UTICA !!!

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Paul, I'm not an old knife guy but the WOW factor on those Uticas is over the moon. Thanks for showing them.
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Thanks Jerry, my pleasure. Utica made beautiful knives back in the day.
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Here's my Utica
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wow nice stuff guys!
Saw a really nice Utica at the show but by then was out of cash :roll:
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This is one of the first Utica's that I bought years ago before I bought all the knives from the Factory collection. It is one of the oldest ones I own. Note the UTK stamping on he back tang which is the earliest mark. I love the Utica etch that is on old Utica's, really classy to me. It's only 3" closed but a real beefy knife.
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Uticas seem to range from really, really good to really, really bad. This is the Utica Premium Stockman my daughter gave me for Christmas. You can't appreciate what a well made knife this is until you hold it in your hand.

The only other Utica I owned, I sent off in the POS roundtable. Maybe I should have kept it so I would have one from each end of the spectrum.
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galvanic1882 wrote:This is one of the first Utica's that I bought years ago before I bought all the knives from the Factory collection. It is one of the oldest ones I own. Note the UTK stamping on he back tang which is the earliest mark. I love the Utica etch that is on old Utica's, really classy to me. It's only 3" closed but a real beefy knife.
Wow! that is a beauty galvanic1882!! love that etch also but that bone is something else.
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I found a couple Uticas at the OKCA show this weekend.
This is a Kutmaster fish knife. It has been used.
The master blade is abut 1/4" short from sharpening.
The secondary blade has the hook remove/fish scaler/caplifter.
This is the first Utica or Kutmaster fish knife I have seen.
Not that they are rare, I have just not seen one before.

I will post more pics later.
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Dale, that looks like solid bolsters and celluloid handles. Are you going to re-handle it? Maybe something in a nice red Micarta? ::idea::
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Micarta would look nice Jerry, but I think bone would look better (just my personal preference). I picked up so many knives at the show this weekend that it will be a while before I get around to doing anything with the fish knife.

Here is another Kutmaster that I found at the show.
What interests me is the handles are stainless steel, but the blades & springs are carbon steel.
I wonder what the purpose in that was? ::shrug::
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These celluloid handled knives all have the older arched UTICA tang stamping.

I collected these metallic flake celluloid knives for a long time, and I believe that the pattern of horizontal red and gold stripes is unique to Utica...I have only seen these handles on knives marked UTICA or on knives that I believe were mad on contract by UTICA.
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My latest Utica Kutmaster. Three and seven eighths closed with bone handles and nickle silver liners.
This one has a T below the tang stamp. Anyone have any info, or want to take a guess about the T?
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::tu:: nice old one you got edgy ! maybe tungsten steel ::shrug::
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Thanks Paul.
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Some of the nicest Uticas I`ve ever seen here and I been around a day or 2.... :lol: Thanks for the photos guys!
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i have one old one to add....... Kutmaster
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Miller Bro`s wrote:Paul, Image
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I have to add this one. It's unused, but has a flaw on the back handle. I am not sure what happened there. It kind of looks like a small piece was scraped off?
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Wow, Kathy, that is really nice. Hollow ground and saber ground clip and a hollow ground spey as well.
And a fine shield.
Mighty spiffy.
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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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