There everywhere but who also made them?

[JohnnyMayhem]

I'm sure that you have seen them at antique stores, flea markets and the occasional garage sale, a small clip point fixed blade with either wood or plastic scales and a simple steel guard made by Scharade and a few other companies.

But I have this one, that has a simulated stag scales, but it's made of bone I'm thinking. (Iphone pictures don't really show the details but here goes)





I was looking for any markings, but the previous owner used a rust eraser or a brillo pad to clean the rust off of it.

Just an interesting little mystery that only cost a couple of bucks.

[tltt]

That one looks like a Utica (Kutmaster) model. Usually these were lightly etched, and the marking is long gone. Imperial, Utica, and Camillus, and their associated contract brands were big makers or re-sellers of this style. That being said, I figure most of the big eastern firms had a similar styled knife in their catalogs up until the last 50 years or so.

Very popular pattern.

The handles are bone.

[JohnnyMayhem]

Thanks! Are they worth anything? I would feel guilty about cleaning it further, giving it a new patina and then whipping up a kydex sheath to keep in my pack.

[tltt]

For the most part the values are very modest most >$50, and more like under $20 for used examples.

The only one I can think of that is worth a good bit of money is a larger Camillus version that was slated for WWII U.S.M.C use before the development of the 1219c2 pattern. See here -

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/sh...ine-Corp-knife .

[Vanguard41xx]

Thanks! Are they worth anything? I would feel guilty about cleaning it further, giving it a new patina and then whipping up a kydex sheath to keep in my pack.

Not really. The ones with the bone are a bit more collectible than the ones with the black plastic. It is more useful as a tool than a collectible piece. Clean and sharpener her up.

[fast14riot]

I like these knives. Everyone had one at some point or knew of one in the drawer of grandpa's garage. Just think of it as an old but still good tool. I often buy old, used tools simply because I like the stuff that looks old and trustworthy. I have thought about picking up a bunch of these and making them my steak knives! Simple to rehandle to something more attractive, and far more interesting than stamped chinese knives.


-Xander

[Big Barn]

I've got one with the black plastic handle & per my father-in-law it also came with a hatchet, which I have. Doesn't appear to be anything to write home about but decent enough tools.

[DJD]

When I was a kid, they were the tool of choice for throwing and trying to stick in trees. They usually had a very short life span. But were cheap enough to buy a new one for the next camping trip.

DD

[JohnnyMayhem]

I touched the edge up on it and it took a scary sharp edge on it. It's totally going in the pack and probibly kicking another knife out. (best 2 dollars I spent)

[caseknife64]

Utica sportsman. Kutmaster steel sharpens up real well!

[bernard_levine]

I've got one with the black plastic handle & per my father-in-law it also came with a hatchet, which I have. Doesn't appear to be anything to write home about but decent enough tools.

That set was offered in the Blue Chip Stamps catalog in the early 1970s.

I forget how many books...

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The jigged bone version was introduced c1938, around the same time as Utica's Kutmaster trademark.
There is a book on Civil War knives that shows one of these. Not sure which Civil War. Maybe Spain.

BRL...