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This is a Antique Vintage HUMASON & BECKLEY NEW BRITAIN, CT 2-Blade Equal End Shadow Pen Folding Pocket Knife with a Lightly Used or Sharpened Carbon Steel Narrow Spear Point Main Blade with a Common Nail Pull, a Barely Used or Sharpened Carbon Steel Pen Secondary Blade with a Common Nail Pull, a Great Set of Genuine Mother-of-Pearl Scales in Excellent Plus Condition with No Cracks, Splits or Missing Chips, Three Brass Handle Pins in Each Scale, Brightly Polished Brass Liners, a Single Polished Steel Back Spring with No Cracks or Breaks, 2 5/8” in Length, Made by the Humanson & Beckley Mfg. Co. Located in New Britain, Connecticut Between c.1852-1916. 

This is a very nice example of a very old Vintage Humanson & Beckley Equal End Shadow Pen Pocket Knife in very good condition considering it’s between 105-169 years old. The knife has a barely used and unsharpened carbon steel narrow spear point main blade with a common nail pull. Theere are no more than a couple of light pits or light stains on either face. Stamped on the front tang is H. & B. over) MFG. CO. (over) N. BRITAIN. On the other end of the frame is a barely used and unsharpened carbon steel pen secondary blade with a common nail pull. This blade was definitely the workhorse on this particular knife. There are just a couple of light stains on either face.  Stamped on the front tang is H. & B. (over) MFG. CO. (over) N. BRITAIN. Both blades still have excellent open and close snap and hard “thumps” on the half-stops. The knife has a gorgeous set of genuine Mother-of-Pearl scales. There in excellent plus condition with no cracks, splits or missing chips.  There are three (3) polished brass handle pins in each scale. The liners are brightly polished brass. It has a single brightly polished steel back spring and it’s free of any cracks or breaks and continues to perform the functions it was designed to perform. This nice old vintage Humanson & Beckley Mfg. Co. Equal End Pen Knife is 2 5/8” in length and made between c.1852-1916 in New Britain, Connecticut.  H. & B. was purchased by Landers, Frary & Clark in 1916. Additional photos or information on request 

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