Easy open knives feature a notch near the wide end of a common jack knife pattern, typically a swell end knife. The spear point blade can either be opened with the nail pull or by grabbing the exposed portion of the blade in the notch. Sometimes a nail notch is not even present on the blade of an easy open knife.
Easy open knives were especially popular from the early 1900s to the 1950s and were made by companies such as Robeson, Remington, Case XX, Camillus, Schrade Cut Co, and more.
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$165.95
Remington UMC Easy Open knife (lot#20751)
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$90.00
SCHRADE CUT Co. Easy Open Jack Knife, Walden NY, Brown Peach Bone Skins
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$77.00
WW2 Era 30s 40s Camillus USN US Navy General Utility Easy Open Jack Pocket Knife
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$149.99
1920-1940 CASE XX PAT 11031 WALNUT Easy Opener 3.25” POCKET KNIFE NEVER USED
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$289.99
Vintage WW1 WW2 Pocket Knife Navy Rope Knife Easy Open Schatt & Morgan
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$179.99
Vintage Hibbard Spencer Bartlett Brown Bone Easy Open / Open Eye Jack Knife
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$225.00
RARE OLD RUSSELL BONE HANDLE EASY OPENER LOCKBACK FISH SCALER GRAND DADDY BARLOW
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$129.50
1930's Camillus N.Y. U.S.A. 4-Line "Easy Open" Bone Pocket Knife Rare 2 Blade
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$74.99
Camillus #33 Easy Opener EO Folding Pocket Knife USA Vintage 1940's-50's
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$90.00
VINTAGE CAMILLUS CUTLERY CO. EASY OPENER POCKET KNIFE Beautiful BONE HANDLES
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$75.00
Queen Steel Big Easy Open Knife #62
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$148.88
Victorinox Soldiers Knife Green + Black Serrated Blade W/ Pouch - Switzerland
