Geo Schrade utensil set

[Bob W]

A current project of mine is photographing the knives within the collection at the New Mexico Scouting Museum here in Raton. Among the few Girl Scout knives is this Geo Schrade eating utensil set. The spoon is missing but otherwise in pretty good condition.

 

[Codger_64]

Cool! The spoon was nothing special. IIRC, it was made by another party and fairly plain, not GS marked nor folding.

 

[Bob W]

Thanks for the information, Codger. I've seen other sets with very ordinary spoons as well. Might explain why it's missing - it may have gotten put away in a kitchen drawer instead of back in the kit.
If you can't read the markings from these photobucket pictures, they read: GEO SCHRADE / PAT 1-27-42 / B'PORT CONN.

This utensil set, also for the Girl Scouts, is an Imperial and looks much newer:

 

[Bob W]

Here's one more Imperial from the collection I'd like to ask about. It's a Boy Scout utility knife that originally had five blades; from the entire museum it's the only five-blade model I've seen yet. But one of the blades/tools is broken off and I'm not sure what it was. (A corkscrew on a Boy Scout knife?)

 

[Dave Thinkstoomuch]

Here's one more Imperial from the collection I'd like to ask about. It's a Boy Scout utility knife that originally had five blades; from the entire museum it's the only five-blade model I've seen yet. But one of the blades/tools is broken off and I'm not sure what it was. (A corkscrew on a Boy Scout knife?)

Only a guess but how about "Hobo Knife" with a fork or spoon (or spork lol).

 

[tongueriver]

Ed Holbrook's book "Official Scout Blades", copyright 2009, says 1952 until 1962. Voila! Phillips screwdriver.

 

[Bob W]

Excellent!