All About Pocket Knives

picked up one easy open Empire this week from Ray

I was tempted by that one myself!!

johnnierotten wrote:I was tempted by that one myself!!

Johnnie, i went a little bit crazy last week

It happens....especially when it comes to knives of that caliber.

Here's a nice old fat Empire Jack.

Thats a nice one.

very nice ! love those old woodies

Here is one from an AAPK store LTD collectables lt632ret. Three inches closed and an unusual (to me at least) master blade.

It's been 10 months or so since this thread was up top! Time for a peek, and some previously unposted pix!
Bret, as promised in the stainless thread, here is a group of "Deco" saddlehorn hunters.
At top is a modern Case/Bose collaboration, and at right is the prototype Tony made before production. The rest are genuine old ones - some have been posted previously in this thread.
Left to right;
-Ebony Empire
-Bone American Knife Co (1920 offshoot of Empire, by disgruntled employees who left when the Alvords sold ca.1919.)
-Bone Shapleigh, by Empire
-Bone Empire Stainless fishing knife
-Minty Ebony Empire

Man I love that pattern and those knives you have pictured Charlie. Very very nice.

Aimus

Those are great Charlie! I don't have a single one, but I might have to work on that...

Wow, upnorth, what amazing collection! That is very fun. The minty ebony handle is faaaannnntastic! Those are some serious knives.

Excellent grouping, Charlie! I especially like the fishermans version!

WB

Thanks for the plus comments guys. Glad you like them.
Big knives are fun to collect. You get a big handful for your money, and they are very useful if you collection "works" as well!
Here's a big Coke bottle, in barehead ebony. Pretty decent shape also,
Empire was one of the biggest knife producers in America at one time.

This one is a small Coke bottle, about 3 3/4". Amazing blade in it. The rare curved stamp you see is a very early one, likely from well before 1900;

upnorth wrote:This one is a small Coke bottle, about 3 3/4". Amazing blade in it. The rare curved stamp you see is a very early one, likely from well before 1900;

That is quite a blade on that one. Looks like a stabber.

Those are great Charlie! You keep bringing out things I have never even seen!

Bret bought me this knife for Christmas. I think it is the tightest lockback that we have in the house. It has no wobble at all & is as smooth as glass to open.

Knifegirl,

That's a beauty! Just when I think I've seen every pattern a new one pops up. Very Nice with tha lamp style shield BH

Thanks, Bonehead. I know that Charlie has quite a few knives of this pattern. I didn't go back through this thread, but I have seen pictures of his on that other knife forum. Charlie has some real beauties!

knifegirl888 wrote:Thanks, Bonehead. I know that Charlie has quite a few knives of this pattern. I didn't go back through this thread, but I have seen pictures of his on that other knife forum. Charlie has some real beauties!

I finally went back through the thread today, on the page 9, Charlie has a picture of all his beauties. I think they might be "Charlie's Angels?"

knife girl what other knife forum and I missing out on?

JKB,

Quite a few of our members post on bladeforums also.

got a empire dogleg

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