Well played, sir. Well played, indeed."Swell" knife Jack
Great pics StuartA Queen City heavy jack in Rogers bone (1922-1945) and Kutmaster muskrat (1937-?).
- Stuart
You really caught the character of the bone on those two knives Here's the Imperial E/O... it's probably the sturdiest feeling Imperial I have in my collection.
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... !! On this side of the pond in New England finding Sheffield knives in our area is not that unusual and I often wonder if it was because of the settlement here long ago in addition to the emigration of cutlers and workers in the industry. I've found some nice mid 1800s and a few earlier knives in our antique barns (lack of a better word for disorganized chaos in a shop of old objects of all sorts ) which probably came from local estate sales ... Than again we had a fair amount of imported knives from Sheffield coming to the US as well!! ... Here was an unexpected score from a hunt and found in a “junk” box where the knife was buried on the bottom - an Empire sterling silver lobster knife at 2 1/8” closed. Funny thing is I didn’t have my reading glasses but was able to see Winsted on the tang stamp when I found it, and all the blades were snappy & tight. Given that and knowing all companies that were located there are worthwhile scores for me I snagged it for a bargain .. . When I got home I grabbed my reading glasses and saw the Empire Winsted CT tang stamp. Further looking on the pile side handle revealed some apparent makers marks above sterling though they are very worn (see photo) - this knife must have seen a good amount of pocket time. To me this was a cool find and indeed the smallest Empire in my collection and I wonder if this was the smallest knife Empire made – in fact close to the smallest knife in all my collection sans my mini MOP clip blade at 1” with no makers mark (another cool find at an antique fair)…. This knife made my day when I found it … Nothing like the hunt ...
Vp, Jack, Mike, Stuart and Leghog - nice showing of knives above
Jack - a Remington over your side of the pond is a cool find
Some great bone knives all and those last few by Stuart are stunners!!
Here is some sterling handles for a change of pace
Ah. So it's not a skeleton knife, and likely made in house. Very nice capture!!Thanks Charlie and Jack
Charlie - Indeed there is no liner and just solid silver covers... It actually has a little weight to it for a small knife
Here are its war buddies. Utica, Pal, Camillus (top to bottom):
Remington of the same model it would appear 
Great knife Lee... Your pics of the MOP Sleeveboard reminded me of a knife that I picked up recently that had a similar pattern in the MOP. If you notice on the narrow end of your sleeveboard there is almost a fingernail looking pattern... take a look at my pics below you can see the same pattern. WEIRD! Anyway, this is an MOP pen by Stainless Cutlery Co, c. 1924-1940 per Goins which also said was a Camillus productHerder - Super nice FJ
VP - Sweet Schrade pen
Lyle – you are the FJ King and those are indeed all lovely knives from your amazing collection
Stuart – great looking Union and Imperial… the bone is no doubt awesome on those too but the Union is killer
Speaking of knives that have a story and are abit worn - here is a Miller Bros MOP sleeveboard to share... Despite the staining and crack in MOP near end pin on mark side this knife has a dark etch and the blades are the hardest snapping of any pen knife that I own...
The MOP on pile side is flawless
Closeup of etch -
Tang stamp without Meriden as seen on many Miller Bros -
Cheers
Lee
Thanks, LongBlade. I like that interesting lobster a lot, and the story of its discovery. I have an Empire, but it's a barehead jack in ebony - fairly humble.
Thanks, Herder. That's a handsome EJ, the jigging is intriguing.
Herder - Super nice FJ
VP - Sweet Schrade pen
Lyle – you are the FJ King and those are indeed all lovely knives from your amazing collection
Stuart – great looking Union and Imperial… the bone is no doubt awesome on those too but the Union is killer
Speaking of knives that have a story and are abit worn - here is a Miller Bros MOP sleeveboard to share... Despite the staining and crack in MOP near end pin on mark side this knife has a dark etch and the blades are the hardest snapping of any pen knife that I own...
The MOP on pile side is flawless
Closeup of etch -
Tang stamp without Meriden as seen on many Miller Bros -
Cheers
Lee
I love the jigging Jack - I actually said out loud “ oh awesome “ when reading of your find of that old Remington! My friend it’s the same here in New Zealand- I would tend to find the odd older Sheffield rather than an older USA Knife. So this is why so felt just how you would have upon finding that neat oldy
