Boys Knives Through the Years

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Two great old knives, Corso! ::tu:: ::tu::
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Beautiful old Schrades, John, and at the risk of redundancy, great bone!

Corso Italia, that is a wonderful pair of Rodgers, really nice pieces of cutlery history, thanks for the post.
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Thanks I'm realy getting into these small knives and hope I will find a few more
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Not sure if this one is stretching it?

3" closed Joseph Rodgers and Sons
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Couple recent additions, a 2 3/4" A.W. Wadsworth and a Winchester that is in decent condition but missing bail.
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Both knice but really love the bone. ::nod::
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JohnR wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:17 pm Couple recent additions, a 2 3/4" A.W. Wadsworth and a Winchester that is in decent condition but missing bail.
Excellent ... :)
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Wadsworth or anything german in that scale is realy my thing at the moment

very nice indeed
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Great looking knives, John.

Here is a Bay State and a Hammer Brand.

Bay State is 2 7/8"
Hammer Brand is 3 1/4"
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JohnR wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:17 pm Couple recent additions, a 2 3/4" A.W. Wadsworth and a Winchester that is in decent condition but missing bail.
Sweet Winchester John ::tu:: ::tu:: ... I think it is the first Winchester boys knife I have seen ::hmm:: ...
FRJ wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 12:37 am Great looking knives, John.

Here is a Bay State and a Hammer Brand.

Bay State is 2 7/8"
Hammer Brand is 3 1/4"
Two beauties Joe ::tu:: ::tu:: ... and good to see you posting a few ::handshake:: :D ...
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Very nice John and Joe ::tu:: ::tu:: Really like your Wadsworth John!!
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JohnR wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:17 pm Couple recent additions, a 2 3/4" A.W. Wadsworth and a Winchester that is in decent condition but missing bail.
Nice knives, nice photos ::tu::
FRJ wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 12:37 am
Great looking knives, John.

Here is a Bay State and a Hammer Brand.

Bay State is 2 7/8"
Hammer Brand is 3 1/4"
Good post of a pair of good knives, Joe. Gotta profess ignorance on the Bay State, the first I have seen, thanks for posting.
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LongBlade wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 1:12 am
JohnR wrote: Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:17 pm Couple recent additions, a 2 3/4" A.W. Wadsworth and a Winchester that is in decent condition but missing bail.
Sweet Winchester John ::tu:: ::tu:: ... I think it is the first Winchester boys knife I have seen ::hmm:: ...]




Thank you all for the comments, appreciated.

Lee, thanks, I can't recall seeing another, don't really remember seeing that many plain wood jacks from Winchester at all.
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FRJ wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 12:37 am Great looking knives, John.

Here is a Bay State and a Hammer Brand.

Bay State is 2 7/8"
Hammer Brand is 3 1/4"

Nice Joe, can't recall ever seeing a Bay State tang stamp before.
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Great additions to the thread Corso, John and Joe! ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks for the nice comments, guys.
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Here's another Boys knife I have never shown - Eagle Knife Co New Haven Conn - Easy Open Boys knife ... This was a kind gift of a friend that was and still is much appreciated despite the knife being in fairly poor condition - spring is shot, blade well sharpened with no snap but will stay closed if I push it down twice :lol: - seriously!! However this is my only Eagle Knife Co knife from a company that existed between 1916-1919 before being acquired by Winchester to initiate cutlery production. Eagle was known for high production and affordable knives and I think this knife was a prime example with black compo handles and rather simple less expensive design.. I am not sure if Eagle ever made any high end fancy knives ::shrug:: ... I have never seen another Eagle knife .. Interesting that the tang stamp noted patent pending ::hmm:: ..
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Must be a rare knife John, if Lee hasn’t seen one.

Lee that’s a great knife for you, I have a few farmers jacks like that.
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Very interesting post, Lee. Thanks, had not seen one of those before, a great piece of history.
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Thanks Lyle and Ike ::handshake:: ::tu:: ....
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Threw these up elsewhere but there are boys in the pic
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Picked up this nice metal IKCO Imperial, first boys knife I have been able to find that still had its chain, almost full blade with original finish.
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I think the chains are super cool. Great catch John ::tu::
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espn77 wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 4:21 pm I think the chains are super cool. Great catch John ::tu::

Thank you Keith. ::tu::
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JohnR wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:07 pm Picked up this nice metal IKCO Imperial, first boys knife I have been able to find that still had its chain, almost full blade with original finish.
Sweet John ::tu:: ::tu:: ... from somebody who has an affinity for boys knives :) ... and quite frankly the chains in good condition are harder to find than the boys knife itself ::nod:: ...
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