Imperial Ireland Barlow

[afishhunter]

I cannot find the tang stamp chart that used to be in this section.
Just traded for an Imperial Ireland Barlow.
Tang stamp is two lines:
"Imperial"
"IRELAND"

What years of manufacture would cover my new to me Imperial Barlow?

Thank you for your time.

 

[tongueriver]

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/745443-Imperial-Providence-RI?p=8264612#post8264612

and:
"It was sold to Albert M. Baer of Imperial Schrade in 1978; he kept on the German born manager. The Listowel factory was closed about a year and a half before the U.S. Schrade factory closed."

 

[afishhunter]

Thanks. I was under the impression that Imperial Schrade moved production of the inexpensive clamshell knives to Ireland, after the RI factory burned.
Other than the tang stamp this knife is identical to my vertical USA Providence R.I. Imperial Barlow.
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Since no one has ever seen fit to put the Imperial Ireland tang stamps on the Imperial charts, I can only assume the Ireland knives were disowned, and are not considered a "real" Imperial Schrade, since they were not made in the USA.

 

[koldgold]

Some of Schrade's 2003 and 2004 knives were made in Ireland, and even China.

These Badgers were made in China, the Black blade knives were made in Ireland.

These were also made in Ireland.

 

[Hickory n steel]

I've got an imperial multitool and used to have a matching fixed blade that were made in Ireland and came from Walmart around 2002.
They use the fluted black plastic as seen on the folders with the yellow square ( it doesn't have the yellow square of course )