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by ea42
Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:44 pm
Forum: Knife Repair and Restoration
Topic: Question about tightening the guard/knob on fixed blade knife
Replies: 3
Views: 86

Re: Question about tightening the guard/knob on fixed blade knife

You can make a quick tool out of an old screwdriver (or something similar) provided the tip is wide enough. Just grind out a notch in the center portion so that you have a fork that will fit over the threaded tang and into the slots.

Eric.
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by ea42
Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: folding pocket knife manufactured on 8/7/02
Replies: 4
Views: 175

Re: folding pocket knife manufactured on 8/7/02

I don't think you'll ever find a knife that was manufactured on that specific date. Even those dated Case knives might have been boxed on that date but certainly weren't made then. It takes days or weeks to make a factory knife as the parts are run in large batches in specific steps from start to fi...
by ea42
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:48 am
Forum: Knife Related Q&A
Topic: What reason for rope blade shape?
Replies: 16
Views: 272

Re: What reason for rope blade shape?

Wow you guys offered up a fantastic education tonight! I could see where the sheep foot blade shape would be more a personal safety feature than a knife fight preventative. If you were to loose grip on it in rough seas or through wet hands you'd be less likely to accidentally stab yourself by fallin...
by ea42
Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:27 am
Forum: Counterfeit Watch
Topic: It's a killer knives
Replies: 17
Views: 328

Re: It's a killer knives

The top of the tang stamp is pitted, the bottom letters are fine and match up with the top. Nothing wrong there. Walden isn't present on the stamp at all. It's also a legit Crucible pattern. Here's another one that's an almost identical match:
Crucible Knife.jpg
Eric
by ea42
Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:17 am
Forum: Counterfeit Watch
Topic: It's a killer knives
Replies: 17
Views: 328

Re: It's a killer knives

First do mean tangs? It's not clear to me. I see pitted original tang stamps. Can you explain what you see?

Eric
by ea42
Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:14 am
Forum: Schrade Legacy Forum
Topic: New York Knife Question
Replies: 2
Views: 100

Re: New York Knife Question

Cody I believe Cooper owns that trademark now, which seems so ridiculous to me as he's in Ohio and has zero relationship to NY Knife Co. I know Imperial kept the Hammer Brand trademark up but I don't know if they ever used the New York Knife Co name themselves.

Eric
by ea42
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:59 am
Forum: Counterfeit Watch
Topic: It's a killer knives
Replies: 17
Views: 328

Re: It's a killer knives

I agree with these guys, nothing wrong with any of those knives as far as I can tell. He's been around forever and I've never known him to pass off anything even remotely resembling a fake. I'd buy off him (and have) with no hesitation. BTW those stamps are pitted, it's something common you see on o...
by ea42
Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:07 am
Forum: Knife Related Q&A
Topic: Help with Keen Kutter EO Jack
Replies: 15
Views: 310

Re: Help with Keen Kutter EO Jack

Dan, does that mean manufactured by Schrade for Simmons or Shapleigh Hardware before the Val-Test era, manufactured by Schrade for Val-Test, or manufactured and sold by Schrade using Frost Cutlery's trademark? If ea42 is correct about it dating to the early1940s, I guess the answer is self evident....
by ea42
Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:57 pm
Forum: Marble's Knife Collector's Forum
Topic: Unique Marbles Hatchet Question
Replies: 5
Views: 142

Re: Unique Marbles Hatchet Question

I've regularly seen those old fireman''s axes sell for around $100, and that's with obscure marks or no marks. With a well known mark like Marples, and an old one at that, it might have been worth quite a bit more, even with a cracked flange and rust. The deep gouges near the mark would have definit...
by ea42
Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:17 pm
Forum: Marble's Knife Collector's Forum
Topic: Unique Marbles Hatchet Question
Replies: 5
Views: 142

Re: Unique Marbles Hatchet Question

Greetings! That's not Marbles, it's W. Marples and Sons out of Sheffield England. They made tools, chisels, hatchets, etc. and I believe they're still in business today. Started in the 1800's. Too deeply ground and over polished to have any value.

Eric
by ea42
Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:59 pm
Forum: Knife Related Q&A
Topic: Help with Keen Kutter EO Jack
Replies: 15
Views: 310

Re: Help with Keen Kutter EO Jack

Andy that looks to be early 1940's. Beautiful looking knife, they don't often come along with nice full blades. Value is totally subjective but I'd estimate somewhere between $100 and $150. Of course that's going by one photo and not seeing it in hand.

Eric
by ea42
Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:23 pm
Forum: Switchblade Knife Collector`s Forum
Topic: What causes this?
Replies: 24
Views: 483

Re: What causes this?

The horn is trying to curl back to its original shape and since the liners are pinned to it it's taking them with it. Kind of a common thing with thick horn handles. They stop at a certain point, probably where they are now. Short of putting on new handles or taking those off and re-sanding them fla...
by ea42
Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:10 pm
Forum: Knife Related Q&A
Topic: Manufacturer
Replies: 4
Views: 185

Re: Manufacturer

I'd contact Moore Maker, they have records of all their knives and most knives have the model number and/or date which makes the search even easier for them. Probably Queen, early 2000's but I'm just guessing here.

Eric
by ea42
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:56 pm
Forum: Knife Related Q&A
Topic: Stag and stamp???
Replies: 3
Views: 218

Re: Stag and stamp???

Here's the other thread it's being discussed at:

viewtopic.php?t=81758

Eric
by ea42
Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:56 pm
Forum: Counterfeit Watch
Topic: New York Knife
Replies: 8
Views: 230

Re: New York Knife

My thoughts also. I’ve never seen that blade configuration on a NYK? Me either. Can't recall ever seeing a pruning blade in a NYK equal end and the blade behind the pen blade has been seriously shortened so no idea what that one would have originally looked like. You can see the tip sticks up way a...
by ea42
Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:24 pm
Forum: Counterfeit Watch
Topic: New York Knife
Replies: 8
Views: 230

Re: New York Knife

A definite dud Mike, right off the bat it has modern acrylic "looking glass" handles.

Eric
by ea42
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: Marble's Knife Collector's Forum
Topic: Marbles boot knife
Replies: 2
Views: 167

Re: Marbles boot knife

Those were introduced in 1982, The Western stamped ones are the most common. Nice find!

Eric
by ea42
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:31 am
Forum: Knife Related Q&A
Topic: Kingston knife
Replies: 2
Views: 146

Re: Kingston knife

I'll second that. Kingston was a combined effort between Ulster and Imperial during the war. Dissolved in 1947. Imperial patented that can opener. Applied in Nov.'44 and granted Dec '45 so the knife probably falls between those two patent dates.

Eric
by ea42
Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:23 pm
Forum: Knife Repair and Restoration
Topic: Side to Side Blade Movement on Custom LB when closed
Replies: 9
Views: 211

Re: Side to Side Blade Movement on Custom LB when closed

If it's assembled with just a pivot pin, the pin has to be be peened more to bring the liners together and remove the slop. If there's a bushing the same applies, but there's also the possibility that the bushing is too wide, preventing the liners from coming together. If the hole in the blade is a ...
by ea42
Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:50 pm
Forum: Knife Related Q&A
Topic: Dole Advertising knife
Replies: 4
Views: 283

Re: Dole Advertising knife

I might be mistaken but I believe that's a Colonial knife. Colonial did a ton of advertising knives for Dole. Probably from the '80's, maybe '90's.

Eric
by ea42
Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:21 pm
Forum: General Knife Discussion
Topic: Ai
Replies: 17
Views: 312

Re: Ai

It sure didn't get much right , maybe the tang stamp dates? (I'm not well versed on Winchesters). The OP knife appears to be a sleeveboard design with bone handles, not a teardrop with celluloid. The problem with AI (currently) is that it's limited to what it can scour off of the web. That might be ...
by ea42
Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:21 pm
Forum: Case Knife Collector's Forum
Topic: Trying to find knife
Replies: 5
Views: 258

Re: Trying to find knife

Keep googling "1999 case blue sodbuster jr" and eventually one might show up. I see there was recently one up on Ruby Lane but t's been sold. At least that tells you they're still out there.

Eric
by ea42
Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:42 pm
Forum: Whittling And Wood Carving
Topic: Swiss army knife whittling for a beginner, okay or big no?
Replies: 5
Views: 153

Re: Swiss army knife whittling for a beginner, okay or big no?

Schrade made a couple of folders in collaboration with Warren Tool Co that were specifically for whittling. Warren specializes in carving and woodworking tools. Fred Clark, who owns the company, is an avid whittler.
Schrade Warren Whittler Set.jpg
Eric
by ea42
Sat Mar 09, 2024 5:05 am
Forum: Knife Related Q&A
Topic: Old ulster pocket knife
Replies: 5
Views: 287

Re: Old ulster pocket knife

Thanks the closed length is 3-1/4 I believe we have the same knife lol! That would be model 348. At some point they dropped the double pull (older) in favor of just the long pull (newer) on the spear blade. I think that would have been around the late '20s to early '30s but I can't nail it down any...
by ea42
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:24 am
Forum: Knife Related Q&A
Topic: Old ulster pocket knife
Replies: 5
Views: 287

Re: Old ulster pocket knife

Ja-sta1959 what's the closed length on that guy? The older Ulsters are hard to date, could have been made anywhere from the late 1800's to around 1940 but I might be able to give you a model number.

Eric

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