Five Card Stud: Jacks Are Better!

black mamba · Jul 23, 2019

5 Card Stud is an old poker game. Not many play it anymore, with Texas Hold'em becoming so popular. So this is my game: Show your favorite five jackknives, but they have to be at least as old as I am, so made before 1955. Extra props if you can make a straight (5 different makers or handle materials) or a flush (5 of the same maker or handle materials). Here's my hand, a flush of butter & molasses celluloid:

Play along, let's see those beautiful ol' jacks!

Will Power · Jul 23, 2019

Full House there Jeff! Those B&Ms rank supreme

Can't offer anything myself, I mean that Methuzela birth-date is going to test the best

And I'm in the Blade at Each End game more

Looking forward to others' additions to this thread.

Thanks, Will

pmek5 · Jul 23, 2019

I fold. Nice hand Jeff to lead off.

black mamba · Jul 23, 2019

Thanks for laugh, Will. My last full-time job was hot, hard manual labor, and my buds at the factory called me "Father Time" because I was so much older than they were.

black mamba · Jul 23, 2019

pmek5 said:
Nice hand Jeff to lead off.

Oh, Tim, it will be bettered, I assure you. Given they all play, of course.

MerryMadMonk · Jul 23, 2019

If

waynorth sees this thread...... well, you gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em!

I'll show my Straight anyway...

Case Tested c.1920-1940

E.C. Simmons Keen Kutter c.1905-1934

Hartford Cutlery c.1914-1939

Northfield Knife Company c.1876-1919

Schrade Cut Co c.1917-1946

Railsplitter · Jul 23, 2019

I've got just three that fit that timeline.

black mamba · Jul 23, 2019

Beautiful additions, fellas, thanks for playing!

Mike Robuck · Jul 23, 2019

Wow, those are some nice ones so far. I better get some of mine posted before Charlie and Kevin post their all of their flush and straight hands. Opening with a Pritzlaff jack:

Conn. Cutlery Co. stabber jack:

Bad pic of an Ulster stabber jack:

Camillus Sword:

A beat up Southington jack that still takes a great edge:

mrknife · Jul 23, 2019

i dont own any knives that old, fold!

joeradza · Jul 23, 2019

Schrade wire jack flush.

Ok if I upgrade the fish knife on the right? The search never ends and I just won this one.

afishhunter · Jul 23, 2019

I fold.
Only have duce high.

popedandy · Jul 23, 2019

I was going to say I didn't think knives had been invented that far back, then I realized we are the same age. Great pics from everyone.

315 · Jul 23, 2019

pmek5 said:
I fold

I’m not even allowed at the table....

Misplaced Hillbilly · Jul 23, 2019

I'll have to look and see what I have that meets the age requirement. I shall return....

eisman · Jul 23, 2019

Four of a kind:

black mamba · Jul 23, 2019

Great stuff, Mike, Alan and eisman! Some unusual patterns, at least to me.

Prester John · Jul 23, 2019

mrknife said:
i dont own any knives that old, fold!

Me too!

waynorth · Jul 23, 2019

A Straight Flush!!

I leave it to Jeff to decide if it's a Royal Flush or not!!

All Knives precede ~1929 - when Empire closed!!!

Campbellclanman · Jul 23, 2019

Wow!!!
There are some Mind Blowing Knives shown here already!!!

Mike- gorgeous Hand my friend - it's funny my mouth was watering looking at your post!, Then the game gets serious when Al steps in- it always does with his usual
quality

, and then Mike steps up and now some players are starting to sweat 'cause Mike aint shy of layin' down what seems a winning hand

, Alan comes in with a definite Flush and things are getting interesting!
eisman sneaks in as a regular and its automatic that he presents a real threat and then Charlie comes along and wipes the table of the players dreams!

Whew! lovely Knives!