IKCO The Imperial Knife Company

garddogg56 · Post by **garddogg56** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 12:04 am

YES it is

Joe Dirt · Post by **Joe Dirt** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 1:06 am

It really does look like a turtle's neck!!!

Sure is a nice one.

Joe

mickeyevans · Post by **mickeyevans** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:31 pm

not sure if I showed this in another thread, like that rough black thread or here, but I have not seen a swell center IKCO like this in my search
here it is short and sweet. I believe the IKCO in parallelogram (box) is older than IKCO in diamond box

knife7knut · Post by **knife7knut** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:27 pm

gino wrote:I received this in a trade from a friend here at AAPK and its very special to me, I also think its just plain coooool

And here is it's brother(or sister).

RobesonsRme.com · Post by **RobesonsRme.com** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 1:44 pm

I have never seen that "Turtle's Neck" celluloid material before.
Very nice!
Charlie

Joe Dirt · Post by **Joe Dirt** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 8:40 pm

I found this 3 3/8" handle with very worn blades, for just a few
bucks, with intentions of re-blading it.

I looked and looked for a knife with good full blades on
ebay. Couldn't find anything but those tip bolster knives
which have both springs that are the same width. I needed
one with the wide spring on the main blade and the '32 -'36
stamp.

Well guess what? I found one... in my OWN collection with
very ugly solid black handles.

I don't know
how long it had been sitting right under my nose.

The knife is now marked as a re-blade to avoid any confusion
on down the road.

Joe

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:38 pm

Neat handles Joe!

This one is pretty clean, 1950`s era.

Joe Dirt · Post by **Joe Dirt** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:46 pm

That one looks NOS, D!

Not many of those to be found.
Great find.

I've got a few more lately to post if I ever get a new camera.

Joe

singin46 · Post by **singin46** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:24 am

Boy, it really does! Probably bought and stuck in a drawer for all these years.

tjmurphy · Post by **tjmurphy** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:32 am

I've probably posted this one before, c. 1936-1952, unused, uncarried, never sharpened, still had/has cosmoline or dried oil on the blade when I got it, perfect jigged bone handles, steel liners, bolsters and pins.

singin46 · Post by **singin46** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:38 am

Very nice Scout, Murph! That jiggin looks great.

Joe Dirt · Post by **Joe Dirt** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:40 am

Nice un, TJ!

That is some sweet lookin bone.

Joe

tjmurphy · Post by **tjmurphy** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:41 am

Joe and Perry, thanks a lot. It's one of the nicest old knives I've got and it came with two other knives in a lot for $12.

Miller Bro's · Post by **Miller Bro's** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:49 am

Wow! that`s a beauty Tom!

Wanna trade?

tjmurphy · Post by **tjmurphy** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:51 am

Hey!! I already gave you one of my knives!!

tomstranger · Post by **tomstranger** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 11:03 pm

Here's the only one I have that is marked IKCO inside the parallelogram. It's not in perfect shape, but it's a nice size for carry. The master blade has good walk and talk and no wobble, but the pen blade wobbles a little. Both take a razor edge easily.

philco · Post by **philco** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 11:06 pm

tomstranger wrote:Here's the only one I have that is marked IKCO inside the parallelogram. It's not in perfect shape, but it's a nice size for carry. The master blade has good walk and talk and no wobble, but the pen blade wobbles a little. Both take a razor edge easily.

I like it. Nice knife!

knifetime · Post by **knifetime** » Tue Jan 13, 2015 5:50 pm

I only have one, and I don't know anything about the IKO knives. But it looks to be made real well.
I think this one was red at one time.

Joe Dirt · Post by **Joe Dirt** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 5:11 pm

Those shell handle "boys knives" with the IKCo. stamp
showed up sometime in the '50s, knifetime. I have
seen them in red and black and I think Dimitri has one
that is brown. They were all painted rather than having a
celluloid wrap. Most, if not all, came with a chain.
The same stamp is used on the letter openers. It is often
mistaken to be "LKCo."

Goins first lists the IKCo stamp inside a rectangle (parallogram)
to be from c. 1925-1940.

He lists the IKCo. stamp inside a diamond to be c. 1928-1930.

These three stamps need to be added to the Imperial/Hammer Brand
date charts.

Below is one I found sometime last fall. It must have got shuffled
around and stashed inside my Imperial folder! It has the c. 1936-1937 stamp!
It's an Imperial that still has the HAMMER BRAND BLADE ETCH!!!

The handles have been shinned up a little.

Joe

danno50 · Post by **danno50** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 9:14 pm

very nice Joe, great etch.

Dan

Joe Dirt · Post by **Joe Dirt** » Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:33 pm

Thanks, Dan!

Finding one with the etch is TOUGH to say the least.

I've moved it from the folder I found it in to where it dose'nt get lost
in the shuffle again.

Joe

FRJ · Post by **FRJ** » Sat Apr 09, 2016 2:02 am

Here's a nice little slender Imperial I bought up I Winsted, Ct. awhile back.
A great pawn shop find for $10. 3 1/4".
It has scales similar to a larger Imperial dog leg jack that I own. It has strong springs.