Utica Catskill knives

[Earl1]

I am curious to know if anyone has used any of their knives. They are nice looking knives and i believe they use 1095 steel. I personally prefer carbon steels over stainless. I believe in the future I may purchase one to try out. Just curious to know if anyone has any experience with them.

 

[ScottK]

I've had a few, they are good knives for the $.

 

[Jolipapa]

I have only a coffin Trapper, just a little blade movement on the spey, nothing serious. A good, unexpensive knife.

 

[jec88]

Probably less room for error on a fixed blade with delrin handles, but I have a Moore Maker 3100 fixed blade made by Utica and it is a very nice knife.

 

[davemonkey]

I have a recent "Big Pine" stockman. Minor blade play, not enough to be a deal breaker. The bone scales have square edges instead of rounded which makes it feel bulkier than it's size. The main issue with mine is that the nail nicks and long pull are too shallow. This makes the blades difficult to open even with a relatively soft pull.

 

[PaulS.]

I ordered a Utica because it was priced right and made in the USA. I mainly wanted to check the quality. What I got was horrible and I won't order another from them.

Overview looks nice:



Upon closer inspection, the polish isn't complete on the blade (hard to see in this photo but you can see it somewhat in the overview):



The back spring is really sunken in the open position:


This pin is really messed up:


In addition, neither scale is completely flush with the bolsters, all the pins are proud to some degree, but not evenly, and the closed blade is not centered. It looks like it was rushed to completion with little to no quality control. I've not seen this many problems on a similarly priced Case.

 

[knarfeng]

I have a recent "Big Pine" stockman. Minor blade play, not enough to be a deal breaker. The bone scales have square edges instead of rounded which makes it feel bulkier than it's size. The main issue with mine is that the nail nicks and long pull are too shallow. This makes the blades difficult to open even with a relatively soft pull.

I have one. Mine has no blade play. But I'd pretty much go along with the rest of those comments. It carries in the pocket like a larger knife than it is. Makes a decent enough working knife, though.