Look what my dad picked up today

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Thought you guys might enjoy seeing this find my dad made today, it's marked Union Razor and Tidioute any other info would be great thanks.

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That is a beast! Nice find:thumbup: I can't help with more information but it is a nice looking knife!
 
https://www.kabar.com/history

April 29, 1897
In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a group of 38 men form a Limited Partnership, known as Tidioute Cutlery Company, to manufacture and sell cutlery. The formation is now widely considered to be the beginnings of KA-BAR Knives, Inc.
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1902
Mr. Wallace R. Brown purchases the assets of the Tidioute Cutlery Company, and applies to the Governor of Pennsylvania to form a corporation, the Union Razor Company (later changed to Union Cutlery Company in 1909), for the purpose of manufacturing and selling cutlery.
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December 1911
A new Union Cutlery Company is registered in Olean, New York, creating two Union Cutlery Company incorporations: the original in Tidioute, Pennsylvania and the new one in Olean, New York. Once the Olean facility is operating successfully, the Tidioute, Pennsylvania plant is closed down.
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1920s
During this period, trademarks like OLCUT, KEENWELL, and KA-BAR are adopted and embellished on the knives.
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Sure wish I could find an oldie likeep that. Especially in what appears to be ebony.
 
Awesome find - wow!

The more I keep seeing these antique knives with ebony covers in remarkably good codition, the more I'm realizing it just may be the most durable material of them all.

PS: I'm wondering if GEC would be interested in the opportunity to examine this knife for historical reasons.
 
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