English Jacks show yours

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galvanic1882 wrote:I don't know Eric but the high bidder was lizard1123. He also out bid me on a horn handled jack a few weeks ago.
Lizard1123 is a sniper who bids huge. He's beat me on some exceptional knives. I've only managed to return the "favor" once. since then, I swear he bids even higher.
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Here's another English Jack, at 4 3/8". I just clipped it out of my Empire display, which I am slowly reworking.
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Hi:
Thanks for the thread. There has been a couple of others that I have shown this in but I always enjoy showing one of my favorites. At 4 1/4 " closed it is small by standards. I like it anyway.
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Very nice knives everyone ::tu:: ::tu:: It is a great pattern. As Upnorth once noted; all my jacks are English. This is an old Eye Witness knife circa 1880s-90s. :D s-k

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This thread has some of the nicest knives I've seen in a while, great knives everyone! :)
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Here's an Ulster! Just for Mike!!
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OK upnorth just send me a PM and I will send one back with my address so you can sned it to me since, as you said, this one is for Mike.
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But - but :shock: !
Glad you like it! I think I'll hang on for a while! :mrgreen:
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When I die I want to be reincarnated as a nice old pocket knife, so I can go live at Upnorth's house with all his knives :P
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Yikes :shock: !! Now I'm gonna have bad dreams :shock: :shock: !!
People living in my safe ::paranoid:: ::paranoid:: !

I take it as a compliment, Adam; thanks ::tu:: :mrgreen:
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Weird wish indeed, wanting to be reincarnated as a harness jack! Anyway, how does the little release work on the side of some of those English Jack's? Are they a lock and release mechanism?
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thawk wrote:Weird wish indeed, wanting to be reincarnated as a harness jack! Anyway, how does the little release work on the side of some of those English Jack's? Are they a lock and release mechanism?
The "hump" on the back is a lock release, Thawk. You push it in to release the blade. It's essentially similar to the back lock that sits in a cutout, but rides higher.
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Hello everybody, Those are sure some awesome looking english jacks posted. I thought I would share my Napanoch English Jack--Thanks Mark
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Ratlesnake, I really like that Nap. I don't have any Nap's. Here are a couple Challenge with a Remington in the center. Nothing as nice as the Nap.

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Those challenge jacks are sure awesome looking!! Thx Mark
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What a great thread full of great knives ::tu::

First find in a looong time! ::ds:: Picked up this old Continental Cutlery Co NY english jack, a cousin to galvanic1882's Robeson and Terrier. It has an interesting difference from his that I can see (aside from being used :wink: ) it has steel bolsters instead of nickel silver.

Since Robeson, which made this one, was located in Rochester I set up the photo with a magazine from another Rochester company from about the same era as the knife.
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Nice old Continental, AKC ! ::tu::

I had forgotten about this thread. I guess I can put this one in here too. Despite the the stamp, it doesn't get much more "English" than having horn handles.

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Thanks sauconian, thats a classic example there, and a heck of a rare find with that stamp! ::tu::
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Does this old Challenge qualify?
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I do have this Carl Schmidt Sohn....

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and I suppose this Custom Ken Coats could be considered an English Jack...

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Here is my latest English Jack. I love the bone on this Ulster and the Washington bolsters are a favorite of mine. I was glad to resurrect this thread with this knife. ::ds:: ::ds:: ::ds::
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As I was putting the Ulster away I forgot that I picked this one up awhile ago and never posted it. Another English Jack Humpback. The mark is ELECTRIC CUT CO NEWARK NJ. Check out the bone on this one!!! ::nod:: ::nod::

This one and the Ulster are 4 1/2" closed.
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Two nice ones, Mike! And a welcome back to this Olde English thread! :mrgreen:

Here is a nice Schrade sub-contract for a firm in my old home town!
And I traded for it at this past April's show in Oregon; my favorite knife show in this sector of the Solar system!!
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What a great thread! Thanks for showing all of them. Here are a few... I can't compete in the shiny department, however. In fact, the bottom one is due for points and plugs.

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These are new ones.

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Winchester 2907, 4 3/8 inches long.
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