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Imperial Knife Identification
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afishhunter
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"Fishing Knife" AKA: Toothpick" or "Texas Toothpick" or "Rib Tickler".
The "Push to Release" tab lock used to be quite common.
It wasn't jusi the Imperial-Schrade companies that used it.
I think that lock dates from the late 1890's or very early 1900's.
I think the tang stamp is pre 1955. My guess is sometime in the 1930's (maybe earlier. I'm not sure when they got the patent for shell construction) ... maybe post war 1940's.
it is "almost impossible" (personally, I think it is) to get the exact year of manufacture on Imperial-Schrade knives, unless the pattern was only made for one year.
EDIT:
As
Boattale
mentioned, it has been sharpened quite a bit, The blade was originally longer, and had a bit of belly at the point.
It should still be useable, however.
Does the point stand proud of the handle when closed? If so you can lower the tip by SLIGHTLY filing the kick. (it don't take much; go slow and check often.)
The "Push to Release" tab lock used to be quite common.
It wasn't jusi the Imperial-Schrade companies that used it.
I think that lock dates from the late 1890's or very early 1900's.
I think the tang stamp is pre 1955. My guess is sometime in the 1930's (maybe earlier. I'm not sure when they got the patent for shell construction) ... maybe post war 1940's.
it is "almost impossible" (personally, I think it is) to get the exact year of manufacture on Imperial-Schrade knives, unless the pattern was only made for one year.
EDIT:
As
Boattale
mentioned, it has been sharpened quite a bit, The blade was originally longer, and had a bit of belly at the point.It should still be useable, however.
Does the point stand proud of the handle when closed? If so you can lower the tip by SLIGHTLY filing the kick. (it don't take much; go slow and check often.)
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Wow thanks for the quick replies. That makes sense in regards to why the blade is flat. The blade doesn't stand proud of the handle, but I'm definitely looking up what is a "kick." I'm coming to the realization that if you're going to pickup pocket knives I'm going to need a bit of an idea on how to tune them to some degree, i.e hitting the pins with a ball pean hammer doesn't make the blades line up and close smoothly. Any recommendations on a resource for adjusting/tuning folding knives.
