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Are these ULSTER'S really almost 100 yrs old?
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 11:52 pm
by TripleF
So the tang stamp reads ULSTER KNIFE CO
Company name stamped: Milwaukee Mechanics Insurance Company
On back there is a circle with 75 inside it, and 1852 (outer edge top circle) 1927 bottom edge outer circle
making them 92 years old?
Re: Are these ULSTER'S really almost 100 yrs old?
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 12:23 am
by Gunsil
Yes!! The tang stamp is correct for the era.
Re: Are these ULSTER'S really almost 100 yrs old?
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 2:34 am
by deo-pa
On back there is a circle with 75 inside it, and 1852 (outer edge top circle) 1927 bottom edge outer circle
75th anniversary of the company. They were founded in 1852 and it looks like your knife was made in 1927. If they are still around (big if) they would be 167 years old. Probably absorbed by another company somewhere along the line.
Dennis
Re: Are these ULSTER'S really almost 100 yrs old?
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 3:42 am
by kootenay joe
I have serpentine lobster knives marked "Ulster Knife Co" and with an advertising date on handle for 1920's. So the answer to your question is: Yes those knives are in their nineties, nearly 100 yrs old, eh.
kj
Re: Are these ULSTER'S really almost 100 yrs old?
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 11:03 am
by TripleF
WOW, that's cool.
Thanks fellas!
Re: Are these ULSTER'S really almost 100 yrs old?
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 11:42 am
by glennbad
Nice finds Scott!