All About Pocket Knives

Recently, this multi tool, scout pattern or style of pocket knife, arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I bought. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. I did NOT buy the group or lot of pocket knives to obtain this particular pocket knife. However, I was VERY pleased to find it in the group or lot of pocket knives. It definitely got added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is an Imperial, one blade, four tools (a cap lifter or bottle opener, a can opener, a punch or awl, and a phillips head screwdriver), one tang stamp, 3 3/8" closed, THREE SPRINGS, multi tool, scout pattern or style of pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "Imperial (with the crown) (over) PROV. R.I." with a vertical "USA" on the right side. The shield says, "BE PREPARED" The main blade has NO half stop. The main blade has NO opening snap and the main blade has NO closing snap. The four tools ALL open, close, and function properly. This pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. It did NOT need cleaning. I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
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New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 1:45 pm Recently, this multi tool....

I love triple springs. Thanks for sharing - that's one I haven't seen before.

jxr1197 wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 2:16 am I.....

Thank you, Jason.

Recently, this multi tool, scout pattern or style of pocket knife, arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I purchased. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. I did NOT purchase the group or lot of pocket knives to obtain this particular pocket knife. However, I was VERY pleased to find it in the group or lot of pocket knives. It definitely got added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is an Imperial, one blade, four tools (a cap lifter or bottle opener, a can opener, a punch or awl, and a phillips head screwdriver), one tang stamp, 3 3/8" closed, THREE SPRINGS, multi tool, scout pattern or style of pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "Imperial (with the crown) (over) PROV. R.I." with a vertical "USA" on the right side. The main blade does NOT have a half stop. The main blade does have an OK opening snap and the main blade does have an OK closing snap. The four tools ALL open, close, and function properly. This pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. It did NOT need any cleaning at all. I just wiped it off.
I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

I picked up this unusual Imperial jack at a fleamarket recently. It has a clip blade and a brass automotive ignition key as the second "blade". The knife would have come new with the key as a blank, this one has been cut for the individual owners vehicle. That would have been kind of handy, until you sold the car. The knife is 2 and 3/4 inches closed, is of shell handled construction. The key is stamped with the number 3061, which would probably denote which vehicle it could be cut to fit. It has the vertical USA tang stamp, 1956-1988.

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 12:32 am I picked up this unusual Imperial jack at a fleamarket recently. It has a clip blade and a brass automotive ignition key as the second "blade". The knife would have come new with the key as a blank, this one has been cut for the individual owners vehicle. That would have been kind of handy, until you sold the car. The knife is 2 and 3/4 inches closed, is of shell handled construction. The key is stamped with the number 3061, which would probably denote which vehicle it could be cut to fit. It has the vertical USA tang stamp, 1956-1988.

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Congrats OC. I got one of those but uncut. A knice little novelty.

doglegg wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 1:02 am

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 12:32 am I picked up this unusual Imperial jack at a fleamarket recently. It has a clip blade and a brass automotive ignition key as the second "blade". The knife would have come new with the key as a blank, this one has been cut for the individual owners vehicle. That would have been kind of handy, until you sold the car. The knife is 2 and 3/4 inches closed, is of shell handled construction. The key is stamped with the number 3061, which would probably denote which vehicle it could be cut to fit. It has the vertical USA tang stamp, 1956-1988.

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Congrats OC. I got one of those but uncut. A knice little novelty.

dog, now I am on a mission to find the car that the key will start. lol

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 1:43 am

doglegg wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 1:02 am

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 12:32 am I picked up this unusual Imperial jack at a fleamarket recently. It has a clip blade and a brass automotive ignition key as the second "blade". The knife would have come new with the key as a blank, this one has been cut for the individual owners vehicle. That would have been kind of handy, until you sold the car. The knife is 2 and 3/4 inches closed, is of shell handled construction. The key is stamped with the number 3061, which would probably denote which vehicle it could be cut to fit. It has the vertical USA tang stamp, 1956-1988.

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Congrats OC. I got one of those but uncut. A knice little novelty.

dog, now I am on a mission to find the car that the key will start. lol

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 12:32 am I.....

Would you post it here also:
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Picked up first Imperial. Looking for an approximate age. 3 3/4” closed.

JAMESC41001 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 2:13 am Picked up first Imperial. Looking for an approximate age. 3 3/4” closed.

Going only on the tang stamp it looks like 1920s. I haven't come across a lot of Imperials that old but the pattern and jigging on this knife are so different from the ones I've seen that I'm going to throw a random fact out here without any idea if it's relevant. During that era Kastor was importing knives from Germany under many brand names, including Imperial.

That is really a nice old knife. Harold

Thanks for the response guys. I did not realize there was so little info on older Imperials. I’m going to try and do some more digging and see what I can find.

CUB SCOUT by IMPERIAL. Recent find, needs some TLC. Some handle shrinkage & 1 small crack.
Solid emblem.

Not too recently, this scout or camping, pattern or style of pocket knife, arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I bought. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. I did NOT buy the group or lot of pocket knives to obtain this particular pocket knife. But, it does have some life left in it. It did get added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is an Imperial, "KAMP-KING", one blade, three tools (a can opener, a cap lifter or bottle opener and a punch or awl), one tang stamp, one tool stamp, 3 3/4" closed, scout or camping, pattern or style of pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "Imperial (with crown) (over) PROV. R.I." with a vertical "USA" on the side. The can opener tool front stamp says, "CAN OPENER (over) P.2391732" The shield says, "KAMP-KING" The bail is missing. The main blade does have a WEAK half stop. The main blade does have an OK opening snap. The main blade does have an OK closing snap. The three tools ALL open, close, and function properly. Overall, this pocket knife is still in FAIR condition. It did need a little bit of a cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
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Not too recently, this pocket knife arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I purchased. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. I did NOT purchase the group or lot of pocket knives to obtain this particular pocket knife. However, it did turn out to be a keeper. It did get added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is an Imperial, two blades, one tang stamp, 2 15/16" closed, two springs, pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp reads "Imperial (with the crown) (over) PROV, U.S.A." The main blade does have a VERY CRISP half stop. The main blade does have a VERY GOOD opening snap. The main blade does have a VERY GOOD closing snap. The secondary blade also has a VERY CRISP half stop. The secondary blade does have a VERY GOOD opening snap. The secondary blade does have a VERY GOOD closing snap. Even with the minor cosmetic issues on both handle sides, overall, this pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. It did need a VERY minor cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
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Not too recently, this advertising, lobster or gentlemans', pattern or style of pocket knife, arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I bought. It now becomes my most recent example to be posted under this topic or thread. I did NOT buy the group or lot of pocket knives to obtain this particular pocket knife. But, it did get added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is an Imperial, one blade, one tool (a file), two tang stamps, 2 1/4" closed, tipped bolsters, advertising, lobster or gentlemans', pattern or style of pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "Imperial (with crown) (over) PROV. R.I." with a vertical "USA" on the side. The tool front tang stamp says, "Imperial (with crown) (over) STAINLESS (over) U.S.A." The main handle side says nothing, it is blank. The other handle side says, "RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION - BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C." The main blade does NOT have a half stop. The main blade does NOT have an opening snap. The main blade does NOT have a closing snap. The tool does NOT have a half stop. The tool does NOT have an opening snap. The tool does have an OK closing snap. Overall, this pocket knife is in GOOD condition. This pocket knife did NOT require any cleaning at all. I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
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Not too recently, this advertising, lobster or gentlemans', pattern or style of pocket knife, arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I purchased. It now becomes my most recent example to be posted under this topic or thread. I did NOT purchase the group or lot of pocket knives to obtain this particular pocket knife. However, it did get added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is an Imperial, one blade, one tool (a file), two tang stamps, 2 1/4" closed, advertising, lobster or gentlemans', pattern or style of pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "Imperial (with crown) (over) PROV. R.I." with a vertical "USA" on the side. The tool front tang stamp says, "Imperial (NO crown) (over) STAINLESS (over) U.S.A." The main handle side says, "CAUTION-Before Digging or - Trenching Ask Opera- - tor-Enterprise 9800 - -----No Charge-----" The other handle side says nothing, it is blank. The main blade does NOT have a half stop. The main blade does NOT have an opening snap. The main blade does have an OK closing snap. The tool does NOT have a half stop. The tool does have a GOOD opening snap. The tool does have a GOOD closing snap. Overall, this pocket knife is in GOOD condition. This pocket knife did NOT need any cleaning at all. I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

Not too recently, this pocket knife arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I bought. It now becomes my latest example to be posted under this topic or thread. I did NOT buy the group or lot of pocket knives to obtain this particular pocket knife. But, it did turn out to be a keeper. It did get added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is an Imperial, one blade, one tang stamp, 3 1/16" closed, long blade pull, pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp reads "Imperial (with the crown) (over) PROV. R.I." with a vertical "USA" on the side. The main blade does have a CRISP half stop. The main blade does have a VERY GOOD opening snap. The main blade does have a VERY GOOD closing snap. This pocket knife is in EXCELLENT condition. It did NOT need any cleaning at all. I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
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And in good shape.

doglegg wrote: ↑Sat Oct 05, 2024 12:28 am And.....

Thank you, Floyd.

first time I have seen this thread.

Here's a selection of old Imperial knives.

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Sat Oct 05, 2024 6:03 am first.....

VERY NICE additions to this topic, Dimitri.

Thanks Skip

That cell stockman is especially sweet, Dimitri!