Crown Coffin or Congress Primble???

[Mossdancer]

Hey primble guys;
I have been seeing Primbles on here for the last few weeks. I said duh I have one of those. Finally found it.

Pattern is 711 on back of main blade. Knife is 3" closed.Appears that all blades were blued before being installed. The blue has worn, can be seen with blade at near full open. The tang stamp says JOHN PRIMBLE OVER
BELKNAP(This stretches from the J to the E of name above.) over HDW
(no E after W) & MFG CO (these are back in smaller print.) The fit of springs and blades are as good as I have seen bar none. The walk and talk can be heard in next room.

It looks like a congress with no bend in back. The main blades are as seen, I think the off end second is a punch with the master end second being an ink eraser??

Any info including value will be appreciated. Also is the blueing a standard thing on these knives. The knife looks sort of like an old imperial pen that I have. Were they one of the contractors.

The Handles are a real deep honey brown.

Thanks,
W.B.

[knifeaholic]

That is a four blade congress pattern.....the handles and blades are well worn.....it appears that the blade combination consists of two sheepfoot and two pen blades.....the blade wear ames the blade shapes look different...the worn pen blade resembles a punch. The blades were not blued at the factory, they have developed a "patina" with use.