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Comment by Billy Oneale on April 24, 2015 at 20:34

Great character from the age on that jack knife. Gotta love those old Remington's.

In Memoriam Comment by D ale on April 24, 2015 at 17:38

Sweet scribe .. I've only seen one other .. & didn't even have the $ they wanted.

!!! .. Truely rare .. !!!

Comment by Jan Carter on April 24, 2015 at 17:11

SK,

Those old jacks have a beauty all their own.  From the design to the materials and the fact that they can be found in decent shape but almost always used tells us that they were well loved by previous knife nuts :)

Comment by Jan Carter on April 24, 2015 at 17:09

John,

Donnie used one years ago also when he was grading lumber off the rail.  The reason you dont see them now is that the design has changes immeasurably away from a knife

Comment by Rick Cothren on April 24, 2015 at 15:01

Sweet Remington, those old ones are great finds. Used and cared for well is no problem in my book. 

Comment by Smiling-Knife on April 24, 2015 at 14:59

An old Remington jack knife. Not in the best of condition but I imagine it was well used and loved. The quality still shines. Perfect opening and closing with half-stops on both blades and lovely bone scales.

Comment by Rick Cothren on April 24, 2015 at 14:58

Ok that makes sense. Just hadn't seen that feature before and thought it might be unique to the scribes.. thanks for the info. :) 

Comment by Smiling-Knife on April 24, 2015 at 14:45

Thanks Rick. The tab is called a kick. A square one like this was sometimes called a stove pipe kick in Sheffield. On pocket knives it would prevent the blade from hitting the inside of the spring when closed. Filing the kick of a worn blade lowers the height of the blade and brings it back into the handle.

Comment by Rick Cothren on April 24, 2015 at 14:29

Very nice Smiling, Mine doesn't have the "tab" at the tang of the blade. I would wonder what that is for?  I have about a dozen timber scribes in the collection and some are very unusual and look to be pre 1900. Maybe even into late 1700's early 1800's. Just don't know enough about how to put a period on them. 

Comment by John Bamford on April 24, 2015 at 14:29

Timber scribes were quite common over here when I worked in forestry . Mind you that was a few years ago and I haven't seen one for a while now .

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