Imperial Ireland fish knife

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Imperial Ireland fish knife

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I have this Imperial Ireland fish knife, I would like to know if anyone can give me a date which was made?
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Good question.

Decent little knife, yours.
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FRJ wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:12 pm Good question.

Decent little knife, yours.
It is, and yes. Mine has never been used or sharpened.
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1946-1956 love the blade steel in those Imperials ::nod::
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garddogg56 wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:30 pm 1946-1956 love the blade steel in those Imperials ::nod::
Oh wow, I was thinking long the lines of 70’s. Thank you! 🙂
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I believe that it is 1986 to 2004, but I could be wrong.

Imperial made crimped bolster knives in their Providence, RI factory until 1986, then the production went to Listowell, Ireland.
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knifeaholic wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 12:46 am I believe that it is 1986 to 2004, but I could be wrong.

Imperial made crimped bolster knives in their Providence, RI factory until 1986, then the production went to Listowell, Ireland.
Yeah I am confused, this has the crimped bolster caps
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I rechecked the tang stamp chart the Imperial on the stamp matches better to the 1956-1988 but in prov R.I. USA BUT I don't have an Ireland stamp on my chart...Sorry ::shrug::
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Clark23 wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:18 amI have this Imperial Ireland fish knife, I would like to know if anyone can give me a date which was made?

Imperial bought the Jowika knife factory in Listowel Ireland in 1978 and it closed in the early 2000s. I don't know how to date it any closer than that.
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Clark23 wrote: Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:18 am I have this Imperial Ireland fish knife, I would like to know if anyone can give me a date which was made?
I had one just like that that I gifted to a friend, Clark. It was unused, and I got it new around 1976 give or take a year or two...
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That style and color were certainly popular in the mid 60s. Every service station that you went in that was within 10 miles of water would have a card of these behind the counter. They were available in single blade and with the scaler. More than one company made them in the same pattern and colors. I remember the knives because I wanted one and a dollar was awful hard to come by!
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Thank you too all for the information that’s been provided, it’s much appreciated 🙂
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According to the research section here, the 943 Fish Knife was in catalogs between 1989 and 2003. I would presume it was no longer made a couple years before 2003, as I know the Irish factory was shut down some years prior. My Granddad got several Irish Imperials as advertising items from suppliers he did business with as the parts manager for a mine equipment firm, and most of those date from the mid '80s to early '90s.

https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/co ... ade-tools/
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cody6268 wrote: Sat Oct 09, 2021 2:38 am According to the research section here, the 943 Fish Knife was in catalogs between 1989 and 2003. I would presume it was no longer made a couple years before 2003, as I know the Irish factory was shut down some years prior. My Granddad got several Irish Imperials as advertising items from suppliers he did business with as the parts manager for a mine equipment firm, and most of those date from the mid '80s to early '90s.

https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/co ... ade-tools/
Thank you Cody for the info 👍🏻
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