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Here are some photos of a pearl knife I picked up at a little local club meeting today.
It is a nice little knife of 3 inches. It has strong snap and strong half stops. The blades have a bit of a swedge. I feel sure that with those features it is not a recent manufacture.
The tang stamp is a pair of letters and I cannot make out the first. The last is R (followed by) CO. (over) TIDIOUTE (over) PA.
I tried combinations of letters with the R but found nothing in Goins.
Pa Knives, are you out there??

Paladin,

The stamping is a little hard to make out, especially the first letter.

You have what appears, to me at least, to be a Union Razor Co. (U. R. Co.) knife.

Union Razor operated out of Tidiuote, PA from circa 1898-1912 and was founded by Wallace R. Brown, a grandson of Job R. Case.
Later, Union evolved into KA-BAR Cutlery Company, Inc.

I'd say you've got an uncommon example. Very nice!

Hope this helps, Tip

Of course, paknives is the authority, but I am going to put my money on Union Razor Co. Nice find.
...CCBill...

Thanks Tip and CCBill. I believe you may be correct. Maybe we can get PAKnives to take a look and give it his blessing during the day.
By the way Tip, you are right across the creek from me. I am in Pflugerville.

Very good, Paladin.

Maybe we'll cross paths one of these days and talk knives and knife hunting!

-Tip

Tip,
Check your PMs. I just sent one.

Ray

Yes that is a U R Co. Union Razor Company of Tidioute, but I have to see the other blade stamp to determine if the knife itself is in deed the real thing. I do have some reservation at this time. Remember folks, you must read the entire knife, not just the stamp. Thats why Ray is asking.

Looking forward to more pics.

David

PA,
The small pen blade is stamped with a weak TIDIOUTE. Not the greatest photo but maybe will suffice, and thanks for the help.
Ray

YEA!!!!!!!!!

Yes it passes the test, it is the real thing and a fine example at that. It really should be in my collection though. NICE Ray. you certainly have a nack for finding those wonderful pieces. I compared the stamps to known originals and these is a beauty.

Thanks for sharing

Thanks to everybody for the help on this one and special thanks to PAKnives for the icing on the cake.
I hadn't really thought about selling and in truth, I paid a little more than I wanted to for the knife, so it might not be a good buy.