Hammer Brand Imperial Toothpick Candy Stripe 1950s vintage switchblade JM90PBC

Vintage Hammer Brand toothpick style switchblade made in Providence, RI in the 1950s by the Imperial Knife Co and designated pattern #JM90PBC. This knife measures 4.25 inches closed and just over 7 5/8 inches open and has brass liners and button and steel safety. The scales are hollow metal wrapped in candystripe celluloid. The blade is mostly full with patina and scratches from sharpening and a few tiny pits and is marked Hammer Brand USA on the front with a picture of an arm holding a hammer. The back is marked with 2 patent numbers ending in 37 and 82. The knife works well. Blade tip seats deep, opens fully and locks open with about 1/4" up and down and 1/8" side to side. Rattles if shaken when open. Safety works. G+ condition