UTICA !!!

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Joe,

Thanks for the kind words. You are always so nice..

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Kathy,
Amazing knife!
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Here is my contribution to the Utica thread. Frontide tang stamp is : "PAT. PEND" over "UTICA CUTLERY CO." over "UTICA N.Y." on both blades. The backside master blade tang stamp is :"30". Would anyone have any idea when this one might have been made?

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Beauty Kathy!! ::tu::

I have this stockman I just finished reviewing!
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Man, thats a pretty knife FFF!!

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trutemper wrote: Would anyone have any idea when this one might have been made?
Starting around 1930 Utica patented a series of bolster designs, I have seen three different ones.

So I would date the knife to the 1930`s , they were not a big seller and were eventually discontinued certainly by the start of WWII.
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Thanks M.B. for the information. Looks like I need to do a little more digging on Utica myself. My curiousity about all these particular aspects of different knife companies keeps getting stronger with knives that I run into and see here. What a great place to learn! Thanks again! I am a little suprised that they were`nt great sellers though.....the knife is very eye appealing to me.

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Here are a couple of uncommon Utica Lockback Folding Hunters, top is black composite of some sort and the bottom is great old Utica bone.
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thefarside,

Whoollly smokes, those knives are awesome!!! ::ds::
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::woot:: ::woot:: ::tu::
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Great knives Farside! They look massive and very well built! Thanks for showing!

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Everyone,
Thanks for checking them out. Bob, both knives are built with a little more heft than a Cattaraugus King of the Woods, heavy duty liners and a serious backspring and blade.

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Jim,

Those are some real beauts! Besides the obvious heft to the knives I love the blade profile and the swedge.....just georgious well made knives!

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Ca. 1920 (?) advertising Utica tear drop jack

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Love that teardrop Mike! Nice Knife!!!

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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".

Bob
Very nice one Chris

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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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