Deer and Elk and Steer, Oh My! What Do You Have?

[New_Windsor_NY]

Neat collection, Skip... and neat idea for a thread. Nice knives everyone! Looking forward to more...

Thank you Doc B, but only the very first one posted is mine. (on page 1)
I do have two more coming to me in the mail, including the one pictured below.

I just bought this one. It was one of a lot of four knives.
Can't wait to clean it up! The pictures are the seller's.

[Doc B]

Gotcha! I should have read the fine print. Got caught up in looking at all the cool pictures

[knife7knut]

Some Kershaw stuff that might fit in here. Sorry for the lousy pictures;I'm going to have to re-shoot these.

[tongueriver]

In-house Schrade Walden joke on the owner, Baer (not Bear).

[New_Windsor_NY]

In-house Schrade Walden joke on the owner, Baer (not Bear)

You had me nervous there for a second, but VERY NICE looking knife!

[knife7knut]

In-house Schrade Walden joke on the owner, Baer (not Bear).cr2.jpg

Here is almost the same knife with a Craftsman stamp.

[jxr1197]

Great idea for a topic Skip - the head thread, lol. I have a PM from you that only says message deleted by author. There's a lot to be jealous of here. Knife7knut - that 685BH is one I'm surely needing for my collection and Skip that deer head camper is one I haven't seen yet. You've shown most of my heads already but there's a few more I can scare up.
Here's an Imperial Field & Stream set from the 1950s that included the H-50 fixed blade deer head.

[New_Windsor_NY]

I just now purchased this knife. My first "steer head." I'll repost MY pictures when I receive it and give it a gentle cleaning. It "should" clean up nice. These pictures are the seller's.

[jxr1197]

A deer scene ltd blade by Schrade. I'm not sure if I've ever seen this on a production knife. This one was dressed to the nines by Herman Williams.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Great idea for a topic Skip - the head thread, lol. I have a PM from you that only says message deleted by author. There's a lot to be jealous of here. Knife7knut - that 685KP is one I'm surely needing for my collection and Skip that deer head camper is one I haven't seen yet. You've shown most of my heads already but there's a few more I can scare up.
Here's an Imperial Field & Stream set from the 1950s that included the H-50 fixed blade deer head.
field and stream set.JPG

Sorry about that Jason. I was just giving you a heads-up about starting this topic. I hope you don't mind my hijacking your pictures and text. I gave you full credit of course. So far, it seems to be going over well. Just bought another one, my first "steer head" (the post above your latest one). Your deer scene blade from Schrade knife is a gorgeous piece of cutlery! Herman Williams is a name that I am familiar with. I've been searching for one of his custom Schrade pattern #863 knives. No luck so far, but I don't give up easily. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your fantastic collection of "heads." Take care, Skip.

[jxr1197]

Sorry about that Jason. I was just giving you a heads-up about starting this topic. I hope you don't mind my hijacking your pictures and text. I gave you full credit of course. So far, it seems to be going over well. Just bought another one, my first "steer head" (the post above your latest one). That is a gorgeous piece of cutlery! I'm looking forward to seeing more of your fantastic collection of "heads." Take care, Skip.

Nothing to be sorry for! Great idea to give the topic into its own spotlight! All good

[jxr1197]

A couple more Baer heads. I saw your comment earlier Cal about the inside joke on that. I did read somewhere that it was an inside joke for the folks up in Walden too when they decided to make them.

[jxr1197]

Here are a bunch of 3.25" serpentine heads that showcase how much variation there was in this pattern. There are a mix of original style clips and turkish clips (changeover around 1960) and in this pic there are Ulsters, Imperials, Kingstons and Keen Kutters but regardless of what the tang says they are all Ulster 50 or Ulster 55 knives.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Here are a bunch of 3.25" serpentine heads that showcase how much variation there was in this pattern. There are a mix of original style clips and turkish clips (changeover around 1960) and in this pic there are Ulsters, Imperials, Kingstons and Keen Kutters but regardless of what the tang says they are all Ulster 50 or Ulster 55 knives.

No wonder these knives are difficult to find, you have most of them. At least the four that I've managed to obtain are "unique." VERY nice "herd" of knives, Jason.

[jxr1197]

VERY nice "herd" of knives, Jason.

Yeah, so I'm stealing that, lol! From now on it shall be my herd.

This next knife is one you won't see anywhere else. This is a shell handled Imperial Ranchero with a fish tang stamp (and yes, I now consider a fish as part of the herd.) The Ranchero was a sample pattern for Imperial's Hecho en Mexico knives and I don't believe they were ever sold. I've got three of them because I'm crazy enough about these knives that I actually bought the factory collection from the sample room . The other two have standard tangs stamps (standard for sample room Mexican Imperials, that is) but for some reason this guy got nothing but a fish. No idea why. Here's the only pic you'll ever see of a fishy Ranchero:

[New_Windsor_NY]

VERY nice "herd" of knives, Jason.

Yeah, so I'm stealing that, lol! From now on it shall be my herd.

This next knife is one you won't see anywhere else. This is a shell handled Imperial Ranchero with a fish tang stamp (and yes, I now consider a fish as part of the herd.) The Ranchero was a sample pattern for Imperial's Hecho en Mexico knives and I don't believe they were ever sold. I've got three of them because I'm crazy enough about these knives that I actually bought the factory collection from the sample room . The other two have standard tangs stamps (standard for sample room Mexican Imperials, that is) but for some reason this guy got nothing but a fish. No idea why. Here's the only pic you'll ever see of a fishy Ranchero:

So it's safe to assume that I will NEVER find a Imperial Ranchero with a fish tang stamp. I can live with that as my main area of collecting is Camillus and Camillus pattern 72 clones/variations. These "head" knives are a nice change of pace and the fact that they aren't that common, doesn't distract me from my pursuit of Camillus knives. But still.......Imperial Ranchero.......fish tang stamp. We'll see......

[jxr1197]

Here are a couple more. Another Imperial. fish knife:

And this one's a stretch but you said you collect Camillus and this one tells you which blade to use for animal flesh. I said it was a stretch...

[jxr1197]

Here are a couple more. Another Imperial fish knife:
impfish.jpg

And this one's a stretch but you said you collect Camillus and this one tells you which blade to use for animal flesh. I said it was a stretch...
fleshonly.jpg

[jxr1197]

More Imperial fish themes:

Schrade Duck Stamp 2000/20001 knife. This one happens to be the photo sample knife:

[New_Windsor_NY]

Here are a couple more. Another Imperial fish knife:


And this one's a stretch but you said you collect Camillus and this one tells you which blade to use for animal flesh. I said it was a stretch...

It doesn't actually specify "ANIMAL" flesh, but I'll give it to you. This may be the beginning of the end, but it was close enough.

[knife7knut]

There's a lot to be jealous of here. Knife7knut - that 685BH is one I'm surely needing for my collection

I'm not exactly sure which one you are referring to,but I assume it is the Craftsman.

[jxr1197]

VERY nice "herd" of knives, Jason.

Yeah, so I'm stealing that, lol! From now on it shall be my herd.

This next knife is one you won't see anywhere else. This is a shell handled Imperial Ranchero with a fish tang stamp (and yes, I now consider a fish as part of the herd.) The Ranchero was a sample pattern for Imperial's Hecho en Mexico knives and I don't believe they were ever sold. I've got three of them because I'm crazy enough about these knives that I actually bought the factory collection from the sample room . The other two have standard tang stamps (standard for sample room Mexican Imperials, that is) but for some reason this guy got nothing but a fish. No idea why. Here's the only pic you'll ever see of a fishy Ranchero:
fsh.jpg

[New_Windsor_NY]

VERY nice "herd" of knives, Jason.

Yeah, so I'm stealing that, lol! From now on it shall be my herd.

This next knife is one you won't see anywhere else. This is a shell handled Imperial Ranchero with a fish tang stamp (and yes, I now consider a fish as part of the herd.) The Ranchero was a sample pattern for Imperial's Hecho en Mexico knives and I don't believe they were ever sold. I've got three of them because I'm crazy enough about these knives that I actually bought the factory collection from the sample room . The other two have standard tang stamps (standard for sample room Mexican Imperials, that is) but for some reason this guy got nothing but a fish. No idea why. Here's the only pic you'll ever see of a fishy Ranchero:
fsh.jpg

Jason, I think you're responding to the wrong post, knife7knut is asking you something.
The top of this page.

[knife7knut]

Here are some more,"fish & fowl" and other four legged critters.
#1 & 2:A couple of Imperial fish knives with fish shields.One has a folding can opener on the spine.
#3 & 4: A Remington "Moby Dick" kitchen knife with a blade shaped and etched like a whale.
#5 & 6: An unmarked lobster fork with requisite lobster stamp.
#7 & 8: A Phillippine barong with a handle carved in the shape of a dog's head.
# 9:An Indian knife & fork carving set in the shape of a fish.
#10:A Sport-Pal fishing tool(it has a knife edge just in back of the cap lifter).

[knife7knut]

A few more:
#1 & 2: Different knives with the same lion theme.
#3: A three blade fish knife with emblem.
#4 & 5: fish knives;one has a fish logo stamped into it.
#6:A Schrade scrimshaw.
#7:A couple of knives with unique sheaths, The folder is German and the fixed blade is Swedish.