All About Pocket Knives

Dumber than a box of hammers???
Alright, let the jokes fly!

This is mid '70s "behind the counter" stock NOS with '55 thru '88 Imperial stamp.
Imperial advertised these as a "trapper".

..... Joe

Joe, I like that Imperial knife box

I don`t have one for my collection

Hey Joe, that is too cool man! I like the box as well. That's the hardest part of any collecting I think, findin the box!
Hey Joe!!!!! Guess what showed up today??
Well here's a knife roll I got in the mail today.
That's right, 13 brand new, never used and still in the roll, Hammer Brand Shell cells!
3 sets of doubles but who cares, worth every bit I had to pay. How often can you actually stop time and own history?
Here come the pics!

You guys are killin' me!!!!!!!!!!!

Joe, That muskrat and box are mighty fine.

singin.....what a haul.

GREAT KNIVES GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's also a KAMP KING I got in the mail today! Green Zebra striped.

I forgot one of them. Thanks Joe! I was lucky to get these.

Look at ya..... come riddin in here on a green zebra carrin a roll full of brand new 60+ year old knives

That's some SWEEEET stuff, Perry

Thanks for the complements on the box of muskrats, folks!

Has anyone ever seen or possess an Imperial trapper? (solid or shell)

...... Joe

Joe, this is as close as I can get to a trapper. It's a big knife. Over 4".

I don't know what Imperial called it.

That thing's cool, Joe. I haven't seen one quit like it before!
Very unique swedge!!
Bet ya could skin a beaver with one swipe with that one

Imperial made some great stuff

..... Joe

Wow Perry! Those are some real beauties you have there!

Thanks Jim! several had the original oil in them but it was starting to clog up the works so had to do a little cleanin. There was quite a bit of dust in that roll. Looks like the Orange Bengal striped Barlow is the oldest with a 38' to 44' stamp. The rest are mostly 45' to 55's with a couple 4 finger ones in the Toothpick Scalers.

This Bengal Barlow (as I call it ) has a nice swedge that adds to it's beauty.
When the light hits it right, there's a bit of red that shines through as well.

whoa singing!
I'm seeing double beauties!!!

Thanks blinddog! The Kamp King is actually a KK Jr. The regular KK is a 4 blade, the 4th being a punch.

Awesome knives, guys. Thanks for posting them.
I love that Kamp King knife.

Nice ones Perry.
Joe, thats a great box of hammers. Werent you lookin for ONE of those for a long time? I have one trapper/muskrat. I like the shield on em.
Mark

Awesome find Perry, 13 new shells!

Yeah, Ramrod! I was lookin for ONE of the "trapperats" .
Ended up with 7 of them and the box!!! The end of the box has a quantity stamp of "6 ea."

This shield wasn't found on any Hammer Brands. It showed up about 20 years
after Imperial dropped the Hammer Brand line.
Imperial made a "HB series" of seven different folders and three fixed blades.

Oh yeah, the "hammer forging" marks are "roll stamped" into the blades! NOT truly hammer forged!

Now I'm huntin' for the fixed blades...........

...... Joe

Flat out cool Joe! Thanks Dale!

Perry and Joe, keep em coming. The knives are great and the info is too,

Here is a Imperial Jack Knife board I found laying around. It is dated 1961.

Way coool Mike! I don't have things like this just layin round. Those are pretty hard to find these days in the solid colors! GREAT

Holy Smoke, Mike!!

Don't think just anyone is going to find one of those just lying around .

...... Joe

Here's the rest of the Imperial "HB" series knives, minus the fixed blades.

...... Joe

Wow Joe, they even did a Barlow pattern,,,,COOL!

I have been looking for one of these for some time, found one today.

It is a shell handle Super-Duper Kamp-King.

This thing has 6-blades, it has 2 can openers and 2 bottle openers

Why, I don`t know. I like the way they left two dimples in the shell to simulate pinned on handles.

It needs some cleaning, maybe I can talk Perry into cleaning it up for me He does such a nice job