All About Pocket Knives

FRJ wrote:

Mumbleypeg wrote:Some good education being offered in those posts. Thank you! (Now if I can just remember it.)

Ken

I agree, great contributions here. Thank you.

I have a nice knife for this thread.

Beauty Joe - hard knife to lose in a pile of leaves ... Is there a stamp on your punch??

-- Thanks Lee, no stamps on the punch.

FRJ - Joe...
Thats a real neat looking knife, in fact VERY neat looking at that rear of the Punch it is neither of what we have just discussed - so.....

Here is another neat challenge Knife, this older Jack has a lot to like about it, real nice Jigged Bone in superb order- Etch still screams out over Sharpening Marks and lovely Washington Bolsters!

Thank you Campbellclanman, you have a fine old knife there.

Duncan, Joe, really fine old Challenge knives. Joe, you have posted some really nice celluloid knives recently.

Duncan, good to see you posting here buddy.

Good informational post, Duncan! Some answers and more questions. As Roger alluded to, there will always be unanswered questions.
Joe, beautiful celluloid on that Challenge!
Duncan, that is a great Washington bolstered Challenge jack!

Empire HJ US Pat/833146 Don't know if this helps.

Harold

This one came my way last year, but waved goodby after a spell.

stockman wrote:Empire HJ US Pat/833146 Don't know if this helps.

Harold

Wow - lovely Empire Hj Harold ... A really appealing knife to me and my collecting habits ..

Open Range-19 wrote: This one came my way last year, but waved goodby after a spell.

OR-19 ... That is one nice coke bottle jack!!

LongBlade wrote:

stockman wrote:Empire HJ US Pat/833146 Don't know if this helps.

Harold

Wow - lovely Empire Hj Harold ... A really appealing knife to me and my collecting habits ..

I like old HJ's Thanks Lee

Open Range-19 wrote: This one came my way last year, but waved goodby after a spell.

That's a nice one. I use to have a cattaraugus that was similar.

Thank you, John and Dan.

Beautiful old hunter!

Thanks for the kind comments FRJ, JohnR and Dan

Harold Sir, that's the Punch we are talking about and was also sported on one of Charlies HJ's as well, note the similarities - such as the obvious same Patent numbered Punch that Rats beautiful Tailed Bolster, your Empire is also sporting another the shield that I have seen a few in the past as well
My friend I can also see a etch remaining there also- That is one HJ that I am hunting for for my collection - very nice!

Thanks LB & KS#81, appreciated. Imagine that coke bottle was an old timer.

No where near being in the same league as some of the knives that have been shown in this thread but figured I would share the three Challenge knives that I have. Have always had a thing for the brand and look forward to seeing more examples of what they produced. Hopefully I'll manage to snag a couple more for my collection along the way!

Additional Challenges ensued..

Only Challenge toothpick I've ever run across.

Eye Brand Man wrote:Only Challenge toothpick I've ever run across.

That is one sweet toothpick Eye Brand Man .. like you I never saw a Challenge toothpick - the bone is classic Challenge jigging and blade looks be be not abused ! Great score in my book ... Congrats on that one...

LongBlade wrote:

Eye Brand Man wrote:Only Challenge toothpick I've ever run across.

That is one sweet toothpick Eye Brand Man .. like you I never saw a Challenge toothpick - the bone is classic Challenge jigging and blade looks be be not abused ! Great score in my book ... Congrats on that one...

Thanks LongBlade . It has a little blade loss from sharpening but not to bad. The blade looks to be nearly full length which is unusual for these thin toothpick blades. Normally they've been tipped at some point in there life. Bone handles are great. No chips or splits. And blade snaps good open and closed.

One of my best finds ever probably

What a beautiful knife Pile Driver . You should definitely be proud of that one .

Thank you, here is a better picture that isn't bleached out

Hard to find a better one PD.

This may be the only one I have.