All About Pocket Knives

Nice showing of old Bokers

Here are a few of my bareheads-

A Voos- Two from New York Knife Co- An Ulster with a misspelled tang stamp- A Primer (think I traded this one)-

I know I have more.
I will have to dig them up and post some more pics.

Dale, I like that Ulster unusual to see that tang stamp

Nice knives here but I have to get some Cattaraugus in here. Check the tang stamp on the last one, Only small Cattaraugus folding pocket knife I have with a straight 4 line tang stamp.

Beautiful old Catt`s

It's getting more and more scarey around here Beautiful knives all

Another one for page 3............

A few I have

HS&B
Rem R23
Win 2998 not to sure about this one

Nice, knives Miller and Paladin! Cool thread too.

Here's a 3 pack of jacks I have; the top one is a red bone 6231 1/2, followed by a saw cut bone 62009 with a spear blade and a rough black 62031 1/2. All with Case XX tang stamps. I have an Appaloosa bone A6235 1/2 from 1980 but it's not a bare head.

Here are a few more bareheads, some more interesting than others: double click on photo to enlarge.

first photo top to bottom-
Cattaraugus
Camillus
Hibbard Spencer and Bartlett
Keen Kutter
Walden Knife Co.

second photo-
Schrade Cutlery Co.
New York Knife (front handle has been replaced)
Cattaraugus
Voos
Shapleigh

third photo-
Miller Bros
Shapleigh
Empire
Lehrkind & Daevel

fourth photo-
New York Knife
Northfield

3 very old bare headed jacks. 5 3/8 inch stag Hibbard Spenser Bartlett, and two 4 3/4 inch Press Button from the late 1890's, early 1900's.

Very nice , keep them coming guys

very nice !!! knives

here is some little tadpoles

Here is a GRIFFON XX B'PORT CT barehead. It is etched OPTIMATES CIGARS. Too bad someone took the grinder to it.

Love the jigged bone on that Griffon

I have a question. I had been led to believe that a jack knife was a folding knife with exactly two blades, both arising from one end of the knife. Is this the preferred definition, an unnecessarily rigid viewpoint, or too lenient, or just plain wrong?

TR, From my reading I believe that the term "Jack Knife" is the broadest definition of pocketknives. Typically a jack knife has two blades hinged at the same end such as the Barehead Jack that started this thread (Barlow's and Trapper's are also versions of the Jack Knife), but single bladed knives can be a Jack and double ends - one blade hinged at each bolster can be a Jack Knife too. This Kabar is the only Bare head that I own (that isn't a Barlow). OH

Case 6229 1/2 little Jack


Hammer Brand


I know this is really a Barlow. Primble. SOLID!


And Eagle (Phila) 4 1/4" very well used


I think that does it for bare end stuff I own.

A few from The Robeson Cutlery Co, including a couple of Terriers.

I did not include the Barlows.

Charlie Noyes

Arf!

Nice ones Charlie

Tongue, Schrade

MB, I really like the jigging as well. The style reminds me a lot of a Challenge Cutlery barehead sheepsfoot jack I came across.
Also, great additions. All fantastic to see, who wouldn't love the sheepsfoot on that Northfield or the fullness of the master on that Empire? Does the Connecticut Cut. Co. read CONN CUTLERY CO. NAUGATUCK? I had to go and look up GARDNER 1876 and Its fun to read about let alone see that great example you have there. Thanks.

Charlie, that is nice collection to add here I really like the second from top ebony. Simple and pretty.

tongueriver, that is a good looking swayback for sure.

Beechtree wrote:Does the Connecticut Cut. Co. read CONN CUTLERY CO. NAUGATUCK?

Yes, Connecticut is abbreviated, I guess it was too many letters to fit on most knife tangs.

Beechtree wrote: I had to go and look up GARDNER 1876 and Its fun to read about let alone see that great example you have there.

Almost all the Gardner knives you find, and they are not easy to find, will be in the Barlow pattern. It seems they made a ton of these and they do still turn up today. So the Barehead I have is an even more rare pattern to find from this company.

Glad you like them all

Fun and fascinating, it's great to learn