Augie
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Thanks Gus, you are really going to like the last one from last week I'm going to post
Another of the unusual ones I picked up last week, this one a Humason & Beckley Manufacturing large. 4" stag equal end jack. H&B was around late 1850's until 1912. I see many of their knives with stag and horn covers, more so than other makers of the time. Despite good honest use this heavy jack is still tight and snappy. An unusual feature of this H&B is the match strike pull in the swedge, makes sense from a leverage standpoint.
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Thanks everyone for the comments and information on Fox, much appreciated. Duncan, no sign of etch but I suspect knife had light cleaning.
Duncan, are any of yours marked Germany? Charlie, is your harness jack marked Germany?
Another of the unusual ones I picked up last week, this one a Humason & Beckley Manufacturing large. 4" stag equal end jack. H&B was around late 1850's until 1912. I see many of their knives with stag and horn covers, more so than other makers of the time. Despite good honest use this heavy jack is still tight and snappy. An unusual feature of this H&B is the match strike pull in the swedge, makes sense from a leverage standpoint.
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It's marked USA, John!!Duncan, are any of yours marked Germany? Charlie, is your harness jack marked Germany?
Augie, No- I am sure on all there is no Germany and that they are marked U.S.A, but I will recheck for you! ( and take Photographs of etches, Tangs etc.
What stunning Stag! it is hard to beat Stag, and as we know there are many different types of Stag- and we all Know good Stag when we see it, but when Stag ages and develops such a beautiful Colour like this great Knife Augie- it reins as the best!
It's marked USA, John!!
Wow! I'd never heard of the Nagle Reblade. What a wonderful example!Last of the 4 knives I picked up last week and this one is the rarest, a Nagle Reblade Knife Company easy open jack, there is more known on this company even though they were only open for a very short time, 1912 to 1916.
Nagle claim to fame was a knife with replaceable blades and they offered many different blades for their knifes. This one is in very nice condition and has good strong pulls and great snap with no play. Interesting that the main blade has long pulls on both sides.
The knives never really took off and apparently when they went out of business they're selling knives at a loss.
An article on Nagle by one of our forum members,
https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/content/knife-related-articles/the-nagle-reblade-story/
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AMAZING John super cool and fantastic articleLast of the 4 knives I picked up last week and this one is the rarest, a Nagle Reblade Knife Company easy open jack, there is more known on this company even though they were only open for a very short time, 1912 to 1916.
Nagle claim to fame was a knife with replaceable blades and they offered many different blades for their knifes. This one is in very nice condition and has good strong pulls and great snap with no play. Interesting that the main blade has long pulls on both sides.
The knives never really took off and apparently when they went out of business they're selling knives at a loss.
An article on Nagle by one of our forum members,
https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/content/knife-related-articles/the-nagle-reblade-story/
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Here is a page from the catalog showing how to do it.Augie Wow, very interesting and beautiful knife. Quite a novel idea of swapping out blades. I'd be interested in seeing how the blades are removed and replaced. Looks like maybe they hook over the front pin? Reminds me a bit of the Ulery tool kit knives in function.
View attachment 1550328 Here is a page from the catalog showing how to do it.