Boys Knives Through the Years

[Miller Bro's]

Thanks Kerry, does yours look like this one? It has a removable bail.

[ludwig26]

Thanks Kerry, does yours look like this one? It has a removable bail.

No Sir, It looks just like the other one you had posted. No shield and wood scales.
Kerry

[LongBlade]

Nice knives Kerry and Dimitri ... Really like that Schrade with bone Kerry... and that Ulster is quite nice with a cool shield Dimitri - looks like black composition handles is my guess - too slick for ebony??....

[ludwig26]

Nice knives Kerry and Dimitri ... Really like that Schrade with bone Kerry... and that Ulster is quite nice with a cool shield Dimitri - looks like black composition handles is my guess - too slick for ebony??....

Thanks Longblade, I wish the Schrade wasn't missing the bail. Other than that its nice and tight with good snap both ways and no chips or cracks.
Kerry

[LongBlade]

Kerry - Still a nice knife - maybe you can find a bail for it sometime on a parts knife... Interestingly I have the same Shapleigh posted earlier somewhere in this thread - the folded liner in that Shapleigh was a Schrade patent design ...

[ludwig26]

Kerry - Still a nice knife - maybe you can find a bail for it sometime on a parts knife... Interestingly I have the same Shapleigh posted earlier somewhere in this thread - the folded liner in that Shapleigh was a Schrade patent design ...

I picked up one of the George Schrades a few months back. Here’s a bad picture of it.
Kerry

[ludwig26]

Got this one on the cheap. I’ve got several but this one has what I assume to be the original chain.
Does anybody know how many finished these came in. I’ve got several black ones. This one appears to have never been painted.

[LongBlade]

Nice Kerry ... I'm not sure how many different styles of the handle were made in but I have seen it in the colors black and also green. I would assume they also sold it unfinished such as your knife but without it in hand I can't tell if the paint was just completely stripped from your handles and subsequently polished or cleaned. The chain looks original (certainly an old boys knife chain) - and in my opinion the chains can sometimes be harder to find than the knives as many were broken or lost...

[ludwig26]

Thanks Longblade. I would love to have a green one. These boys knives are addictive.
Your right about the chains. In 3 years I’ve only found 2 vintage chains.
Kerry

[RobesonsRme.com]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vintage-S ... SwxPNb5KJQ

Charlie Noyes

[LongBlade]

Thanks for posting that Charlie - on page 2 of this thread I posted the same Shapleigh with the label that Shapeigh had stamped on many of them (Shapleigh’s Every Boy Guaranteed) - never saw one with an ad though. These were made by Schrade for Shapleigh with the patented Schrade folded liner.

[RobesonsRme.com]

Go for it, Lee!

I used to see a half dozen of these at just about every knife show I attended. Not so, now. They must have all wandered off into collections.

Charlie

[ludwig26]

I guess you would call this a Boys Knife. Nice condition for 5 bucks.
Kerry

[LongBlade]

Really nice Kerry ... no doubt a Boys Knife and a Barlow too!! The Davy Crockett aspect is very cool ..

[ludwig26]

A few more I added to the pile in the last few weeks. The IXL is 3 1/2" closed so Im not for sure it would be considered a boys knife. Maybe longblade will chime in and tell me if it is.
Kerry

[wlf]

Nice knives Dimitri and Kerry.
I doubt if 3 1/2' makes the cut, but the authoritative author will pass judgement.

[LongBlade]

I doubt if 3 1/2' makes the cut, but the authoritative author will pass judgement.

- not sure about authoritative but an opinion ...

Based on old advertised examples 3 1/2” just makes the cut as the maximal size... I think at that size they were trying to get both the men and boys market...

Nice knife Kerry ... certainly as a barehead regular jack and as noted above on size it makes the cut... but truth is +/- 3” was the size for the great majority.. also I think 3 1/2” was obviously for older boys as well..

[wlf]

Authority with diplomacy.

I recommend reading Lee's article in this month's "Knife Magazine".

[ludwig26]

This little germania marked easy opener boys knife came in today. It snaps hard with good half stop.

[RobesonsRme.com]

Robeson made a swell-end, EO jack with bail and chain with a loop that would slip over the brass buttons on jeans or overalls.

Pretty sure it was 3 5/8" long.

I guess it would qualify for this thread given its size and not being a regular jack.

I have never owned one. They are quite rare.

Charlie

[Mason]

This little germania marked easy opener boys knife came in today. It snaps hard with good half stop.

Nice old all metal boy's knife with some neat artwork in those handles.

[ludwig26]

Found this little 2 blade Shapleigh. Only two blade that Ive seen. Nice and tight with good snap. Added a pic of the single blade and also a larger hawk bill.
Kerry

[ludwig26]

Ames cutlery Co 2 5/8 smooth bone or maybe Ivory, maybe somebody could help me out. Goins actually shows a picture of this knife only with checkered bone. Goins says 1829 to 1935. Nice tight knife with positive 1/2 stops.

[Miller Bro's]

Ames cutlery Co 2 5/8 smooth bone or maybe Ivory, maybe somebody could help me out. Goins actually shows a picture of this knife only with checkered bone. Goins says 1829 to 1935. Nice tight knife with positive 1/2 stops.

Smooth bone Nice little knife

[Miller Bro's]

Hard to find old Colonial boys hunting knife with jigged bone handles