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knife buy
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 4:46 pm
by enuf
Was traveling this past week and ended up with these from a guy. They were his dads and neither is/was a collector, he said his dad just had these and this fella wasn't interested in them.
In the first picture:
Top one is an Imperial and missing the tips on one side.
Middle one is a Colonial, and the main blade has been abused pretty badly.
Bottom one is a Craftsman and pretty much intact.
Re: knife buy
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:22 pm
by orvet
Nice functional knives.
The bail on that Craftsman is different than anything I have seen before. Can you tell if that was added after the knife was made? I think perhaps someone removed the original bail and added that particular one. It looks like it would be quite functional if clipped inside the pocket of a pair of jeans. I can see that it would be much easier to access your knife if the clip was hanging on the edge of your pocket.
Re: knife buy
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:35 pm
by knifeaholic
orvet wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 5:22 pm
Nice functional knives.
The bail on that Craftsman is different than anything I have seen before. Can you tell if that was added after the knife was made? I think perhaps someone removed the original bail and added that particular one. It looks like it would be quite functional if clipped inside the pocket of a pair of jeans. I can see that it would be much easier to access your knife if the clip was hanging on the edge of your pocket.
That style of bail - the belt clip bail - is actually somewhat common on CRAFTSMAN scout knives. Appears that Ulster madethem, but I have only seen them on the ones made for Sears.
Re: knife buy
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 6:17 pm
by enuf
It does appear to be factory and I figured it to clip to a belt. The blade also says Craftsman on it.
Re: knife buy
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 6:18 pm
by orvet
Thanks Steve.
I forgot that clip was used on Scout knives.
Re: knife buy
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:27 pm
by Ridgegrass
Really like the Craftsman.
J.O'.
Re: knife buy
Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2024 11:19 pm
by TBear80
I like them all, and drawn to the Craftsman. Vintage knives that you can use.
Re: knife buy
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 3:22 am
by Reverand
Another up vote for that Craftsman!
Re: knife buy
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 3:52 am
by enuf
Thanks guys, my main reason for the buy
Re: knife buy
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2024 4:52 am
by Mumbleypeg
Lots of info here about the unusual bail on that Craftsman. I have one like it, somewhere here there’s a picture of it. Here’s a link to a copy of the patent on the design, that was awarded to Henry Baer.
viewtopic.php?p=124396#p124396
As Eric said, it was also used on at least one Ulster pattern.
Ken