Gun Collectors Dream Auction #87 General Gun Auction
Lot 536:
Description
This lot consists of three vintage American folding pocket knives and pocket multi-tools.
The first item is an Imperial Barlow pocket knife, a classic Barlow pattern folder featuring a carbon steel clip point master blade and a pen blade. The master blade features a tang stamp for the Imperial Knife Company of Providence, Rhode Island, and the steel bolster is stamped Barlow. The handle is composed of diagonally textured dark brown synthetic scales secured with metal pins.
The second item is a Colonial take-apart hobo camping multi-tool. This utensil knife features four folding stainless steel components, including a master knife blade, a fork, a spoon, and a can opener. The knife blade tang is stamped Colonial Prov. U.S.A., and the fork is stamped Stainless. The handle is made of jigged brown synthetic scales designed to simulate jigged bone, accented with cream-colored composite borders, brass liners, and a metal bail loop.
The third item is a Royal folding multi-tool bar tool. Crafted from chrome-plated steel, this tool features a fixed bottle opener at one end of the frame, with two folding utility blades at the other end consisting of a can opener and a peeler-scaler tool. It is complete with an attached steel ball chain. The handle features a raised, textured rectangular section stamped Royal.
Imperial Barlow master blade length: 2.5 inches
Colonial Hobo master blade length: 3.0 inches
Royal folding tool blade length: 2.5 inches.
Condition report:
The Imperial Barlow knife is in fair to good vintage condition, showing heavy dark patina, surface pitting, and minor rust on the carbon steel blades. The handle scales have light scratches and a small hairline crack at the bolster pin. The Colonial Hobo multi-tool is in good vintage condition, exhibiting minor pocket wear, light surface scratches, and minimal sharpening wear on the blades and utensils. The Royal multi-tool is in fair to good vintage condition with fine scratches, light pitting, and scattered oxidation spots across the chrome-plated finish, though both folding blades open and close properly.
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