New_Windsor_NY wrote:I know this is NOT a "KINGSTON" knife. I bought this Imperial "deer head" this morning (see last posts, previous page). The blades "should" clean up nice, hopefully. The pictures are the seller's.
Nice pick. That knife works for me on a few levels. I do love the deer heads and I also collect wonda edges, so win-win with that knife! It's a different set up than the 50D. What you got there is the D-400ST (shell handle) from Imperial's Kameo Karved collection. The ST was for 'stagged.' That pattern was also available in faux buffalo horn (KP suffix) or imitation pearl (KP) which is the standard toilet seat fare. I'm a crazy person so of course I have 5 of 'em:
A similar version was available as a serpentine jack called the S685ST but they went outside the box on this one using a steer head instead of a deer head:
Imperial's love affair with heads extended to their fixed blades (H-50 & H-51):
And even the occasional hatchet:
For me the real fun is in finding the deer head knives that Imperial made down in old Mexico:
This rabbit hole runs deep - lol.
Now getting back on the Kingston track, as far as I know the deer head you found is the only head pattern to cross over from Imperial to Kingston.