:"Pretty nice".
I don't know, John. ::undecided:: Some of those matchstrike hoozies aren't quite even. ::facepalm::

Actually, I'd go with downright beautiful. ::tu:: ::tu:: ::nod::
RobesonsRme.com wrote:Eleven months between posts to this thread and you revived it in a big way.

Great knife. ::tu::

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Thank you all for the comments. Charlie, I was surprised to see how long it had been since someone posted a new to them NYK knife.

Joe, thanks for pointing out those uneven matchstrike hoozies, I'll have to get rid of the knife now :) :) :)
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John that is as good as they come!!

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John that is one gorgeous NYK EO jack and what outstanding condition ::tu:: ::tu::
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Duffer wrote:John that is one gorgeous NYK EO jack and what outstanding condition ::tu:: ::tu::

I agree with Lloyd, its a keeper! ::tu::
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Hey there John
Again- My friend that is outstanding! ::tu::
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Just curious and totally serious, is "hoozies" a traditional name for the indentations in a match-strike pull?

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John:

What is the closed length of that Easy-Opener?

The size and elaborateness of the shield seem to announce that it is a really big deal -- my guess is at least 3 3/4 inch.

Very nice "benchmark" piece.
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Great knife John! Congrats.
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All the accolades are deserved John. You’ve done it once more.
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John, that looks amazing. Great score!
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RobesonsRme.com wrote:Just curious and totally serious, is "hoozies" a traditional name for the indentations in a match-strike pull?
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No, Charlie, I was just poking John with a bit of fun.

Probably should be spelled "whozees". It's like "whatzees" only different. :mrgreen:
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I thought that was the case, but I asked because the vernacular of the old time cutlers could be quite different and colorful.

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stumpstalker wrote:John:

What is the closed length of that Easy-Opener?

The size and elaborateness of the shield seem to announce that it is a really big deal -- my guess is at least 3 3/4 inch.

Very nice "benchmark" piece.
You are close, it is 3 5/8", nice size for a jack. I did leave out that there is a pattern number, 2563, stamped on back of main tang.

Thank you all for the comments, for me the best part of this knife is the sharp etch, so hard to find on knives this old.
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John, you did the right thing hitting the BIN button. I sent the seller an offer on that knife and the KA-BAR and in the twenty minutes it took the seller to answer me you had already purchased the NYK which was the best in the lot. Very nice knife and a great price!!
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Gunsil wrote:John, you did the right thing hitting the BIN button. I sent the seller an offer on that knife and the KA-BAR and in the twenty minutes it took the seller to answer me you had already purchased the NYK which was the best in the lot. Very nice knife and a great price!!
Thanks, I got the Schrade easy open with a best offer but when this one popped up the following morning I decided to just do the BIN although I was tempted to do an offer, looks like I made the right decision for a change.

Did you get thr KaBar? That looked to be a very nice knife also.
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Good thing you didn't hesitate like I did!! Yes, I got the KA-BAR, but when it arrived it had been pretty heavily cleaned, the photos weren't that good. But it is a harness jack and I had never seen one by KA-BAR before so I did keep it. He is slowly dropping the prices on the others he has.
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New York pearl campaign knife,etched McKinley & Roosevelt.
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I just discovered this thread and I'm glad I did...some very cool knives being shown here.

I've admired New York knives from afar for a long time. These two are the only ones I've managed to acquire (so far).
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