Vintage Texas Jacks

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Texas Jack, Moose, Double-Ended Jack, Bull-Head Jack.

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Very nice Roger!! ::tu:: I had not heard of Foley & Williams before.
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Thanks Roger.I talked to 3 or 4 people who said they had or saw F&W knives and they were all this same moose pattern.
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So what is this then? Just plain old Jack Knife?
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Dunno. I've seen that pattern described as a Texas Jack, too. In fact, there's a thread over at BF discussing "Texas Jacks" and that's the patter pictured in the OP.

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Well, what ever it is, I like it. Thanks Dimitri.
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Beautiful knives, guys! ::tu::

Here are my two: an A.F. Bannister & Co. surveyor and a stout Carlin-Hulfish Co. bull-head.
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Two nice ones! That Carlin-Hulfish sure looks like a handful.
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Nice knives and rare marques. ::tu::

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Thanks, guys. :)

Greedy, you're right about the Carlin-Hulfish. Being about 4 1/4 inches closed and 3/4 of an inch wide, it's certainly got some heft to it. Here's a picture of it next to a quarter for size comparison.
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Beautiful knife Dave ::drool:: ::tu::
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Thanks, MB. :)
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Awesome stuff!! ::tu::
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dcgm4 that Carlin-Hulfish is a very fine, I really like the saber grind.
Here are a couple of Moose.
Excelsior Knife Co. 4 3/8" sleeveboard
Challenge Cutlery Co. 4 1/8" swell-center
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Beechtree: Like the first knife but REALLY like the ebony handled Challenge. ::tu::
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I really like these knives guys,thanks for showing. As I've said,I have a soft spot for these large single spring knives.

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Both of those are A+ in my book beechtree. ::tu::
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Roger is that F&W you posted,what we call pick bone?

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Thanks greedy, the Challenge is very pretty knife, I particularly like it with the blades opened as such.
Thanks peanut :wink:
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Lyle I suppose that's what some would call it.I believe it is early New York Knife bone.
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Great thread! I love seeing all of the variations.

I've posted this before.
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Mike they don't get much better than that.
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Beechtree wrote:dcgm4 that Carlin-Hulfish is a very fine, I really like the saber grind.
Here are a couple of Moose.
Excelsior Knife Co. 4 3/8" sleeveboard
Challenge Cutlery Co. 4 1/8" swell-center
Thanks, Beachtree. That sleeveboard is really nice. I like the shield on it. ::tu::
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That is one beautiful knife! ::drool::
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Thanks guys. In the catalog I have, there's an even bigger Moose by NYK Co. but I haven't seen one.
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ObsidianEdge: That's about as good as they get. Congrats.
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