Please Help ID and Give an Age to this Pocket Knife

[Erik in NJ]

Found in a corn field today. N.B. the copper shield on the front. The blades are rusted together unfortunately with no hope of separating them.
Any ideas on the manufacturer and age of this knife? Also what material is the front and back made of?

Thanks for any insight!

 

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[timekiller]

Hard to say buddy,they made them or I should say I've found them from mid 19th century sites up into early 20th for types that look like that.The older type I've found don't have the two brass ends.And if it was as old as this one I found it would be easy to say.................
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/m...-handle-couple-others-not-seen-much-here.html

here's a site I had on some not read in awhile but could help ya.
Blade's Guide to Knives & Their Values - Steve Shackleford - Google Books

Take Care,
Pete,

 

[nsdq]

i seen this one before let me think..................

 

[Terry Soloman]

I really think it is a Camillus knife, probably 1940-1950 Collectors of Camillus

 

[ouachitacaveman]

I'm sure that shield ID's this knife as an Imperial Brand, made from 1916 - 1988.

Some basic info. here:
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[nhbenz]

I don't like being a nay-sayer but those crests (shields) aren't exactly alike. If you note the top (toward blade) the corners are slanted on one, pointy on the other. There are a lot of similar crests, but I've yet to re-find the link to id's of these I'd had... It's out there somewhere...

 

[timekiller]

At least yours is prettier then these,all from a island with the last people who stayed on it was gone by 1930,but had homes on it all the way to the colonial era.But some of them like yours came from sites on the island that surely was late 19th century & was gone by early 20th.

 

[timekiller]

Here is another site that seems to be pretty good just click on the left & look through them...............remington antique knives, antique knives, antique pocket knife

 

[ouachitacaveman]

I don't like being a nay-sayer but those crests (shields) aren't exactly alike. If you note the top (toward blade) the corners are slanted on one, pointy on the other. There are a lot of similar crests, but I've yet to re-find the link to id's of these I'd had... It's out there somewhere...

Good eye, NHBENZ !
Upon a little further investigation, the crest appears to
be the style used by the early New York Knife Co. and there ARE many
versions of the crest design, even in this one company.

 

[Erik in NJ]

Hi Pete! Thanks for all the great links and information. I'll take a closer look at the links this evening. I have a couple other pocket knives that I have found this summer so hopefully it'll give me a chance to ID these as well.

Wow, you sure have found your share of pocket knives there! Some of the others I have found are falling apart.

Best, Erik

Hard to say buddy,they made them or I should say I've found them from mid 19th century sites up into early 20th for types that look like that.The older type I've found don't have the two brass ends.And if it was as old as this one I found it would be easy to say.................
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/m...-handle-couple-others-not-seen-much-here.html

here's a site I had on some not read in awhile but could help ya.
Blade's Guide to Knives & Their Values - Steve Shackleford - Google Books

Take Care,
Pete,

 

[Erik in NJ]

Thanks for all your efforts in trying to ID this pocket knife! Any guess as to what the non-metal part of the casing is made of?

Good eye, NHBENZ !
Upon a little further investigation, the crest appears to
be the style used by the early New York Knife Co. and there ARE many
versions of the crest design, even in this one company.

 

[Terry Soloman]

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