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Thanks Roger and Greg ::tu:: ::tu:: ..

Greg - Great point about Thompson and Gascoigne ::nod:: ::tu:: !! When I was searching Gascoigne that was the first that appeared relative to starting Empire Knife... I know Thompson and Gascoigne were both Englishman but the strange thing is that no matter how long I searched for them and looked in references there is not any mention of their first names and more importantly I couldn't find any info on their background nor their knives with tang stamps - so its an interesting possibility in the right time frame but I may have to dig deeper into different searches - so far no luck....
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Congratulations on that little piece of history, Lee.
What a nice piece for any collection. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Great knife you have there!!
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Great historical find, Lee! ::tu:: Really nice grain in the ivory.
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Thanks Joe, Mike and Dan ::tu:: ::tu:: ... in a sense I feel like I found one of my “grail” knives from a historic aspect :) ..
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That knife is in great shape for its age, Lee... a very nice looking too... a real prize! ::tu:: 8) :D
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Thanks Ken ::tu:: ::tu:: ...
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[quote="LongBlade"]Here's one for the old and rare ones...

This small 2 blade swayback ivory jack with rat tail bolsters is 2 1/8". All steel construction including liners and bolsters though the pins appear to be brass on the handles (not pivot pin) - no doubt much heavier in hand than one would expect for a knife at this size. On the mark side photo I included a penny sized 1863 Civil War token for relative size though I think this no doubt pre-dated the Civil War... I'm thinking based on a few things 150-200 years old. The knife no doubt has stove pipe or square kicks on both blades - and the most unusual part is this knife is a "true split spring" (see photo) - that was no doubt an exciting find in this knife for me as I had been wanting to add a split spring to the old collection. True split spring knives are rather elusive & no doubt rare, and I have really only seen photos of 2 knives with split springs posted by Dave (djknife13). Despite all we hear about true split spring whittlers I have yet to see an example. There was another knife posted by dcgm4 (Dave) that was a Jackson whittler and though there were 2 separate springs off of one solid spring they were not split as in this knife (or djknife13's knives)... I should start another thread on just true split spring knives and see if any float to the surface :) ....


Just smashing, what an elegant ancient beauty and great info, learned lots, great show, thanks thanks thanks. Mmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnn. Yeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh. Keep this kind coming.
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Thanks Ivoryman ::tu:: ::handshake:: ...
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You've turned over a few rocks to find that artifact Lee. ::tu:: ::tu::

Good luck on the research.
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Mr. Kennedy, you have lucky pockets. ::nod::
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That really is a historical find LongBlade. True museum piece. I love to pack a dog leg jack also Mr. Kennedy. Nice knife.
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Thanks Lyle and LD64 ::tu:: ::tu:: ....

Nice dogleg kennedy knives ::tu:: ...
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Thanks for the comments on the Camillus made Federal Knife Co. Made around 1920 ::tu::
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HOWE’S CUTLERY CO. It’s a little ‘un, just 2-3/4 inches long. Tortoise shell covers.

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Mumbleypeg wrote:HOWE’S CUTLERY CO. It’s a little ‘un, just 2-3/4 inches long. Tortoise shell covers.

Ken
Ken, is that genuine tortoise shell or celluloid faux tortoise shell?
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edge213 wrote:
Mumbleypeg wrote:HOWE’S CUTLERY CO. It’s a little ‘un, just 2-3/4 inches long. Tortoise shell covers.

Ken
Ken, is that genuine tortoise shell or celluloid faux tortoise shell?
I’m no expert David, but I think it’s genuine tortoise. When I bought it I assumed celluloid. But if I give it the “rub and smell” test it doesn’t give off any odor. ::shrug:: At least not any my old nose can detect.

If others have opinions feel free to weigh in. I have $1.50 invested in it so it’s not gonna hurt my feelings! :lol:

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Ken - Cool oldie ::tu:: - also looks like celluloid to me ::nod:: ...
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3 1/8" stag 4 blade senator marked: "E.K.Tryon Co/Philadelphia" with etch on master blade "Tryon".
Somewhere i have a stag Schrade Cut Co. senator and the stag looks similar to the Tryon. Do you know who made the E.K. Tryon knives ?
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Nice knife Roland. I really like the stag.
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I believe this knife qualifies as an "Old and Rare" one.
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That's definitely old and one I have never heard of New Windsor. This is a Blue Ribbon and my guess is it is a Belknap Hwd. brand.
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Nice Tryon KJ - sweet handles ::tu:: ... very cool seeing stag on a senator or pen knife 8)

Nice knife New Windsor NY ::tu:: ... all metal handles are cool and durable 8) ..

LD64 - Very nice Blue Ribbon ::tu:: ... interesting knife with the flat bottom bolster which is usually seen on Drs knives .. yet this knife and the master blade in particular suggests not a Drs knife... are the handles faux tortoise celluloid??
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Pretty sure its celluloid LongBlade. It favors a doctors knife, I wondered about it also?
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