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Unusual blade assortment. I'd call it a serpentine pen, but most of those have just two blades. The lack of a spay or sheepfoot precludes it's being a stockman IMHO. Hard to say from your pictures but is it possible the larger of the secondary blades has been reshaped from a spay blade? Ken Ken I'm...

The shape of your knife is called "serpentine", which has nothing do with whether or not it is a stockman, although some stockman knives are built on a serpentine frame. The blades determine whether a knife is a stockman pattern. A stockman typically has three blades, one of which is usua...

jerryd6818 wrote:What I'm seeing is a shell handle 1956-1988 Imperial (single blade???) serpentine jack that's had the sheet celluloid covers stripped off. Are there more blades your pictures don't show?

yes there are a total of three blades here's a picture showing them

Hi I just brought this imperial from a coworker . I've found out it was made in the 1959-1988 time frame by the tang stamp but I don't know much about imperial knifes. I believe it to be a 855 stockmen pattern. Because I'm honestly just guessing its a stockmen due to its shape . so figured somebody ...

Hi I just found out a coworker has an old scharde LB5 that I'm possibly interested in buying I don't have any pictures because I just learned he inherited it while we are both at work . he said the tang stamp is scharde + usa LB5 . can anyone help me out with information on what time frame it was ma...

Thanks for the welcome every one I'm look forward to being here and sure I'm going to learn a lot from the forum. After all knowledge is power. And here's a few pictures of my Uncle Henry 885uh I'm carrying in my pockcet today

rangerbluedog wrote:Welcome HoSS, from upState SC.
I'm up close to where the Tigers play.

rangerbluedog. I'm have the same passion for my tigers as I do my knifes lol

Hi I've always had a special place in my heart . for old knifes. I don't really consider myself a collector so much as a horder lol reason being is most my collection are just somebody's old every day carries. that I came across at etsate yard sales and feal-markets over the years . looking forward ...