Non shell Imperials

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Non shell Imperials

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Imperial did make nice knives.
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Some nice ones there David! ::tu:: ::tu:: You might also check out the post:"Imperial...the King of knives" in this forum for some more.
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knife7knut wrote: ↑Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:08 pm Some nice ones there David! ::tu:: ::tu:: You might also check out the post:"Imperial...the King of knives" in this forum for some more.
Thanks. I will post these there also.
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I love old Imperials.The blade steel takes a wicked edge.They came up with some nice scales.
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Nice group of knives. Thanks for showing them.

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Very nice group edge. ::tu::

It does make me miss collecting them... :(

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Some of my non shell Imperials:
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Green celluloid jack
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Butterscotch tip bolster stainless jack
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Tip bolster jack
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EZ open black composition
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EZ open bone
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Celluloid cattleman
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Boy Scout
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4 blade utility rehandled with ebony
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Beautiful!!!! ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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Great looking knives, David and O.C. ::tu:: ::tu::
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1967redrider wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:37 am Great looking knives, David and O.C. ::tu:: ::tu::
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The old "EZ opens" are great knives no mater who made them!
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treefarmer wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 3:03 am The old "EZ opens" are great knives no mater who made them!
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OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 6:27 pm Some of my non shell Imperials:
IMG_4324.JPG
Green celluloid jack
IMG_4325.JPG
Butterscotch tip bolster stainless jack
IMG_4326.JPG
Tip bolster jack
IMG_4327.JPG
EZ open black composition
IMG_4329.JPG
EZ open bone
IMG_4330.JPG
Celluloid cattleman
IMG_4331.JPG
Boy Scout
IMG_4332.JPG
4 blade utility rehandled with ebony
Wonderful lineup Olde.
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Thanks. I always liked the celluloid colors used by Imperial.
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