Vintage Barehead Jacks

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Very nice, Pile Driver. ::tu::
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Had some Bareheads out for some fresh air!

Left to right:

Schrade, HSB & Co., NYKC, Empire, Simmons HDW., Winchester, A.W. Wadsworth, Holly & F. A. Koch
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Wow, Duffer!
What a great group! ::tu::
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Lloyd that is some beautiful,great old knives and great makers ::tu:: ::tu::
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Where did this thread come from. Some great knives Lloyd ::tu::
Some Remingtons to put in the mix.
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Duffer wrote:Had some Bareheads out for some fresh air!

Left to right:

Schrade, HSB & Co., NYKC, Empire, Simmons HDW., Winchester, A.W. Wadsworth, Holly & F. A. Koch
Holy smokes!! Those are beauties for sure!! Wow what a great grouping and picture of cutlery history! Breathtaking!! :)
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Duffer wrote:Had some Bareheads out for some fresh air!

Left to right:

Schrade, HSB & Co., NYKC, Empire, Simmons HDW., Winchester, A.W. Wadsworth, Holly & F. A. Koch
Lloyd it looks like you've found an ebony honey hole! ::tu:: :D
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Lloyd ::tu:: Keith ::tu::
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Lloyd, Nice way to wake up an old thread. Keith, Great group of Remington's.
My mix left to right Henckels, Case, NYK, Robeson, Napanoch, Challenge, NYK, Ulster, Cattaraugus.
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Great batch of ebony bare heads, Lloyd! ::tu:: Lots of variety in the shields. Beautiful Remingtons, Keith, nice variety! ::tu::
Lovely group, Barry! ::tu:: All nice, but the Ulster jumbo jack, second from the right, really catches my eye.
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Lloyd, Keith, Barry, great old barehead jacks, Lloyd glad you brought this thread back to the top..
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I agree, great lineups of jacks Lloyd, Barry and Keith. I really like the Holley but all are very nice.
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Thanks for the nice comments TF, Bill, Keith, WW, Greg, Roger, Barry, Dan, John and Mike!

Greg, no “honey hole” just picked these up over the years. Don’t think I have added one for a year or so.

Keith beautiful Remington Bareheads ::tu::

Barry, very nice and varied assortment of Bareheads ::tu:: That Napanoch, NYK and Ulster are just fantastic and like Dan said “catch my eye”!!
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Thanks for the kind words guys.
I don't have many Sheep Foot Jack Knives. This is the Ulster.
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Lloyd, Keith and Barry, beautiful old knives. ::tu::

Here's a nice old Robeson.
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Some Barehead Empires.
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Lots of great knives being posted... ::drool:: ...

Lloyd - Indeed what a nice group of bareheads ::tu:: ::tu:: - its cool to see the different shields against the ebony handles (sans the one with cocobolo)... no doubt the Empire and Holley caught my eye :D ...

Keith - All great looking Remingtons - nice spread - top notch ::tu:: ::tu::

Barry - Great lineup of stunners ::tu:: ::tu:: ... very cool jack with Sheep Foot master - beautiful bone too ::tu:: ::tu:: ... I was told these were also called Carpenters jacks with a Sheep Foot master :)

Joe - Sweet Robeson addition ::tu:: ::tu:: ...

Greg - Wow - Those are some beautiful Empires ::tu:: ::tu:: - I think I have Empire envy :mrgreen: :lol: :lol: ....

I have lots of bareheads to post but will try and get a group shot - especially since I have a fairly large boys knife collection the vast majority are bareheads ::nod:: ... since Barry posted the one with the Sheep Foot master I figured I would start with this Maher & Grosh barehead with similar blades - not a boys knife at 3 3/4" and again was told by a very reliable knowledgable source a Carpenters Jack :) ..
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Beautiful handles on that one Lee! ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks, Lee. ::tu::

Greg, what a show!! ::tu:: ::tu::

Here's an old Southington jack.
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Here's a Trenton cutlery.
A Robeson
Two Empires
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Wow Joe! That Robeson is some more snazzy! ::tu::
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Here's a couple Robeson fish knives.
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Thanks Greg and Joe ::tu:: ::handshake::

Joe - Some more great lookers and variety in those bareheads ::tu:: ::tu:: The fish knives are cool - sweet bone!!
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Thanks buddy. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks for the additional photo of the Ulster, Barry, bears out my original comment and more! ::tu::
Great lineup with lots of variety, Joe! ::tu:: Those fish jacks are quite different from the usual fish jack, lovely bone and a cap lifter for the beer drinkers.
Fantastic collection of Empires, Greg! ::tu:: Love them all.
Lovely Maher & Grosh carpenter jack, Lee! ::tu:: Beautiful handles, to echo Greg's comment.
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