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Vintage/Rare/Boxed Four Blade Boy Scout Knife and Genuine Mother of Pearl Handles Ulster Knife Company c1941
All four blades are made of high carbon steel, rust-free and features (1) 2 1/2” long high carbon steel spear main blade, (2) a screwdriver-bottle cap lifter, (3) can opener and (4) a leather punch/awl. Main blade (2) has half-stop safety feature. All blades has strong snaps and tight to the frame without any excessive slack or wobble.
Both main the blade and screwdriver-bottle cap lifter have clear tang stamp ULSTER over DWIGHT DIVINE over & SONS U.S.A. The screwdriver-bottle cap lifter blade (2) tang stamps shows ULSTER over KNIFE CO. over N.Y. These suggest tang marking used by Ulster knife Company on production runs from c1876 thru c1941.
The genuine mother of pearl handles has no cracks, pinned with nickel silver rods and perfectly aligned with the brass frames, spacers, steel back springs and nickel silver bolsters. The vintage Ulster box is lined with decorative ecru colored deer skin.
The show face of the mother of pearl handle has an embedded nickel silver badge shield engraved with BSA logo with the word BE PREPARED.
The nickel-silver shackle is double-pinned with nickel-silver rods to the bolsters pin.
Overall knife length 3 5/8" closed.
TripleF wrote:That's a custom scout knife.....all it is.
Just like mine:
I agree, but if you read the sellers description he makes no mention of it being a custom, in fact the way I read it he is trying to suggest the handles are original to the knife, even dating it to "Circa 1941"
I haven't even checked the ebay listing but I guarantee you I can tell you who the seller is. He's been putting the screws to unsuspecting buyers for years now and ebay refuses to do anything about it.
Finally picked up one of the early Camillus 1047 Scout knives with the 1st class shield.Been lookin' for quite a while and finally found one with pretty decent handles and in my price range. I had a complete set of original blades so it's off to get new blades. I kind of hated to change out the main blade because it was one of the real early long lines with saber grind on both sides and even though my "new" main blade is a long line it's saber grind on only one side. Oh well.
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Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
Nice one Jerry .Hard to find with good handles .You see a lot of them with good blades and damaged handles.
The material they used in the handles seemed to shrink and crack with age.
Grant
Politicians should be like a good pocket knife ." Sharp and useful "
But, but, what if they're those pointy toe Italian loafers and just aren't your style?
I'm more of a burgler boots, blue jeans and a t-shirt kind of guy.
I think I liked it better when I was just plain old Moose.
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
Probably been posted in here 100 times already, but I have a question. The shield doesn't appear to be plastic....does that date it pre WWII since the faint tang stamp is from 1936 - 1952?
I like it Scott, regardless, and ya know Johnnie never met a scout knife he didn't like! Wish I could answer your question but I'll leave it to the pros. Just say'in "what's up Bro"? Steel salute back at ya! Rocky
Rocky, AKA- AREMINGTONSEDGE , “The prime function of a Pocket Knife is to cut- to cut keenly.”- Remington Cutlery Pocket Knives Catalog No.1
TripleF wrote:Probably been posted in here 100 times already, but I have a question. The shield doesn't appear to be plastic....does that date it pre WWII since the faint tang stamp is from 1936 - 1952?
Scott, Imperial did not make their first official Boy Scout knife until 1949 so all of the Imperial official scouts would be post WW II. The model with the badge shield like yours was the first one they produced. It was made from about 1949-1955. In 1955 they switched over to the plastic shield model. My information source for this is Official Scout Blades by Ed Holbrook.
Pretty cool Jerry, nothing like a local connection to a nice, old knife. OH
Deep in the guts of most men is buried the involuntary response to the hunter's horn, a prickle of the nape hairs, an acceleration of the pulse, an atavistic memory of his fathers, who killed first with stone, and then with club...Robert Ruark
Thanks gents. I just stumbled on to it and couldn't pass it up. It's a very well made knife and the bone is wonderful with no cracks or chips that I can find. Consensus of opinion has it made by Schrade.
Forged on the anvil of discipline.
The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012
