All About Pocket Knives

Here's a repair on a Bengal 4 blade congress done with clear polish and markers.
The shell itself needs to be painted or colored under the repair or you will have a
shiny mark under the repair.
This one is now ready to be sanded down.

I don't have a pic of the finished result at the moment... as soon as I get some
batteries for the camera I'll show what it looks like now.

..... Joe

Joe, I just realized what a novice I am now. You're makin new handles!

My 3 latest shell handled
Hammer Brand
Imperial Barlow
Colonial single blade

That Barlow has a lot of life left in it Gino, great snags!

singin46 wrote:That Barlow has a lot of life left in it Gino, great snags!

Thanks Perry, the Swifts Hammer is pretty cool too, I like it the best of the bunch and it looks a lot better in person.

Nice finds, Gino!

I like the swedges on those little pen blade knives.
The solid color Barlow's are a bit harder to find than the
colorful one's. They only made um in 3 colors.

.... Joe

I haven't bought any old shell handled knives in a long time but I picked this one up a couple of days ago. I wouldn't mind have a few more of these tu-tones.

James

I've been looking at those too James. They are a pretty little knife. Puts you in mind of the '55 Chevy BelAirs. Love them pastels.

James very nice . would never pass one up like that !

That's a nice one James! I wouldn't have let that get away either.

Great looking Imperial James! Very cool!

Thanks guys. I've got to admit that I don't know much about the tu-tones. Anybody know how many different colors and patterns they made?

James

That tu-tone reminds me of my Dad's old Crown Victoria it was the same color

jfarmer wrote:Thanks guys. I've got to admit that I don't know much about the tu-tones. Anybody know how many different colors and patterns they made?

James

I'm not sure how many color/pattern differences there are, but here are a bunch of them...






And here's a German one:



I got a couple of them Tu-Tones...

Glenn

Wow, those are nice I thought I remembered somebody on here having quite a few of them. Thanks for the pics.

James

I remember that you had a bunch of those too Glenn! Great looking lineup. I'm guessin late 50s?

WHOA BABY!!!

Those ARE impressive, Glenn!
Most look NOS!

The colors are printed on them, not painted or colored cell.
I've got the fish knife in Carolina blue/white. I also won a camp knife in maroon/gray -
but the seller lost the knife and gave my money back. Oh well...

I HAVE seen one of the ink pen's with MOP cell, but lost the auction...

After I finish the reproduction of Perry's Sports-master card, I will make a couple
reproductions of the ink pen counter card for ya's.

.... Joe

Joe Dirt wrote:Those ARE impressive, Glenn!
Most look NOS!

The colors are printed on them, not painted or colored cell.
I've got the fish knife in Carolina blue/white. I also won a camp knife in maroon/gray -
but the seller lost the knife and gave my money back. Oh well...

I HAVE seen one of the ink pen's with MOP cell, but lost the auction...

After I finish the reproduction of Perry's Sports-master card, I will make a couple
reproductions of the ink pen counter card for ya's.

.... Joe

That would be awesome, thanks!!!

Glenn

singin46 wrote:I remember that you had a bunch of those too Glenn! Great looking lineup. I'm guessin late 50s?

The first mention I have seen of them are in the 1959 catalog, but they may have been sooner.
I did not see them in the 1952 catalog.

Glenn

Glenn,

Why oh why did you have to show me those?

I never knew they existed until now … man I REALLY like those!



~ Edge

I know what you mean Paul, that the blessing and the curse of lookin round the site.
Great gesture Joe!

On Edge wrote:Glenn,

Why oh why did you have to show me those?

I never knew they existed until now … man I REALLY like those!



~ Edge

Sorry, but they are payback for all the great knives I have had to look at here.

Glenn

Touche …

I guess we all do our part …

Those are some way cool knives though - I'm with TJ, they remind me of some of the great cars of the 50s …

Thanks, Glenn!

~ Paul

glennbad wrote:

jfarmer wrote:Thanks guys. I've got to admit that I don't know much about the tu-tones. Anybody know how many different colors and patterns they made?

James

I'm not sure how many color/pattern differences there are, but here are a bunch of them...






And here's a German one:



I got a couple of them Tu-Tones...

Glenn

Those are SWEEEEEET Glenn! ::slober::