All About Pocket Knives

OK, back to being serious and just for "What Tha's?".

Yesterday I saw a farmer's jack marked MONTGOMERY-WARD"S. I think that is a much more rare stamping than "WARDS".

Pretty worn, from what I could see. It was in a small compression display box, not easily opened, so I never saw the blades.

I did take a couple of cell phone pics and I'll upload one in a while.

Charlie Noyes

I've wanted one of these Farmer's Jacks for several years. I don't go nuts over older knives and I finally got lucky and found this new (2009) Queen. I was the highest bidder tonight so it's coming to Papa. I'm just a little excited. I searched the Internet for quite a while and cannot find another like it.

Sellers pictures.

Congrats Jerry. I was keeping an eye on that one too, but it went just a bit higher than I was willing to go. A very cool knife!

Jerry

jerryd6818 wrote:I've wanted one of these Farmer's Jacks for several years. I don't go nuts over older knives and I finally got lucky and found this new (2009) Queen. I was the highest bidder tonight so it's coming to Papa. I'm just a little excited. I searched the Internet for quite a while and cannot find another like it.

Sellers pictures.

I was watching that knife
.Glad you won it.

Grant

I was looking at that one too! Lol. Great minds think alike.

Went just a tad bit higher than I wanted to go too but sometimes when ya want something..........

I sure hope it looks as good in person.

Those are nice knives Jerry,tickled to death you got it.These come up occasionally.There were 7 variations made,100 each in 2009.

green wormgroove?
fireoak?
stag
stag with with ATS34(which is stamped on the shield)
winterbottom
pearl
matodon ivory

The only one I need and am watching for is the mastodon ivory.I don't have access to my computer now but will show a group picture when possible.I think most of them are posted throughout this thread.

Thanks Lyle. I'm glad I got one with Stag handles and the ATS34 shield (something a little different).

jerryd6818 wrote:I've wanted one of these Farmer's Jacks for several years. I don't go nuts over older knives and I finally got lucky and found this new (2009) Queen. I was the highest bidder tonight so it's coming to Papa. I'm just a little excited. I searched the Internet for quite a while and cannot find another like it.

Great pick-up, Jerry!

Thanks Dave. It should be here tomorrow or the next day. I'm really looking forward to it.

There are 4 of these 2009 Titusville farmers jacks on eBay now,if anyone's interested.Somehow, ,those guys at MVP get a lot of bids and their price up there in a couple days,seemingly on all their auctions.

http://www.ebay.com/dsc/Folding-Knives- ... acat=43328

By the way,I am casually looking for one of these in mastodon ivory.I like the old knives,but if you see one of these in mastodon I would appreciate a heads up.I have all the others.

Jerry,I think I may have traded that knife you have to 54 rodgers in on that etched Challenge I have.Boy ,I know he got about 3 knives,can't be sure though.Tough getting old like Charlie.

So are you saying the knife I have may have originally came from you by way of Robin's Barn?

HERE IS NEAT OLDIE ON EBAY ,,......WOULD IT BE CALLED A FARMERS JACK?????
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Junkerwerk-soli ... 54192befc0

OR WOULD THE FRAME MAKE IT DIFF........

jerryd6818 wrote:So are you saying the knife I have may have originally came from you by way of Robin's Barn?

Yes,but I don't remember exactly which other knife I traded him. I had two of those stags,but for some reason ,I can't remember where the extra went. I'll ask .

junebug wrote:HERE IS NEAT OLDIE ON EBAY ,,......WOULD IT BE CALLED A FARMERS JACK?????
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Junkerwerk-soli ... 54192befc0

OR WOULD THE FRAME MAKE IT DIFF........

Thanks Josh,I hope to tell you more about it later.

I guess it's proper name might be a budding and pruning knife. The budding blade makes it what I call a rooster comb,although that name(rooster comb) has been synonymous with what Levine terms farmers jacks around my neck of the woods.Before I got absorbed by these ,all I thought was a farmers jack were knives like the Case '048 pattern.

COOL.. ...THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE THAT ONE

Jerry,I asked him and that was not the one I had.I thought it looked like too nice of a handle.

That's how I determined which to trade.

It would have been really neat to have one that originally belonged to you but I like it no matter where it came from.

Honored you think that way.

Fellows, I just could not resist bidding on one of the Queens. I think they have one of the most interesting blade etches out there. This one came today.

Neat Dan. Cool knife huh. Congratulations.

Mel that's a great knife. Congratulations on snagging that one.

Nice one Mel,but I'm kinda prejudiced.

Thanks for the kind comments!

I have a question about the body shape of this knife. Is there an accepted name for it? I know that Case calls their whittlers Seahorse Whittlers. But seahorse seems to be a fairly new term; maybe coined by Case?

I think I have seen it described as a serpentine sleeveboard. That certainly seems to fit. I am curious because I have gradually decided that it is my favorite shape for a pocket knife, with the Case Seahorse and Bulldog whittlers being my favorite carry.

Dinadan wrote:Thanks for the kind comments!

I have a question about the body shape of this knife. Is there an accepted name for it? I know that Case calls their whittlers Seahorse Whittlers. But seahorse seems to be a fairly new term; maybe coined by Case?

I think I have seen it described as a serpentine sleeveboard. That certainly seems to fit. I am curious because I have gradually decided that it is my favorite shape for a pocket knife, with the Case Seahorse and Bulldog whittlers being my favorite carry.

Hey,hurricane alley,that's the way I got started.

Levine calls them farmers jacks(LG4 pg. 189,LG5 pg. 195),in the south we call them rooster combs*¹(Voyles Antique Knives 2nd ed. pgs 60,184,209,239,301,430,460). English call them pruners or gardeners knives(see pg.4 of this thread). Others (Schrade,Keen Kutter called pruning )call them budding and pruning knives.(Schrade Cat E pg. 87)

Jerry's and your knives were based off *² the Catalog cut in the Schrade Cat. E pg. 100 cut of the Schrade S7303 (this is what's used in Collectors Knives 2001),although they left off the "rooster comb" *¹.

GEC (they're coming ) calls them John Chapmans,google . I like that connotation. Welcome to my world,I just carry one with me when I go to shows.Visual aids are best....

*¹ See page 5 of this thread http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... 3&start=60

*² http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... le#p128345 post 5