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Posted: **Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:09 am**

Seek and ye shall find. I guess I am just lucky.

Posted: **Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:25 am**

semloh wrote:Nice one, AKC.

Question: regarding tang stamps, is there a consensus as to which is the earlier between ULSTER/KNIFE CO/NY and ULSTER/KNIFE/CO? Reading threads, I haven't found any stated facts about this, and it isn't readily discernible just looking at a wide assortment of knives- though I seem to have gotten it in my head that ULSTER/KNIFE CO/NY is the earlier of the two. Perhaps they were used with some overlap?

Any ideas, anyone?

Ray

according to goins, both stamps were used 1876-1941

Posted: **Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:21 am**

semloh wrote:Nice one, AKC.

Question: regarding tang stamps, is there a consensus as to which is the earlier between ULSTER/KNIFE CO/NY and ULSTER/KNIFE/CO? Reading threads, I haven't found any stated facts about this, and it isn't readily discernible just looking at a wide assortment of knives- though I seem to have gotten it in my head that ULSTER/KNIFE CO/NY is the earlier of the two. Perhaps they were used with some overlap?

Any ideas, anyone?

Ray

Elementary my dear semloh! The NY marking came later!

(I just noticed that semloh is Holmes spelled backwards!!

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Watson . . . . errrr . . . , charlie!

Posted: **Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:36 am**

Thanks, Charlie. That sounds like something approximating a definitive answer! Now I just have to slap myself for passing up a couple of ULSTER/KNIFE/CO marked knives because I thought the other was the earlier one

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And yes, semloh is holmes- the last name here. Not all that clever on my part, but well-spotted on yours.

Ray

Posted: **Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:53 am**

Ray, if you leaf through this thread you will see some nice old Ulsters!
But you've probably already done that!!

Posted: **Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:44 pm**

Here is an Ulster Rope knife I picked up some time back.

Dale

Posted: **Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:16 am**

I went to a flea market today and found a very nice old Ulster fish knife.
I found the same model at another flea market two weeks ago, but it had a bad handle on.
This one has been sharpened, but very little as the blade is full.
I love these old things!

Dale

Posted: **Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:23 am**

It's always nice when the etch is still there!! Nice score Dale

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Posted: **Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:08 pm**

Just arrived from a friend in Californy! A lightly used Swell Center Whittler, with very nice pearl handles. Stamped Ulster Knife Co. on all three blades, half stops on the two small ones; very nicely made!

Posted: **Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:54 am**

Very nice, Charlie and Dale.
There's just something about those old knives.

Posted: **Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:51 am**

Love the Hawkbill and the Barlows! Speaking of the Barlow mystique, I seem to remember something about that when I was growing up, but I was too young to be allowed knives at that time. I wonder what it was all about, that mystique.....

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:34 am**

Nice pearl on that one upnorth!

Here's an Ulster knife co whittler that shows its age, but I couldn't pass it up.

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:19 am**

i have this ulser.

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:38 am**

Hey Gringo,
I have one like yours only not quite so shiny and new looking. I collect Boy Scout knives and even though it was not an "official" one, I just couldn't pass it up. Really well made old knife.
I'm becoming a fan of those old Ulsters.

Phil

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:04 am**

thanks, it is in the condition i found it...other than washing the antique peanut butter of the main blade...nicked myself setting up the photo...

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2008 5:47 pm**

gringo wrote:thanks, it is in the condition i found it...other than washing the antique peanut butter of the main blade...nicked myself setting up the photo...

Gringo if that Ulster bit you when setting up the picture, it will need to be quarantined for a while to make sure it doesn't have rabies. You can send it to me for that, just in case it does. I don't want you to have to go through OLD YELLER syndrome of putting it down so, I'll take care of it for you.

Posted: **Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:10 pm**

I have a few pages of old Ulster catalog photo plat's that I constantly drool over.
From the 30's we believe.
http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/ ... ndex_3.htm

Posted: **Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:36 am**

Time to bring this thread back to life.

Here is an Ulster pen knife I picked up recently.
I love this old jigged bone!

Dale

Posted: **Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:06 pm**

I know it's not a knife but I just made a deal for this nice Ulster counter felt.

Posted: **Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:32 pm**

Mike you sure can come up with some cool goodies.

Not just Ulster, but Dwight Divine and Sons Ulster.

Posted: **Sat Jan 24, 2009 3:48 pm**

That is SWEET Mike!
It appears to be unused.
Thanks for sharing.

Here is a pic of my latest Ulster.
The tang stamp did not come out well in the scan.

Dale

Posted: **Sat Jan 24, 2009 4:02 pm**

Here's an Ulster Old Timer barlow I picked up recently.

Posted: **Sat Jan 24, 2009 4:30 pm**

Here are a few older Ulsters from my Boy Scout collection.

Posted: **Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:40 pm**

Always ready for Ulster! Nice to see interest in this great old name.
Is this the company that insisted on excellence, even when losing money every year??
Great felt Mike; hard to believe it's old.
Nice pen Dale. How long?

Posted: **Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:44 am**

upnorth wrote: Nice pen Dale. How long?

3-1/4 inches.
Single back spring. Slim for the pocket, yet big enough to hold on to & be useful.
Hummm...............3-1/4"...........gotta post elsewhere. BRB.

Dale

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