Empire Knife Company

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Thanks guys! I'm just plugging along. I pick up a good one when I can find it.
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The only Empire I own .
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Sk I watched that one lustfully when it was on the bay. Unfortunately I was broke at the time of the auction. She is a beauty!
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that Empire pearl Scout is a beauty! ::tu::
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Beautiful Pearl, SK. ::tu::
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Terrific knife Mike,and guess what,it just suits you.
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Great Score SK!!! A truly lovely and rare piece. That is a crown jewel of scout knives.
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Nice "farmers" WLF (as expected :) )

gsmith : Good looking group of Empires and hope the collection keeps growing.

ScoutKnives : Beautiful pearl scout knife.
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Man if you only have one that would be the one to have!
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btrwtr wrote:Man if you only have one that would be the one to have!

My sentiments exactly !
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Thanks Y'all , it's an awesome knife and I feel very fortunate to have it in my collection .
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Love this thread. You guys have some nice looking Empires! These two are my contribution.
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Wow Randy those are a couple real nice ones .

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Randy, I really like that Empire Barlow.
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About any Empire is a good one, nice Randy.
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Thanks guys! Wished I could afford to buy more. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Randy, love the Empire Barlow.

Picked up this Empire easy open in ebony.
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Nice old ebony EO Jack John. A classic look with the spear master and badge shield.
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Nice one JohnR! ::tu::
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JohnR's EO does not have a spear master. I stand corrected.
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Thanks guys, Steve, I thought the master was a spear, it does have a different shape than some of my other spears,what would you call it?
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What would you call but a spear blade?
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Isn't the spear in the back position? I didn't think so at first but in looking at again when I made the post, it looked like it was in the back position.

Aside from that, can a back position blade on a jack knife be the master? If so, then I clearly don't know what I'm talking about. :shock:

That happens a lot. :)
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Steve, the pen is in front of the main but I think the larger blade is still called the main, I know on my Case Barlows they changed the position of the pen from front to back over the years and the larger was still the main. Of course I could be wrong also :)
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Another great pickup, John! ::tu:: IMHO the master can be on the pile side of a jack.
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