All About Pocket Knives

Dang nab it Ray, you've got me needing to start collect Imps again; baaaaaaad boy!


Wonderful ole knives y'all are showing.

I posted these elsewhere, but it was suggested that I also post them here.

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Thanks again for posting those David;they are some beautiful examples!

knife7knut wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 4:02 am Thanks again for posting those David;they are some beautiful examples!

Thank you sir.

knife7knut wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 4:02 am Thanks again for posting those David;they are some beautiful examples!

Yup, wholeheartidly agree mate.

A 5 1/4" Frontier Hunter with Delrin covers.
Quite the solid knife.

This is the nicest IMPERIAL 4 inch cattle knife I have. Tang stamp is IMPERIAL IRELAND. All three blades are perfect and the handles are a jigged imitation bone. What year would this be?

Jacknifeben wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:49 pm This is the nicest IMPERIAL 4 inch cattle knife I have. Tang stamp is IMPERIAL IRELAND. All three blades are perfect and the handles are a jigged imitation bone. What year would this be?

Very nice 'un Jack. I'd date it '70-80 timeframe, but it could be newer (many of the Ireland Imps were solid bolster construction, throughout all the years of production).

I have a couple....

Here is a DE 5" hunter....
(Pardon the poor picture)


And here is a bone ceee-gar.....


And a camp knife that needs some cleaning......

Meridian_Mike wrote: ↑Fri Aug 20, 2021 7:12 pm I have a couple....

Here is a DE 5" hunter....
(Pardon the poor picture)

And here is a bone ceee-gar.....

And a camp knife that needs some cleaning......

Very Nice Mike!!

I have a fondness for advertising knives, particularly those that are agriculture related. This cracked ice peanut is one of my favorites. This seemed to be an appropriate time of year, and setting, to bring it out.

Waukonda wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 4:27 pm I.....

GREAT knife, Ike!
FANTASTIC background also!

Nice knife and cool picture!

Here’s a few pics of some of the ones sitting around the shop. So got a little oil on them tonight and get there picture taken while out . You should be able to see most of the stamps ,nothing special. The Leinie one and a few others are gifted so they mean a little something. The old switchblades all work properly but are cheaply made. Had forgotten about a few of them till saw Ike’s post Regarding old Imperial Ad knives. Then had to go digging,was fun to get them out as these are some of the first knives could afford back then, some fond memories in these old knives
Thanks to all for keeping this Imperial thread going .

I have a Imperial knife that seems to be Special to this brand. The blades are hammer forged and the only blade like this I have seen were on Keen Kutter knives. Any help please.

Jacknifeben wrote: ↑Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:31 pm I have a Imperial knife that seems to be Special to this brand. The blades are hammer forged and the only blade like this I have seen were on Keen Kutter knives. Any help please.

The knife was originally created as a bicentennial special but was also sold through Parker Frost in following years as part of a 3 knife set commemorating the bicentennials of the army, navy and marines. Those knives came in three different colors with 1775-1975 on them. They were serialized sets and 8000 were made. The hammer forged Keen Kutters were *probably* Camillus.

knife7knut wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:18 pm
#5 &#6 Fish knife with can opener back and advertising.

I have one of these and absolutely love it. Prefer it to my Spyderco Salt that I actually bought to go fishing. I honestly haven't gotten much use from it yet but have really enjoyed cleaning it up and it's crazy sharp with the flat grind. Mine has a different shield though which is interesting.

knife7knut wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:35 pm Third page:
#1Lobster pen with ball point pen as a secondary blade.

Whoa that thing is wild.

This arrived very recently in a group of pocket knives that I bought. This particular pocket knife was NOT the target of my purchase. It is an Imperial (1946-1956), two blades, 3 1/8" closed, two tang stamps, pocket knife. The main blade tang stamp is "Imperial - PROV USA." It is in VERY GOOD condition. It needed very little cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
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This arrived very recently in a group of pocket knives that I bought. This particular pocket knife was NOT the target of my purchase. It is an IMPERIAL, two blades, 3 1/8" closed, one tang stamp, pocket knife. The tang stamp dates it to 1930-1936. It is in pretty good shape. It needed a little cleaning. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
Click on a picture to ENLARGE.

Neat shield on that one Skip

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Sun Dec 19, 2021 8:02 pm Neat.....

Thank you, Dimitri.

Here is the elusive Super Kamp King....

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Sun Dec 19, 2021 8:22 pm Here.....

That's a BEAUTY, Dimitri!
There's something about red handles.....