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6.0stroker

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These knives came in a group deal and I am looking for info (age and possible $value,collectability?) I collect Schrade so therefore am not well versed in these makers Remington, Empire, Case, Craftsman (now I'm realitivley confident the craftsman is a Scharde or Camillus contract knife)
100_1332.jpg Remington in circle MADE IN right U.S.A.left on main Oal 3 1/2 main fuzz shy 2 3/4 pen shy 2 half stops main not much snap secondary like a gator!
100_1328.jpg EMPIRE WINSTED CT 3 lines Oal 3 3/4 main 2 3/4 pen 1 7/8 half stops that snap like a Gator!
100_1325.jpg 100_1326.jpg CASE XX USA 3 dots 6232 Heavy thick Stag has MEAN half stops and couple light carbon spiders:grumpy:
100_1335.jpg Craftsman MADE IN U.S.A. Congress blade etch CRAFTSMAN FORGED STEEL Oal 3 7/8 really nice bone scales unsharpened but was not cared for and blades Have tarnish spiders:(





I can add pics or answer ? if more info is needed
Thanks, Shawn
 
I love the easy open jack. Very nice....blades look to be in great shape.
 
That is a nice set. I particularly like the bone on that Craftsman. I wonder is the stag on the Case is second cut stag since it is so smooth?
 
Nice old knives.. I'm not sure from pix but the Case looks like it has been re-handled,doesn't hurt the value of it any. Who made the craftsman congress? Looks like old Remington scales, on it. The Remington straight line Jack sure would make a good pocket knife if it still has it's spring pop, the blades look good, the handles look stable...
 
Nice showing Todd! I really like that Texas Jack.

The Craftsman is a nice big congress knife. I do not believe it is a Schrade pattern. Maybe it is a Camillus? The Schrade congress were 3" to my knowledge.
 
I can give a little information.

The Remington with cursive script is mid-late 1930s.

Empire was in business 1856-1930. From the looks of that particular knife, I would say most likely after about 1890.

I didn't blow up the tang stamp on the Case; unless it is the lightning S stamp (which I can't tell from the pics) it was made in 1977.

I don't know about the Craftsman. Sears has been using that trademark since 1941, so it is not older than that. It's a nice one.

Nice collection overall.
 
Some very nice knives,I'm going to go along with dparker though,I also believe the Case has been rehandled.The others look like nice original knives.:thumbup:
 
:thumbup:Thanks for all the input here on these, I appreciate it and the old Empire and Craftsman are my personal favorites:D!

d.parker and beau after looking closer at the Case I have found that a rehandle is likley, the scale pins and center pin look hand peened instead of spun and the knife is a 1977 which I believe is to new for this syle of scale rivit:( that being said whoever done it did a heck of nice job!


Todd A, I had not even thought of Ulster:eek:but makes since knowing the intertwining of the history IE family ties (Schrade,Camillus,Imperial,Ulster,ETC,ETC,ETC) and the list goes on and on!!!:D
 
My Ulster Craftsman Stockman...

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Michael (Codger) tipped me off to its Ulster roots. Then I found a 1962 Sears Book with it listed ,priced at $2.62 I believe. Don't have the catalog on hand as I mailed it to Michael for his collection.
 
Man what a nice older knife. The bone handles are outstanding.. Early Rogers me thinks..
 
Thank you.

Crack free I might add :thumbup:

Not too shabby for a $15 knife. Because, "It's just a Sears knife", or so I was told.:)
 
Nice group you have there. Thanks for posting this, been a while since I have seen that Rem. pattern.
 
That Case is definitely a rehandle...based on that shield the original handle was delrin, and Case did not make a 5232 in 1977.

The Craftsman congress is a super knife...to me it looks like a 1940's era knife made by Camillus. I do not believe that Ulster in the Baer years ever made a large congress pattern, but I could be wrong. Schrade did make a 3-3/4" congrss during the Schrade Cut era, but that does not look like Schrade bone at all.
 
to me it looks like a 1940's era knife made by Camillus
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If I understand Codger's research on Craftsman knives correctly. They did not use a blade etch with a tang stamp until the later 60's,. Prior to then they used a blade etch only.

Camillus is a possibility, I am far from certain on Ulster.

Perhaps Camco could help on the Camillus forum.


EDIT To add........ Been bugging me so I checked the Ulster section of Irv's site...4398 a possible match? Doesn't have the lengths listed though.

http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/ULSTER/pages/pl25.htm
 
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