Odd Ulster

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Not my knife, but I thought it would be interesting to post it here.
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I can't find it in a catalog, and would appreciate if someone can find a pic of this old knife, printed somewhere.
I've never seen one before, and through the many books of catalog reprints I have, Ulster is one of the least represented brands. This knife is 5 1/4" long, and is not the same pattern as the fishing or toothpick pattern.
They made excellent quality knives, but haven't generated the followings that Case and Remington, for example, have generated.
Too bad someone went grinder crazy - ignorance is a depressing phenomenon - but you can still see the goodness that was in this old warhorse.
What do you know??:)
 
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Hi Charlie...this will be interesting, quite a neat styled older knife...definitely has the Laquiole type of influence, Gee...I thought my sharpening was a tad rough!! :eek:
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Charlie...the scales..are they a composite or Ebony?...you can see the shield has been pinned, N/S goodies as well so a nice quality knife!
 
Never seen a navaja type pattern from Ulster like that, Charlie. Interesting. Check with BRL also, perhaps.
 
Campbellclanman said:
Hi Charlie...this will be interesting, quite a neat styled older knife...definitely has the Laquiole type of influence, Gee...I thought my sharpening was a tad rough!! :eek:
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Charlie...the scales..are they a composite or Ebony?...you can see the shield has been pinned, N/S goodies as well so a nice quality knife!
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Wish I had the knife in hand Duncan. From the pics, it looks like a composite. I have a couple of older Ulsters that have what seems to be a very durable black stuff, that shrinks/shrank slightly.
 
If this were closer to April 1st, i'd say you're just foolin' 'bout this being an Ulster Knife Co. knife.
Do you really think it's an Ulster ? (reading the knife as is oft advised)
roland
 
rprocter said:
If this were closer to April 1st, i'd say you're just foolin' 'bout this being an Ulster Knife Co. knife.
Do you really think it's an Ulster ? (reading the knife as is oft advised)
roland
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What, Roland?? You've never heard of fools in February?? Especially around the 14th??:D:D

Mike Losicco tells me it has the;
ULSTER KNIFE CO. over
ELLENVILLE NY
stamp.
Sorry you can't see it in the pictures.
What's it look like to you, Roland?;)
 
It looks like someone took the blade from an Ulster folding hunter and put it in a new handle. The pivot pin looks like it could be a non-factory item.
 
lambertiana said:
It looks like someone took the blade from an Ulster folding hunter and put it in a new handle. The pivot pin looks like it could be a non-factory item.
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Hi Lambertiana, would a photo of the back springs confirm this?...to see how the blade matches to the spring?...you may be onto something here.
 
"What's it look like to you, Roland? "
I can answer only that the frame does not look like any USA manufactured knife that i have seen. USA companies did make many traditional patterns but they do not seem to have made odd or 'out of the box' type patterns. They stuck with known patterns.
But i am more often wrong than right so i will await your assessment.
roland
 
That's pretty close to a Yukon, maybe that was their answer to a Yukon. I've never seen that one before either Charlie, must be a rare duck.
 
That's a pretty old stamp Charlie and Roland, but I've never seen that pattern in an Ulster either. They had that same blade, or at least the same blade profile, in a smaller cokebottle and a dogleg, so it's possible that someone put the blade into a different frame. They also had a toothpick, but it had the classic large butt cap, not a short one like this. The kick doesn't appear to have been monkeyed with from this end, but that's kind of hard to determine without the knife in hand. Is that celluloid? Is the cover peeling away from the scale where the pin is missing? It's a mystery, though apparently someone enjoyed stirring paint or cleaning brushes with it!

Eric
 
Someone may have mentioned it, but it probably had a bail at one time. Looks like it has paint in the bail hole (hate it when that happpens). The Ulster toothpick, did it every have a long pull? I think it had a slimmer profiled blade. Any idea how long knife is? Anyone else have an Ulster with that shield? At any rate, there are a lot of years to cover. :confused:
 
Hal,

The toothpich had a crescent nail nick, and a slimmer profile. The shield in the knife that Charlie posted was VERY commoon among the Ulsters, as was the propeller shield among the larger knives. Here's a shot of the toothpick:

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What looks like a bail hole might well be a pin, there isn't much room on those slim knives to pin the butt end, the blade tip takes up a lot of room.

Eric
 
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The knife is 5 1/4" long, and the handle pattern is different than a toothpick. I'll try and get spring shots from Mike.

Eric beat me to it!
 
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Tony Bose said:
That's pretty close to a Yukon, maybe that was their answer to a Yukon. I've never seen that one before either Charlie, must be a rare duck.
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I believe this is the pattern that Tony refers to. It looks more like this "Yukon" than a toothpick.
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To me the blade looks too 'deep' for the handle. With the Yukon, when closed, more of the blade lies within the frame.
roland
 
It would be nice to see some actual pics of a Yukon. I have also asked for pics of the blade-backspring fit.
 
Hell...I'd say someone screwed up the handles and just chopped and thin them out. Maybe he wanted to get more grip on the blade to open it...but it looks to me like someone just cut the top down and repositioned the shield
 
I think this is a similar knife (a vendor's picture, from a year or year and a half back.). Note the different pull.
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Thanks to a sharp guy here, we now have two of these knives spotted! Story sound familiar, Roland??;)
 
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