All About Pocket Knives

Welcome Steve.
As Joe said ,great pictures of good knives.Old Uticas were good quality and that cattle knife is a dandy.I've heard that handle material called Irish soap,but don't think that was from the manufacturer's .

Thanks for the info Kyle ! I was wondering if it was celluloid or something else maybe ?

Welcome Steve and nice knives .. I especially like that cattle knife ..

The handles are celluloid... I have a Winchester whittler with the same exact celluloid and was told by a few it was called faux horn...

Thanks Lee !

It does look a lot like buffalo horn.

Picked up this Utica jack this week, really nice bone. Seeing pictures of other Utica's in this thread it looks like they used very nice bone on the early knives, you all have some great examples.

That's a beauty, very clean

Beautiful bone and nice clear tang stamps!

If I had known in 1988, that Utica Cutlery was located on Noyes Street, my collecting might have gone in a completely different direction.

Beautiful knife.

Charlie Noyes

That's a really nice one, the bone is beautiful. Here is one I've had for years.

Another very nice Utica, Mike!

Thanks guys!

Mike that is a beauty, nice etch and great bone.

Here's another Utica cattle knife I picked up over the winter

Thanks and great knife!!

Wow, this thread really highlights Utica's diversity and there are some very fine examples posted!! Quite impressive!!

Here are a few well loved examples from my toothpick collection. Top knife is 'U, K & R Co.', middle knife is 'Utica Knife & Razor Co.'(arched) and bottom knife is 'Utica Cut. Co.'

Dimitri, you may recognize that one in the middle.


WB

whitebuffalo58 wrote:Dimitri, you may recognize that one in the middle.

Sure do Rob!

Funny how this knife collecting works, up until last week I had no early Utica's in my collection and now I have 2, added this teardrop jack this week.
Unique profile to the spear main and a wide pull, beautiful knife with great snap, hammered pins and very nice bone.

Another beauty

Very nice John, really like the handles

A very nice knife, John.

Wow John - Beautiful bone and a big master blade ....

John

Sweet !

That is a real beauty! What is the closed length of that ol' gal?
Treefarmer

Thanks for the comments guys, Treefarmer it is 3 5/8".

I just scored this one