UTICA !!!

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Mike, that's a real beauty. My, how the times have changed. From what I've observed, there were several shoe companies who put out knives advertising their product. Now, they wouldn't be caught dead using a (gasp) weapon (sic) to advertise. ::facepalm::
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Thanks Bob and Jerry , in every older knife I acquire I am tending more to convert my collection to vintage. They don't do such knives at present. This teardrop is a jewel :)
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Just got my first Utica. It's one of the presidents collection of knives that's talked about one the first page of this post. It's the candy stripe 2 blade Whittler, it's very near mint. It has numbers painted on the back of the main blade. Thanks chris

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That's a nice knife, Chris.
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Hi Mike,

Once you get hooked on the vintage knives.....well, theres no comparison as far as I`m concerned. You just can`t get the same looks out of knives made today that are called "hand made' when "hand made" today is with tools that are completely different than what was used years ago......the fine real "hand made workmanship" of knives made in the past, as far as I`m concerned is priceless and uncomparable. Then when you add the history factor, the patina, the steel, etc etc etc....well, as you can see I`m sold on the "oldies".

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wo2, that is a beauty!!
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I totally agree Bob, it's just as if they have souls .
trutemper wrote:Hi Mike,

Once you get hooked on the vintage knives.....well, theres no comparison as far as I`m concerned. You just can`t get the same looks out of knives made today that are called "hand made' when "hand made" today is with tools that are completely different than what was used years ago......the fine real "hand made workmanship" of knives made in the past, as far as I`m concerned is priceless and uncomparable. Then when you add the history factor, the patina, the steel, etc etc etc....well, as you can see I`m sold on the "oldies".

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Nice knives guys! Here are two I have that dont compare to some fine examples I've seen on this thread...but they don't make em like this anymore. Craig
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Here are 2 more from the factory collection. I love the etch that Utica used and the abalone is just great!!!
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Man that knife is just georgious!

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Thanks, I forgot to mention that both have salesman's numbers on the back of the main blades. The 4 blade has ink and the 2 blade has them scratched. I have a few other Utica's from the collection that have the numbers scratched on the blades.
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Gorgeous knives as usual, Mike. That abalone is killer. ::tu::
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Only own two Utica pocketknives; a GS-USA Featherweight and an old Kutmaster penknife I inherited from my great-grandma in 1970. I had to reshape the main blade on the pen, as it was tipped.
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Here's my one and only Utica, looks alot like the one you have posted there Blademaker! I like the way the nail nick is placed forward on the blade so you can get to it easily...also like the stamp of course. Great old knife.
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I was unaware of this thread!!!!

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I really like the old Utica Knives. I have a couple that I'm pretty proud of
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Very nice T.J. Looks like they may have shared a "bone yard" with Camillus. Spectacular bone handles.
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Thanks Jerry, they did make some very nice knives with wonderful bone handles ::tu::
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You need to put that guitar down for a minute and get to work on a display for all those fine old bone handles you've accumulated.
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I should but I'm not that creative in that sense. Maybe I can look for a shadow box to use. Did you see the Boker U.S.A. that I just bought? Great Roger's bone.

ps - still waiting on my knife case from Queen ::facepalm::
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tjmurphy wrote:I should but I'm not that creative in that sense. Maybe I can look for a shadow box to use. Did you see the Boker U.S.A. that I just bought? Great Roger's bone.

ps - still waiting on my knife case from Queen ::facepalm::
I did see the Boker. You sure know how to find the good ones.


That's waaay too bloody long. Do they respond to emails?
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Ken Daniels replied to my emails almost immediately. He told me to get hold of Ashley Wright who I finally talked to after three days of leaving phone messages. Seems they're out of stock on the item. I wrote her an email yesterday AM for an up-date but have not heard back yet ::facepalm:: Doesn't seem to me that this item would be too hard for Queen to get.
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Tom, that 3rd one down with the bar shield is awesome! I really dig it! ::drool::
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If they had to place another order with Hickory and they had to acquire the materials to make them, then get them on the production schedule, etc, etc... It could be months. I can wait if someone just tells me the facts. Otherwise... Image

Sorry it's not working out as expected. Sure takes the shine off of things.
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Thanks Gino, I really like that one too ::tu:: The arched stamp is their earliest, I think.
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