Farmer's Jacks

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Nice one pile driver , from the look of the bone I’m guessing Ulster Knife Company or possibly Camillus
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Great looking Farmers Jack and looks to be in great shape PD ::tu:: ::tu:: ... Cool score 8) and please do post the maker once the knife is received... Great looking bone and usually I associate the Catt knives with worm groove bone though do not think all their knives had that jigging ( ::shrug:: ) but not seeing it in these photos of the knife...
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Pile Driver wrote:I have my first on the way from a lot of 8 knives for cheap, curious to see the maker that is all I have for pictures go off of. Bone looks like Catt or Robeson to me, curious to hear what others think?
Looks to be a very nice knife, I'm thinking early Camillus.
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JohnR wrote:
Pile Driver wrote:I have my first on the way from a lot of 8 knives for cheap, curious to see the maker that is all I have for pictures go off of. Bone looks like Catt or Robeson to me, curious to hear what others think?
Looks to be a very nice knife, I'm thinking early Camillus.
You may be right JohnR and ScoutKnives on the Camillus call out, here is a similar farmers jack I found sold on eBay. I don't believe mine has the same grafting blade, I wonder if there were variations?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RAREST-THUMB-G ... 7675.l2557
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Most were ordinary spey blades PD, but for a short time the “bark loosener “ blade (as Schrade called it) was substituted as a specialty budding blade.

I’m saying Camillus also, even though the shield says it may be Utica.

Robeson , we suppose,never made this pattern . Cattaraugus’ version is on a different frame. See the first page of this thread for a Catt example.

Yours looks good whichever. :D. Thanks for posting it. I look forward to more pictures.
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I can add a couple to this fine thread.
What a pleasure going back through these pages.
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It ended up being a Utica, my first Utica knife. Very good quality the bone is amazing and flawless. I'm going to go home at lunch and put a few drops of mineral oil in the pivots and try and free it up some.
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That's a great looking knife that is screaming for oil.
Love that heavy bar shield. ::tu::
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PD the master looks to be mostly full.Utica made some fine knives. ::tu::
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Trying to work some snap into the main blade, a big chunk of organic material fell out of the well, hopefully it comes back it was seized up for decades probably. Spay blade is nice.
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I thought the shield looked Utica. I haven’t been into my knives a lot lately.That is a good example PD, not much blade loss.

Thanks Joe, some nice knives.
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Very nice. I like UTICA. They were/are located on Noyes Street in Utica, New York. Had I known that in 1988, I would probably be a Utica collector instead of Robeson.

To my knowledge and much to Lyle’s disappointment, Robeson never made a Farmers Jack.

But, there are patterns they did make of which I’m only aware of one extant example, such as a five inch pinch bolstered sleeve board Anglo-Saxon whittler and an almost four inch Gunboat. Same man owns both.

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wlf wrote:I thought the shield looked Utica. I haven’t been into my knives a lot lately.That is a good example PD, not much blade loss.

Thanks Joe, some nice knives.
Wlf, if you do pull out your Utica FJs could you send me a picture of the top down with the blade closed? I'm curious to see how rounded the heel and toe of your main blades tang is? I have been working out tons and tons and tons of grime from mine but I'm still having trouble activating the spring, I have hope because it does seem to lock up at 90% of the way. The spay blade has a squared off tang for a full and half stop, that blade has trap-like snap.
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Spey half stop is typical, but unusual for the pruning blade. I don’t know what you can glean from that picture, but I’ll try. Much is contingent for that comparison.

Not at home now. Pictures later

Charlie , these new revelations keep our ears perked up. :)
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This is the old Utica stamp. I haven't got the scan you want yet PD.
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These are either Utica stamped or I believe Utica made. I think without looking among them are a Crown Cut Co., a Cutsure, and a Western States.
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This is a Cutsure K&B Hardware Cincinnati O.It has the U on the reverse of the main.
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It is a great to see your Farmers Jack collection Lyle. Is there a possibility of a second run from GEC down the road? A selection in stag would get my heart rate racing.
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It is a great to see your Farmers Jack collection Lyle. Is there a possibility of a second run from GEC down the road? A selection in stag would get my heart rate racing.
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All beauties Lyle ::tu:: ::tu:: ... great to see all those Utica related knives and no doubt easy to see the similarities among them!!
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I've got an idea. Nothing yet at this time.

Thanks Lee and Rob.
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That is a beautiful collection of knives, Lyle.
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Very nice collection Lyle!!!!
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The latest from the Central Ky Knife Show.
A rare Akron Cutlery Works Akron O. It may be of Challenge origins?
Not the best pictures.
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I sure do love those Farmer's Jacks. Thanks for showing them. ____Dave
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