Vintage Barehead Jacks

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Thank you, Mel and Gregg.

Gregg, they're like taxies, another one will come along ....... TAXIE!!! :lol:
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I hear you Joe. I got my income taxes done a couple days after I bid on that and when I saw what I owed Uncle Sam I had to suspend all further bidding for a bit.
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Somebodys got to pay for those Mad magazines and marching powder the president seems to be using.
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Absolutely! We've got to keep those politicians comfy. If they had to make their own money most of them would starve to death.
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Picked up this Dwight Divine & Sons at a small knife show yesterday,
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John, that small show sure coughed up some fine knives. ___Dave
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Thanks Dave, it sure did, prices were reasonable also.
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Beautiful old jack, John! ::tu::
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Nice Ulster, John. ::tu::
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Sweet knife, John. Great bone on that one. ::tu::
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Thanks everyone, I almost missed this one, it was in a case among a bunch of modern knives.
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John, lovely bone handles on that Ulster ::drool::

Here's a pretty clean old barehead jack I found.
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Yeah, that's mighty fine, Dimitri. ::drool::
Never heard of Herbert. Great knife for sure.
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Thanks Joe, I think Boker made them.
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I see Goins lists them but no date.

Interesting Boker connection. Thanks Dimitri. Very sharp looking knife.
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Here is the one I have, inked back!! I've had it for sale with no bits. I also have 2 more but one of them is a cheaper construction with metal handles that are covered like old Imperial's, I think it was Imperial?
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here's a Schrade Walden #2043...
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galvanic1882 wrote:Here is the one I have, inked back!! I've had it for sale with no bits. I also have 2 more but one of them is a cheaper construction with metal handles that are covered like old Imperial's, I think it was Imperial?
What's the name on that one Mike?
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W.D. Herbert
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OK thanks, same as mine. I also have ink on the back ::tu::
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Nice!!
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Dimitri and Mike, nice knives.

Nice looking Schrade Walden, Dave.

Here's a Buhl Sons Co.
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Here's an old Southington.
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Joseph those are solid looking jacks. The Buhl looks great. ::tu::
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Thank you, Quick Steel. I'm glad you like them. ::tu::

That Southington is an old relic. 1867-1905
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