"Old Knives"

[Fodderwing]

So far...forum members label it in the early 1800's.

That is really cool Bob. Wow

 

[Rufus1949]

That is really cool Bob. Wow

Thank you Dwight. Waiting to see if British museum returns any information I requested.

 

[majorpain1]

Today's project...Pre-WWII Ulster TL-29. It didn't need much work. It might be my favorite TL-29 now.

 

[waynorth]

Today's project...Pre-WWII Ulster TL-29. It didn't need much work. It might be my favorite TL-29 now.

Nice TL-29!!! Yours was made before the War, and mine was made after, on the same tooling I will bet, when Schrade bought out Ulster!!!

 

[majorpain1]

Nice TL-29!!! Yours was made before the War, and mine was made after, on the same tooling I will bet, when Schrade bought out Ulster!!!View attachment 2080784

They do look exactly the same except for the lovely shield on yours. Even the etching on the secondary blade looks the same. Mine has the EO notch and yours has an extra pin up high & center.

 

[tongueriver]

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[Jakeywax31]

Trying to collect older versions of the new production knives I enjoy. Picked up this caplifter bullet end jack stamped Syracuse Knife Company, Syracuse NY. Great compliment to the GEC 85 Crownlifter I thought. Not sure what the covers are made of other then being synthetic. Have no idea of the age but seems to be in good working order.

 

[waynorth]

I assume only military contracts are actually TL-29s?

You are probably technically correct, Cal!! But I think "TL-29" remains a collectors term, like "whittler" or "harness jack", or "Skilsaw"!!!

 

[SomebodySomewhere]

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[galvanic1882]

Couple of etched Electric Cutlery whittlers. NJ knives not Walden.

 

[danno50]

Great pair, galvanic1882 Love the sterling handles on the shadow!

 

[galvanic1882]

Thanks Dan

 

[fishin1635]

Couple of etched Electric Cutlery whittlers. NJ knives not Walden.

That’s cool to see the etching on those old knives Mike.

 

[fishin1635]

Here’s one of your etches galvanic1882 with some of that old Catt Rosewood and a tired old Catt with possibly some RW… most likely ebony though.

Did they do any engraving on the old Electric Cutlery Co blades Mike?

 

[galvanic1882]

Not sure what you mean by engraving on the blades??

 

[fishin1635]

My bad, meant to say blade stamps…

 

[galvanic1882]

That’s not a stamp it’s done by a laser, yes some older blades were stamped also as well as acid etched

 

[tongueriver]

Yeah, I just stumbled onto that myself. Bought a Schrade Walden and then saw an ad for an Empire with almost the same shield. And then thought, hey they both have that Swinden key thing! That seems beyond coincidental.

https://imgur.com/a/DmOsdMR

I don't think that it is possible for the Empire to have Swinden key construction; it began use in about 1962 by Schrade Walden and as far as I know, no one else anywhere had the permission or equipment to use it. The Empire is much older than 1962, anyway.

 

[SomebodySomewhere]

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