Some Unusual Pocket Knives

[Ole Joe Clark]

A friend of mine at church told me about these knives he bought as a kid. He brought them last night and allowed me to take photos of them.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

Nice, I see those types of knives in antique stores fairly often> I do not know if the subject makes them valuable.

 

[Texas Star]

I think they were made by Imperial. Saw them as a kid in the 1950's, when those heroes were on TV a lot.

There were also school lunchboxes with such figures.

 

[BAM-BAM]

When kids were expected to carry a pocket knife!!!!!!!

 

[H Richard]

Brings back a few memories. I recall those from the early 50's.

 

[amazingflapjack]

I remember seeing little switch blades on a cardboard display you kind of pushed one out to buy it up on the Main road" little country store we traded at. They were .99 cents! They weren't too far from the big cooler (ice) that held the Ne-Hi sodas and the RC's so us kids would see them. If we collected enough bottles to turn in for the deposit, we might be able to get one.

 

[billwill]

As a kid that guy was in high cotton with those knives

 

[garddogg56]

Very nice!Always enjoy seeing those.I believe Colonial made those.

 

[tekarra]

I still have my Hopalong Cassidy wallet and a silver bullet pencil sharpener.

 

[Walter Rego]

I have one that my brother gave me several decades ago. I used to use it to slit open the the shrink wrap on new LP's that I bought. The only markings are USA on the main blade, no maker mark that I can find. I have no idea of the age but certainly long enough ago to not be Made in Japan. Or China.

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

I have one that my brother gave me several decades ago. I used to use it to slit open the the shrink wrap on new LP's that I bought. The only markings are USA on the main blade, no maker mark that I can find. I have no idea of the age but certainly long enough ago to not be Made in Japan. Or China.

All of these knives say Novelty Knife Co, USA

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[RSBH44]

I used carried a Tom Mix pocket Pen knife just like one of those for years. One guy at work would always say “ get out your Tom Mix and cut this for me, will ya ?”

 

[ACP230]

Smoky Mountain Knife Works had repros of knives like
this. They may still.

 

[Jaymo]

Nice.
As a kid, I used to get knives like these from the antique shows and flea markets.
I've owned quite a few Imperial pocketknives and still have my great grandfather's Colonial Barlow that he gave me in 1978.

 

[shouldazagged]

I have one that my brother gave me several decades ago. I used to use it to slit open the the shrink wrap on new LP's that I bought. The only markings are USA on the main blade, no maker mark that I can find. I have no idea of the age but certainly long enough ago to not be Made in Japan. Or China.

I've never seen one like that. The Morse code alphabet on the reverse would have been a super-cool feature.