All About Pocket Knives

Nice knives Dimitri and Kerry.
I doubt if 3 1/2' makes the cut, but the authoritative author will pass judgement.

wlf wrote:I doubt if 3 1/2' makes the cut, but the authoritative author will pass judgement.

- not sure about authoritative but an opinion ...

Based on old advertised examples 3 1/2” just makes the cut as the maximal size... I think at that size they were trying to get both the men and boys market...

Nice knife Kerry ... certainly as a barehead regular jack and as noted above on size it makes the cut... but truth is +/- 3” was the size for the great majority.. also I think 3 1/2” was obviously for older boys as well..

Authority with diplomacy.

I recommend reading Lee's article in this month's "Knife Magazine".

This little germania marked easy opener boys knife came in today. It snaps hard with good half stop.

Robeson made a swell-end, EO jack with bail and chain with a loop that would slip over the brass buttons on jeans or overalls.

Pretty sure it was 3 5/8" long.

I guess it would qualify for this thread given its size and not being a regular jack.

I have never owned one. They are quite rare.

Charlie

ludwig26 wrote:This little germania marked easy opener boys knife came in today. It snaps hard with good half stop.

Nice old all metal boy's knife with some neat artwork in those handles.

Found this little 2 blade Shapleigh. Only two blade that Ive seen. Nice and tight with good snap. Added a pic of the single blade and also a larger hawk bill.
Kerry

Ames cutlery Co 2 5/8 smooth bone or maybe Ivory, maybe somebody could help me out. Goins actually shows a picture of this knife only with checkered bone. Goins says 1829 to 1935. Nice tight knife with positive 1/2 stops.

ludwig26 wrote:Ames cutlery Co 2 5/8 smooth bone or maybe Ivory, maybe somebody could help me out. Goins actually shows a picture of this knife only with checkered bone. Goins says 1829 to 1935. Nice tight knife with positive 1/2 stops.

Smooth bone Nice little knife

Hard to find old Colonial boys hunting knife with jigged bone handles

Very cool boys fixed blade Dimitri ... Really nice Colonial with those bone handles... their early days produced some nice knives!!

I agree those early Imperial and Colonial knives were quality, nice bone.

Swan Works Ohligs Germany (1901 – 1980s) Boys Knife (3 ¼”) – This was a gift from Glenn(bad) after I broke my ankle and missed the NCCA show in Sept – thanks Glenn as it lifted my old spirits …

This is an unusual Boys Knife based on my experience given the inclusion of the punch blade – I have not seen a Boys Knife with a punch blade other than Boy Scout knives which imo are a different but related category of knives… – Note the Blade stamp “Boys Friend” . The handle is a black composition , “maybe” gutta percha, and is checkered.. It was made in Ohligs Germany which was incorporated as part of Solingen (in the outskirts of city center) from my understanding. A cool addition and for me adding some variety to the collection from Germany )… The German cutleries no doubt made their share of Boys Knives and many with embossed metal handles…

Very nice knife, Lee. Perfect knife for you and really a nice gesture from Glenn.
I guess when those boys got bigger they could adjust their belts.

Good one Lee,and I bet it was a boy's friend.

Thanks Joe and Roger ....

Here's an old and rare one for a Boys Knife (maybe I should stick it in the old and rare thread too just based on tang stamp ).. - The HOME tang stamp was for Holley & Merwin (1st 2 initials of last names) early in the company history before Holley Mfg Co. Though the company started in 1844 the HOME stamp was used either from 1846-1850 according to Goins or 1850-1854 according to Levines - either way early and old... I've only seen 2 others of this Boys Knife in years now and all matches including tang stamp (though one had ebony as handles).. I got lucky with this one and especially the condition of the knife ... Knife is 2 3/4" closed and the handles may be cocobolo though I considered a type of walnut as well - not sure ...

Great find Lee

WOW!!
Way back in the weeds of Holley knives. It doesn't get much better than that.
Congratulations on that very cool knife, Lee.

Thanks Dimitri and Joe ...

I came across this knife today at our local gun show. I didn't buy it but I thought of Lee.

Cool Keith ... actually I posted the same knife on page 2 of this thread ... like mine it’s cool that it still has the “ink” on the wooden handle ... I believe these were made by Schrade for Shapleigh...

I may have posted this before but I don't remember. My favorite boys knife. Marked on the blade in worn ink is likely the original price of 35 cents.

That is very nice, Paul.
The chain is a real plus.

Putting aside the Barlow, I seem to have a rather weak collection of what are termed "boy's knives." I'm not even sure that a couple of the ones I have even qualify as such. Here's the (very) short list...