Relics of beauty!

[knife7knut]

Nice job Joe! And a beautiful looking knife! I used a 1x30 belt sander to rough out the blade and kick and I am still working on it with a couple of pattern files.

[FRJ]

Thanks, Ray.
I hope yours comes out the way you want it.

[Pile Driver]

This knife is the epitome of relic status for me. It's an old Union Razor Co jack that someone manually removed a broken pen blade and added a new large head steel pivot. The layers have rolled in, over the years but it's still solid has a firm half and full stop great snap in all positions. The shield is canted to line up with the worm groove. It's just a really cool knife that would fall under the relic category.

[FRJ]

Nice one, Pile Driver.
Union Razor Co., Tidioute, Pa. 1902-1909.
Yep, they nailed that one.

Here's a Case Congress, 64052. Both masters marked case xx.
Liners and bolsters, nickel silver.

[FRJ]

Here's an old Holley dirk. 4 3/4" closed.

[DM11]

A well loved Ulster Barlow. I still like to use it. Spring are a little weak but it takes a good sharp edge.

[FRJ]

That's a nice old relic there, David.

[DM11]

Thank you Joe.

[KAW]

Stumbled over this thread and thought I have just the kind of knife to post here...
... a Wardlow Cutlery Co. / Walden NY jack. Don't know much about this one... altho I have read on this board that they were etched with "Chip Away" on their blades which was a trademark used by E.C.Simmons.

Definitely this one has seen some hard times and I usually stay away from such worn out knives but the mystery as well as someone bothering to sharpen the secondary blade right down to the nail nick really intrigued me.

[BWT]

Nice old knife Ken

[FRJ]

Nice one, Ken.
The ubiquitous swell end jack. Scarcely a more useful pocket knife.

[KAW]

Nice one, Ken.
The ubiquitous swell end jack. Scarcely a more useful pocket knife.

Thanks Bill & Joe for commenting.
The original owners certainly made sure to get all the use they could out of these jacks... that's for sure!
... and for as many worn out or broken pocket knives as I have seen, it seems like they were always thought to be still useful to keep around rather than to be discarded & replaced with a new one. I wonder if that was a contributing factor to the demise of so many cutleries over the years?

[FRJ]

Here's one that did not encourage repeat sales. E. Felsenheld Maker New York. 1900-1920
You might have wanted another Felsenheld, but you weren't going to buy one in the next 20 years.
The knife simply didn't need replacing.