Imperial and Colonial higher end lines

[herder]

Got this beauty in the mail today. 3 7/8"/delrin scales. Nice, well finished, hefty knife.
Seems pretty similar in quality to the Case knives I have handled. I read they used
1095 on the Old Cutler stuff. Solid pulls, Quite a bargain!

Very nice.

 

[deltaboy]

Old Cuter and Frontier are two under rated knifes!

 

[SkrufKnifer]

Some very nice knives shown by edbeau and Kamagong, but I would certainly suggest not to shy away from less expensive shell wrapped handled knives. Imperial offered some wonderful and quite interesting post WWII examples which can be found at very reasonable prices. Enclosed are a few examples.

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I have the matching Barlow to that letter opener. It's stamped Hammer brand. The 3rd generation of the stamp so mine was made 45-55. I have had a couple of the camp/scouts one was a KampKing the other a CampKing. They were sharper than a scalpel. Even this Barlow is stupid sharp. I carried the two scout/camp knives, that's how I lost them. The clam never came off but one of my Kings black enamel came off one side. Just ploped off in one piece. I think it went threw the wash and dryer.......I use to run into them a lot at the antique stores but not so much anymore. I lucked out on the Barlow. $5

 

[Emspop]

Some did indeed have the through pinned construction. For example -

What a beautiful cattle knife!

 

[edbeau]

My Frontiers take up three boxes.

 

[edbeau]

I believe this is the only Frontier Scrimshaw they did.

 

[deltaboy]

Love those Frontier Stockman's!

 

[budwick82]

Hey guys...is this Imperial worth picking up? Looks like it was made between 1946-56. Appears to be in decent condition.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Hey guys...is this Imperial worth picking up? Looks like it was made between 1946-56. Appears to be in decent condition.

Absolutely , scoop that ol' boy right up as fast as you can.

 

[Jack Black]

Interesting thread, and some great knives being shown

 

[Kevin-B]

My Frontiers take up three boxes.

Wow, you got quite a collection going on.
How long did it take you to get all of those?

 

[budwick82]

Absolutely , scoop that ol' boy right up as fast as you can.

Whats it worth & whats a reasonable price to pay?

 

[edbeau]

Kevin-B, about 7 years or so and so you don't have to count them, there is 135 of them.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Whats it worth & whats a reasonable price to pay?

You need at least a gold membership to ask value.
I would either get one so you can ask, or search eBay auction sales and see what they in Similar condition have sold for.
I wouldn't want to pay more than $20, but I don't know if this would really be a reasonable price to offer someone for it.