Vintage Barehead Jacks

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Amazing Mike, a co-op with the etch! that is awesome. As are so many knives here. This is a feel good thread. I sold a bunch of knives recently so these are almost all my bare head jacks. A Walden, Schrade and Schrade Walden.
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James that Cut Co. Easy open is something special! ::tu::
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Thanks Greg. Appreciate that
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James I am with Greg on that comment about the easy open Schrade! WOW, that is just a phenomenal knife!!
That is a Schrade collection foundation piece ::tu:: ::tu::

What does the primary blade tang stamp look like? Is it a curved Schrade tang stamp?
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Great knives Jay, yes that Grange knife is a special one!
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Nice ones Mike ::tu:: ::tu::

Here's another one..........
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Thanks DIMITRI, ooo I like that one! Wow
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That is an interesting knife Dimitri. Lloyd the easy opener is a curved stamp Schrade.Thanks for the kind words ::tu:: Far as I can tell it has its factory edge to it. Thanks Mike, I'm surprised you forgot you had that co-op. Does that mean you wont miss it??
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Nice ones ::tu::
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You guys are killin' us over hear. ::mdm::

What a bunch of interesting and beautiful old knives. ::nod:: ::tu::
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Thanks Mike, James, msteele and Joe!
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Some beautiful knives being posted by all ::tu:: ::tu:: ... Been offline for awhile now so just just seeing the last 4 or so pages of this thread - some real nice knives 8) ...

Here's an American Shear & Knife Co - 3 5/16" - a nice Boys Knife... The master blade has a crocus mark side finish and the pile side still has remnants of a glaze finish which I had read was not unusual for blade finishing..
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These are the only two I have, an ebony Atlantic, and a bone Voos.
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Nice looking jacks you have there!
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Nice pair of jacks. Lee that is a nice example also!
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Beautiful old bones on that American Shear, Lee. ::tu:: ::tu::

Very nice jacks, OLDE CUTLER. ::tu::
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FRJ wrote:Beautiful old bones on that American Shear, Lee. ::tu:: ::tu::

Very nice jacks, OLDE CUTLER. ::tu::
Agree on both counts. Lee , it seems it’s hardly the mark side is darker than the pile side.
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Thanks all ::tu:: ...

Lyle - Interesting right?! :wink: ... usually the pile side is darker but maybe in this case they considered the slightly darker mark side the look that they were trying to achieve... in truth in many cases, not all, the hafters probably just grabbed what was in front of them - keeping in mind they were just tools for the market and not for our collections :) ....
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Here's an old Joseph Rodgers jack. 2 3/4".
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Joe I love that Handle ::tu::
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Man that's ::mdm:: a nice knife!!!
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That’s a beautiful knife Joe,love those handles!!!
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LongBlade wrote:Here's an American Shear & Knife Co - 3 5/16" - a nice Boys Knife... The master blade has a crocus mark side finish and the pile side still has remnants of a glaze finish which I had read was not unusual for blade finishing..
Beautiful knife in superb condition! ::tu:: ::tu::
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OLDE CUTLER wrote:These are the only two I have, an ebony Atlantic, and a bone Voos.
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Love the Ebony handle ones! ::tu:: ::tu::
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FRJ wrote:Here's an old Joseph Rodgers jack. 2 3/4".

Very old and beautiful knife Joe ::tu:: ::drool:: ::tu::
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