All About Pocket Knives

And a little celluloid fixed blade.

James

Nice tux James.
Cute little fixed blade also.

Ken,
I use a scanner mostly. You might try different colored backgrounds as Phil suggested. I just tried a blue towel & the blades seemed to show up better than with the yellow towel for a background. I like towels better than paper, just seems to work better for me. I think the key is experimentation.

Dale

It's not old and it's not a very good pic but here is a Case XX Taffy Stripe Celluloid Toothpick.

James

nmikash.. Sure looks like your Schrades are Imitation Ivory (Celluloid). Nice ones!

Love that last toothpick! I must have one.

Phil

jfarmer the white strip on your tooth pick makes me think of toothpaste.

Gr8Scout and orvet when I get a scanner I will have to try that too.
That was just a photo from E Bay on that knife I just won. I wanted to clean it first. Then show it.

If I have to I will get my son's camera Sunday. Not only to show some Cells but also to show the old gun case I store them in.

I think I will be learning a lot more about taking photo's the next few weeks.

I'm keeping this thread alive with a few recent aquisitions: Here's a few mini Hammers.

We've made it to lucky page number 13. Here's an old Imperial toothpick. The dark greenish spot is my shirt in a reflection.

nmikash Here's an old Imperial toothpick.

Here is one sister to yours.

I note you have 2 pins in yours. I have none. This is a fish knife. I just won this on E Bay and have not recived it yet. I am starting to like the fell of a toothpicks in my hand. Any reason for this? Is it just me?

Trying to post pics of my entire collection of celluloid handle knives....

More....

More.....

More.....

This is the last of them....

Knifeaholic, Very colorful and beautiful collection. Thanks for sharing.
Take Care
GARY

My eyes are dazzled!
That is a beautiful collection. I have about exhausted all the celluoids in my collection, but............I have a couple coming.

Dale

knifeaholic I still am will to buy one of those base ball bates.

If you are willing to part with just one.

i forgot i had this 1 1/2" knife. patent on blade refers to a better way to attach decorative covers by f.a. mirando in 1941. this is a real knife with brass liners, nickle bolsters and a sharp blade. walks and talks. if anybody knows more about these little knives..........
mirando was the co-founder of imperial

here is an old utica I recently aquired

I got a couple celluloid handles in the mail yesterday. I haven't have a chance to clean them up, but I would post them anyway.

The first is an Imperial tuxedo.
The second is an Utica.

Dale, thats the same stamp that is on my Utica, any idea of DOM?

I don't know the date. I don't have a copy of Goins' book on cutlery markings, yet. If you can find a copy it might tell you.

Does anyone in the forum know?

Thanks,
Dale

The "arched" Utica stamping is thought to be 1920's to 1930's. probably up to WWII.

Thanks KA!

KA to save the day, thanks for the info guys. Yet another book to buy

Hukk ; Looks like I received my first BAD celluloid handle. See the right blade how it shows the line that is not covered up by the handles? (Sorry I do not know how to put that red pen to the photo like you do) its bad yes. The bolsters are rusty like too. So are the Ring and the Shield. The Blades were polished trying to get off the black stuff, and they are very loose too. I can see through the knife between the brass and handles (I see3 pins but they don’t show on the out sides of the handle) and in-between the springs. This knife is stamped made in Germany and shield stamped FISH KNIFE.
I am afraid to place it with any of my other knives. This is the WORST knife I have.


This is built to sit the bottom of a tackle box, not in a display case. To use another mans words.