The Imperial knife company began rooting itself into the cutlery business as a pocket watch chain knife manufacturer in 1916. The founders were involved in the jewelry industry before embarking of their knife endeavors. Schrade eventually bought Imperial out & merged to create the Imperial Schrade umbrella.

2009年3月18日 · Here is one of my favorite patterns, an Imperial easy-open jack with beautiful old bone handles. The steel in these old things are awesome! Imperial tended to use very good steel in all their knives, even the cheap shell handled knives would cut as well or better than most other knives from the same time period.

2021年3月29日 · As their history has already been well documented I thought I would concentrate on the knives themselves. This post will deal with the three major types of Imperial knives:1)the early and so-called,"solid bolster" types. 2) the later so-called,"shell handled" models which really were their most popular and:3) fixed blade knives.

Albert M. & Henry Baer were heavily involved in the consolidation & the Baers would eventually buy & merge Imperial with Schrade & others. The Imperial brand name continued to exist until 1988, when they were discontinued and replaced by the Schrade name. Below, you will find a few links to more interesting Imperial related information & resources.

MAKER: Imperial Knife Company. PATTERN: Pro Guide; PG-1. BLADE ETCH: IMPERIAL/PRO GUIDE/STAINLESSU.S.A. OAL: 10-5/8” BLADE LENGTH: 5-3/4” (measured from tip to guard) GUARD: Nickel silver (judging from the slightly tarnished look and the fact that it is nonmagnetic) HANDLE: Rosewood. SHEATH: Quality factory leather sheath

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2017年1月17日 · Re: Imperial pocket knife identification help Post by gwelker62 » Wed Jan 18, 2017 10:11 pm It was probably made between 1977 and 82, according to smiling-knife.

Collecting Case Knives : Identification and Price Guide by Steve Pfeiffer (2009, Trade Paperback) The Catalog is in New Condition and is a "Must Have" for the Case Collector. Any questions, Please feel free to contact me. Thanks for looking! Item # 46423

2018年5月26日 · Schrade Cutlery Company was founded in 1904 by George Schrade, and his brothers Jacob and William Schrade. In 1946 Imperial Knife Associated Companies, (IKAC; an association of Ulster Knife Co and Imperial Knife Co) purchased controlling interest in Schrade Cut Co and changed the name to Schrade Walden Cutlery.

2011年3月2日 · The knives I collect from this company are the very early ones. One of the tang stamps you will see on knives from this era have the letters "IKCO" inside a rectangle. These were made in the early 1920`s till about 1935, when imperial changed over to shell handle construction. The knife shown below is one I have had in my collection for quite ...