Scouting for Scouts

meako said:
How spooky! I had my scout knives out for an oil last night.Pic to follow in the morning.:p
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This is crazy Im doing just that when I seen this thread.
So it's my Camillus 99 from when I was a scout a imperial scout pattern from the 50s and my victorinox camper
 
leghog said:
He's right about lawyers mucking it up. Before the lawyers they all were scout knives.
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There are two useful books on the subject, "Official Scout Blades," by Ed Holbrook, one source being collectorbookstore.com, and "600 Scout Knives," by Joseph Richard Kerr, Morris Publishing Company, 1997. I don't know where I bought that one. Very interesting.
 
HWF said:
My Cub Scout knife and my Dads Boy Scout knife.

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Hugh, is your Dad's knife an Ulster? The reason I ask is I've only seen one other BSA knife with sawcut Delrin and it was made by Ulster. Curious to know.
 
What a fantastic turn out so far. Keep them coming!

Here are a few to add. Crappy pics but here ya go.

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Not sure if this custom Farmer counts but I'll leave that up to all of you.
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MerryMadMonk said:
Hugh, is your Dad's knife an Ulster? The reason I ask is I've only seen one other BSA knife with sawcut Delrin and it was made by Ulster. Curious to know.
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I will let Hugh answer, but I believe that it is an "ULSTER U.S.A.", which was the Baer owned version of the Ulster company. Scout knife collectors (and other Ulster fans) distinguish that marque from the earlier ULSTER DWIGHT DEVINE and ULSTER versions. All three are different.
 
MerryMadMonk said:
Hugh, is your Dad's knife an Ulster? The reason I ask is I've only seen one other BSA knife with sawcut Delrin and it was made by Ulster. Curious to know.
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Yes it is Ulster and it is stainless steel. The stainless ones had the sawtooth scales. At least until the point when most of them became stainless in the 90s or so.

And no it isn't a Bear. I had the stainless Ulster in about 1976-77. I was cleaning it and opened the blades and a spring broke ala the demo knife. When I took it back to replace it, it was replaced with the five blade (philips-head) deluxe model because the stainless model was no longer being sold.
 
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A great little Kamp King.


Perhaps not a real scout knife but this little Huburtus, thanks again Andi, is too cool not to add.

 
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MerryMadMonk said:
Hugh, is your Dad's knife an Ulster? The reason I ask is I've only seen one other BSA knife with sawcut Delrin and it was made by Ulster. Curious to know.
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tongueriver said:
I will let Hugh answer, but I believe that it is an "ULSTER U.S.A.", which was the Baer owned version of the Ulster company. Scout knife collectors (and other Ulster fans) distinguish that marque from the earlier ULSTER DWIGHT DEVINE and ULSTER versions. All three are different.
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MarkPinTx said:
Yes it is Ulster and it is stainless steel. The stainless ones had the sawtooth scales. At least until the 90s, when the majority of them were carbon.

And no it isn't a Bear. I had the stainless Ulster in about 1976-77. I was cleaning it and opened the blades and a spring broke ala the demo knife. When I took it back to replace it, it was replaced with the five blade (philips-head) deluxe model because the stainless model was no longer being sold.
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Thanks for the answers guys! It is indeed an Ulster SS.

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My comment on Baer was mistaken for Bear. I am not talking about Bear MGC or Bear & Son; my spelling of BAER is correct and refers to an entirely different animal.
 
tongueriver said:
My comment on Baer was mistaken for Bear. I am not talking about Bear MGC or Bear & Son; my spelling of BAER is correct and refers to an entirely different animal.
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Ohhh yes. Sorry. Yes it was the "Schrade/Ulster" when both were owned by Albert Baer. I think that Ulster didn't do anything but Old Timers and Scout knives. With infernal Swinden keys.

From the 70s, or earlier, until Schrade's demise, all four and five blade BSA knives were Schrade/Ulster, the Cub Scout knife was Camillus, as was the leader's two blade jack and the whittler. Im not sure who made the sheath knives, I think it was Western/Camillus, because they had the peculiar pinned Western handles, but with jigged delrin, which was kind of cool in its own right.

Bear made some Scouts too, in the last decade or so.
 
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Bear... Baer... Ulster... Schrade... Camillus...

On the 75th anniversary of scouting, 1984, Schrade issued an authorized reproduction on the first official Boy Scout knife, tang stamped "NYKCo."

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Schrade made a very nice knife for the occasion. Or did they? Hmmm... as I recall...

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Made by Camillus, Branded NYKC, for Imperial Schrade, for BSA.

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