Elusive Schrades

Lovely lovely Knives Kevin - I have been periodically popping in and out of the BF as I have my daughter staying - and it’s pretty busy. In the Okd Knives- Scouts and now here- the three “ Daddy Threads” if you ask me that contain some absolutely Stunning Knives and Kevin your latest HAUL of Schrades is extremely kind on the eyes.
Nice old Lobsters my friend.

Calvin - That French Ivory example - Whew!!
 
Great Jacks, Calvin and Charles!
I particularly like French Ivory. I also like the fact that George Schrade was always experimenting with designs and materials!!
 
Hopefully this Ulster is OK to include. It came off of the Schrade factory display board.

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Cool Cattle, Mike!!! The Classic Steer head!!!:thumbsup:
Y'oughta clean that ink off the blade though . . . . . .:rolleyes:
:)
Pretty sure Schrade owned Ulster when that knife was made!!
 
That...............
is super Cool.

Sooooooo.... What is the year if that knife do you think Mike / Charlie?
( exposing myself to not knowing- without looking it up what year Schrade bought Ulster ) 70’s?
 
I've gotten most of the ink off Charlie!

Duncan, I'm not sure either. Goins says during WW II Ulster and Imperial formed a cooperative. After the war, the two of them created Kingston Cutlery and then Kingston bought Schrade, but no year for the latter. I'm sure Charlie or someone else knows a lot more than me.
 
Mike Robuck said:
I've gotten most of the ink off Charlie!

Duncan, I'm not sure either. Goins says during WW II Ulster and Imperial formed a cooperative. After the war, the two of them created Kingston Cutlery and then Kingston bought Schrade, but no year for the latter. I'm sure Charlie or someone else knows a lot more than me.
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Albert Baer acquired Ulster in 1941, formed Kingston in 1943 which was a merger with Imperial, bought Schrade in 1946 (renaming it Schrade Walden) and collectively 1946'ish they were known as the Imperial Knife Associated Companies (IKAC). By the mid-1960's Ulster and Kingston sales were plummeting and both names were pretty much gone by 1972-1973. If I were to guess at Mike's knife I would say 1960's... I'll see if I can spot any in the catalogs later on.
 
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Thanks for the info, Kevin. I think of Albert Baer as the prime mover in Schrade, and keep forgetting he ran Imperial first - duh.
 
waynorth said:
Thanks for the info, Kevin. I think of Albert Baer as the prime mover in Schrade, and keep forgetting he ran Imperial first - duh.
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No doubt Charlie, when I first started learning about the great early manufacturer's of pocket knives, Albert Baer's named seem to pop up everywhere. Baer is partly responsible for the success of Camillus / Kastor as well, I believe he spent a good portion of his early career as the main A. Kastor salesman... which having all of those connections was key in him being a successful manufacturer. Below is a great article I found a while ago that Mr Levine wrote about him.

http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/articles/Albert-M-Baer-KW-02-92.pdf
 
Campbellclanman said:
That...............
is super Cool.

Sooooooo.... What is the year if that knife do you think Mike / Charlie?
( exposing myself to not knowing- without looking it up what year Schrade bought Ulster ) 70’s?
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That knife was one of four similar themed models offered by Ulster right after WWII, and were only available for a few years.
Two were Cattle knives with different blade configurations, and two were Stock knives with different blade configurations.
Here is one of the Stock Knife models.

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herder said:
That knife was one of four similar themed models offered by Ulster right after WWII, and were only available for a few years.
Two were Cattle knives with different blade configurations, and two were Stock knives with different blade configurations.
Here is one of the Stock Knife models.

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Found that too Neal, LoL... this one was in the 1960 catalog so it lasted longer than the equal end. The #45 was in the 1961 catalog but had jigged plastic... maybe the first jigged Delrin covers, the timing is right. Cool knives!

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herder said:
That knife was one of four similar themed models offered by Ulster right after WWII, and were only available for a few years.
Two were Cattle knives with different blade configurations, and two were Stock knives with different blade configurations.
Here is one of the Stock Knife models.

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Oh just Wow on that knife Herder my friend, I am terribly so - mainly for myself I had missed you posting this stunning Knife- Herder- Thank you for sharing your wonderful Knives with us here- I for one ( and know a lot more do too ) appreciate it VERY much!

veitsi_poika said:
Enough about Ulster ;)... back to a Schrade :D

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Kevin...... My friend you of lately seem to be "uping the anti" matey- thats a spectacular Knife you have there- just a handful of knives of this calibre and one would have a great collection.

TheChunk91 said:
Well I never left schrade :D

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And dont you ever do chunk - that cattle Knife is gorgeous! if one were to choose a knife- just one to last the rest of your lief a Decent Cattle knife ( with a Punch of course ) would have to be one of the more sensible picks.
 
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