Imperial-Sheffield spinoff from our mystery knife game
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2025 8:06 pm
(You may have to follow along here a bit )
I have this knife in our mystery knife game today, its still active but I'm already drafting this new post in anticipation of someone guessing it right pretty quick.(very proactive, I know...)
it's a Richards Sheffield camp knife and the reason I got it was because I had been collecting all of the others in a 1977-82 Imperial series.
I have them all in original packaging. The super 5 itself was included was not in the series, then it was, and then not again but was one I just couldn't find after 2 years of looking. After more digging I found that it was actually a Sheffield made for Imperial, so I went about finding one and picked it up - hoping one day to find the actual Imperial on it's card. It's a really fuzzy story on this particular knife in the turbulent imperial timeline, I couldn't get a clear story on it but knew Sheffield was the Maker... so I got this guy to fill the gap.
Back to Imperial, notice 6 models in the series but no super 5:
COME TODAY I decided to play the Sheffield in our mystery knife game, and knowing it might be easy I googled the image for myself...and what comes up? the Imperial Super 5 on it's card - NO, SWEET ! (1st time ever seeing it and a good deal to complete my collection too so I bought it and its on its way)
Adding to the story, I can now see that this is the only one in the series to note a separate Maker (as Sheffield on the card) which plays right into the research and story.
6 models, including super 5 but minus the premium stock:
And my new addition, making it 7 total!
(with credit to Sheffield on the card as an interesting one off piece)
So special thanks to our mystery knife players for inadvertently helping me finish up this collection! 
I have this knife in our mystery knife game today, its still active but I'm already drafting this new post in anticipation of someone guessing it right pretty quick.(very proactive, I know...)
it's a Richards Sheffield camp knife and the reason I got it was because I had been collecting all of the others in a 1977-82 Imperial series.
I have them all in original packaging. The super 5 itself was included was not in the series, then it was, and then not again but was one I just couldn't find after 2 years of looking. After more digging I found that it was actually a Sheffield made for Imperial, so I went about finding one and picked it up - hoping one day to find the actual Imperial on it's card. It's a really fuzzy story on this particular knife in the turbulent imperial timeline, I couldn't get a clear story on it but knew Sheffield was the Maker... so I got this guy to fill the gap.
- Super5_RSheffieldTang.png (103.45 KiB) Viewed 186 times
Back to Imperial, notice 6 models in the series but no super 5:
COME TODAY I decided to play the Sheffield in our mystery knife game, and knowing it might be easy I googled the image for myself...and what comes up? the Imperial Super 5 on it's card - NO, SWEET ! (1st time ever seeing it and a good deal to complete my collection too so I bought it and its on its way)
Adding to the story, I can now see that this is the only one in the series to note a separate Maker (as Sheffield on the card) which plays right into the research and story.
6 models, including super 5 but minus the premium stock:
- Series with super 5.png (658.81 KiB) Viewed 186 times
(with credit to Sheffield on the card as an interesting one off piece)
- ImperialSuper5_card.png (379.48 KiB) Viewed 186 times
