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Just bought a Oscar Barnett Tool
- Thread starter jayharley
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jayharley said:I just found and purchased a well preserved Oscar Barnett Tool from the early 1900's. The company went bankrupt in 1915. Very nice traditional folder combined with pliers. I have been looking for one, at a decent price for a while. Very cool indeed.
What is the stamping on the inside of the pliers handles ? The earlier ones had J.L. Lewis stamped there on them .
Later ones had HHH .
Are you collecting other pre leatherman tools ?
lonediver said:What is the stamping on the inside of the pliers handles ? The earlier ones had J.L. Lewis stamped there on them .
Later ones had HHH .
Are you collecting other pre leatherman tools ?
This one has JC Lewis stamping. One thing is unique, that I cannot figure out: all of the ones I have seen have the "match strike" slot on the blade. Mine has a regular nail nick.
I am not really into the old multi tool side of knife collecting, but I am now getting more interested in it.
jayharley said:This one has JC Lewis stamping. One thing is unique, that I cannot figure out: all of the ones I have seen have the "match strike" slot on the blade. Mine has a regular nail nick.
I am not really into the old multi tool side of knife collecting, but I am now getting more interested in it.
If you go back to page 3 there is a thread called " Multi tools that predate Leatherman "
There are some pictures there of some of the older ones out of my collection .
Any time you want to talk more on this topic I will be more than happy to .
[QUOTE all of the ones I have seen have the "match strike" slot on the blade. Mine has a regular nail nick. .[/QUOTE]
What you said above made me curious enough I had to go dig out the ones that I have . At present I have 6 of these , 2 with J.C. Lewis Stamping on the plier handle and 4 with the HHH .
By matchstrike I take you to mean that the elongated nail nick has kind of a sawtooth on the bottom edge of the nick ?
with the ones that I have here the 2 J.C. Lewis ones have a sawtooth
or " match strike slot " as you call it and on the 4 HHH's have a plain elongated nail nick .
You say that you have a J.C. Lewis that is plain there ?
What you said above made me curious enough I had to go dig out the ones that I have . At present I have 6 of these , 2 with J.C. Lewis Stamping on the plier handle and 4 with the HHH .
By matchstrike I take you to mean that the elongated nail nick has kind of a sawtooth on the bottom edge of the nick ?
with the ones that I have here the 2 J.C. Lewis ones have a sawtooth
or " match strike slot " as you call it and on the 4 HHH's have a plain elongated nail nick .
You say that you have a J.C. Lewis that is plain there ?
Lonediver: I am emailing you directly with an image of my item attached. I am unable to post an image on this site. Thanks for your information.
By "matchstrike" I do mean the elongated nick with the sawtooth. Originally these were designed to strike a match on, I believe. Mine has a smaller, half moon, nail nick.
The JC Lewis stamp, with "Nov 20 1900" is clearly stamped on the horsemans blade / plier handle.
The stamping on the main blade tang (with described nail nick) is a bit rubbed out but reads: BARNETT TOOL CO. / NEWARK NJ.
By "matchstrike" I do mean the elongated nick with the sawtooth. Originally these were designed to strike a match on, I believe. Mine has a smaller, half moon, nail nick.
The JC Lewis stamp, with "Nov 20 1900" is clearly stamped on the horsemans blade / plier handle.
The stamping on the main blade tang (with described nail nick) is a bit rubbed out but reads: BARNETT TOOL CO. / NEWARK NJ.
jayharley said:Lonediver: I am emailing you directly with an image of my item attached. I am unable to post an image on this site. Thanks for your information.
By "matchstrike" I do mean the elongated nick with the sawtooth. Originally these were designed to strike a match on, I believe. Mine has a smaller, half moon, nail nick.
The JC Lewis stamp, with "Nov 20 1900" is clearly stamped on the horsemans blade / plier handle.
The stamping on the main blade tang (with described nail nick) is a bit rubbed out but reads: BARNETT TOOL CO. / NEWARK NJ.
Hi Jay ,
I just sent you a reply about your picture . Look in your mailbox .
lonediver (Doug), Thanks so much for the information. I am now very curious as to when, during the 15 year production of the Oscar Barnett Tool, that the small, half moon nail nick blade was used. I am now very curious since you have never seen one before either. Time for me to do some research.