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Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:27 am**

here is a lf&c jack with i think ebony handels while looking at the knife it looks like it has never been in anybodys pocket it still has the factory finish on the handels and blades there is a couple dots on the blade but not bad it looks to me like it just came out of the box the little scratches you see on the handels i just did that while taking the pics

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:46 am**

WOWZAH

Beauty!

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:02 pm**

thanks triplef

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:35 pm**

Nice one!!

Great find!

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:39 pm**

thanks iron hoarder

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:01 pm**

That is one nice old ebony jack!!

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:07 pm**

thanks orvet i really like a ebony handeled knife and when i seen this one i just had to have it i got it for a really good price can anybody give me a timeline of when this knife was made

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:51 pm**

Is it a trick of the camera, or are the ebony scales a different color? Looks like black on mark side, and brownish on the pile side?

I think I have seen that before. Regardless, she's a beauty!

Nice grab!

Glenn

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:48 pm**

A short history of LF&C

The Landers, Frary & Clark company was formed in 1862, when the firm of Landers and Smith purchased Frary and Carey.
They were reorganized in 1865 as Landers Frary & Clark.
In 1866 they purchased a factory from the Meriden Cutlery Co., and began making table cutlery, and fixed blade knives.
In 1909, they purchased the trademark Universal from Levi T.Snow of New Haven, Conn.
In 1912, Landers Frary & Clark purchased the Humason & Beckley Manufacturing Company of New Britain,
and began manufacturing pocket knives and razors.
In 1918, they purchased all of the Meriden Cutlery Company.
In 1950, the cutlery division was discontinued. The firm continued in its other endeavors untill 1965,
when all assets, patents and trademarks were sold to the General Electric Corporation.

I'd say that knife pre-dates 1940.

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:46 pm**

Beautiful knife and great find!

Thanks for the history Owd Wullie!

Posted: **Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:03 pm**

thanks singin46, gleenbad, owd wullie and thanks for the history owd wullie and glennbad the handels do look a little different the front is darker than the back

Posted: **Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:08 am**

Nice knife.

Looks like I've gone full circle. Willie is back to using the same avatar he had when I first joined AAPK.

Charlie Noyes

Posted: **Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:03 pm**

RobesonsRme.com wrote:Nice knife.

Looks like I've gone full circle. Willie is back to using the same avatar he had when I first joined AAPK.

Charlie Noyes

LOL The other night when the forum was down, I hit the chat room for a few minutes and Philco put in a request to see that avatar again. SO I hunted him down and put him back up for a bit.

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2012 8:56 pm**

Here is a nice, though well used cigar jack which I got for cheap. The "Universal" stamp is still visible on the master blade (although not in the picture).

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:44 pm**

very very nice 70 yr old knife....maybe even older. damm nice snag there big fella

mr. wullie, don't go i was just gonna make some esspresso

love that movie.

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