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The top knife is a New York Knife Co Walden 3.5 inch closed bare head Jack and the smaller or bottom one is a HSB & Company 3.25 closed Jack. The New York Jack has NO hammer brand mark on either tang just New York Knife Co Walden on both blade tangs. The Smaller Jack primary blade is marked four lines Hibbard/Spencer/Bartlett/& Co and the smaller blade arched HSB & Co/diamond/ reversed arched Chicago. Both have all hand hammered pins. The pick bone on each Jack handle is similar and a random type pick versus a more later machine type jigged non random repeat pattern. The HSB & Co Jack I assume but don't know for sure was probably made by NYKC or Schrade/Ulster. Both folders are in very good condition with no cracks in the bone handles, excellent W & T and used and sharpened blades but no significant blade loss with the exception of the pen blade on the NYKC.

Ll

Two more beautiful knives, Lloyd! Lovely old bone on both of them.
Dan

Mighty fine knives, Lloyd.
Old school all the way around.

Lloyd, two really nice knives. I have never seen that stamp on the HS&B on the pen blade before. Neat

Harold

Those knives are so sweet I am drooling on my keyboard!

Thanks Dan, Joe, Harold and Dale for the nice comments on these two folders! Hey Dale I'll see you in April and hope to see you there again also Dan. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas, Lloyd

Those two are the bees' knees! Thanks for showing them!

Both are great looking knives.

Thanks for the narrative and pictures.

Bob

Duffer wrote:The top knife is a New York Knife Co Walden 3.5 inch closed bare head Jack and the smaller or bottom one is a HSB & Company 3.25 closed Jack. The New York Jack has NO hammer brand mark on either tang just New York Knife Co Walden on both blade tangs. The Smaller Jack primary blade is marked four lines Hibbard/Spencer/Bartlett/& Co and the smaller blade arched HSB & Co/diamond/ reversed arched Chicago. Both have all hand hammered pins. The pick bone on each Jack handle is similar and a random type pick versus a more later machine type jigged non random repeat pattern. The HSB & Co Jack I assume but don't know for sure was probably made by NYKC or Schrade/Ulster. Both folders are in very good condition with no cracks in the bone handles, excellent W & T and used and sharpened blades but no significant blade loss with the exception of the pen blade on the NYKC.

Ll

Lloyd I have Wester Bros jack with the same type of cross jigging as your HSB, and I recently saw a Camillus with that same jigging. Don't know if I am right. But it made me think Camillus could be the maker.

Thanks Tongueriver, Bob and Greg for your great comments! Greg you could be right about Camillus being the maker of this HSB Jack. I really like this old irregular pick bone handle treatment on these Jacks. They look more ancient with the pick bone and hand hammered pins but the downside is they are prone to breakage and cracks. The Apostlep has a wonderful video in his Anthology series on YouTube about a Golden Rule HSB & Co Jack with the same pick bone handles. Check it out if you haven't seen it. Very informative as he critiques this particular specimen. Lloyd

Duffer wrote:Thanks Tongueriver, Bob and Greg for your great comments! Greg you could be right about Camillus being the maker of this HSB Jack. I really like this old irregular pick bone handle treatment on these Jacks. They look more ancient with the pick bone and hand hammered pins but the downside is they are prone to breakage and cracks. The Apostlep has a wonderful video in his Anthology series on YouTube about a Golden Rule HSB & Co Jack with the same pick bone handles. Check it out if you haven't seen it. Very informative as he critiques this particular specimen. Lloyd

Lloyd here's my Wester Bros. That cross jigging is more pronounced on the pile side.