Vintage Tool Kit Knives & Folding Eating Sets

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Skip, my kit has the exact same marks on the spoon and the same design on the front so it is definitely original to the kit! 8)
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Miller Bro's wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 10:47 pm Skip.....
Thank you, Dimitri. 🍻
I added the spoon information to my original post. ::tu::
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Found this Imperial tool kit knife at a antique store. Had to have it!
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Nice little kit ::nod::
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Buck Casey wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2025 4:19 pm Found this Imperial tool kit knife at a antique store. Had to have it!
Those are pretty sweet!
I have a couple of them now. They are surprisingly sturdy and well-made.
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Buck Casey wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2025 4:19 pm Found.....
VERY nice kit, Buck Casey. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Found this set today. Aerial knife tool kit. Marked A.C. MFG. Co MARINETTE WIS, picture handles with early car and horse drawn fire apparatus. Really does not look to have been used. See the pictures.
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Great set, thanks for showing it! ::tu:: 8)
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Rockingkj wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:46 am Found this set today. Aerial knife tool kit. Marked A.C. MFG. Co MARINETTE WIS, picture handles with early car and horse drawn fire apparatus. Really does not look to have been used. See the pictures.
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Wow that's a nice set.____Dave
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Beautiful Aerial set KJ! Love the High Art handles!
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Thanks all. One of the best antique knife finds I had in years.
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Rockingkj wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:46 am Found this set today. Aerial knife tool kit. Marked A.C. MFG. Co MARINETTE WIS, picture handles with early car and horse drawn fire apparatus. Really does not look to have been used. See the pictures.
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That’s a an awesome set. Great find.
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A few l may have posted before.
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A few more.
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Those are awesome, Ray. ::tu:: ::tu::

Rockingkj wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:46 am Found this set today. Aerial knife tool kit. Marked A.C. MFG. Co MARINETTE WIS, picture handles with early car and horse drawn fire apparatus. Really does not look to have been used. See the pictures.
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Two Imperial sets / Boy Scouts of America
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New_Windsor_NY wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2025 10:15 pm A VERY clean, GEO. SCHRADE KNIFE COMPANY, Girl Scout utensil kit.
The knife and fork are likely original and were included with the leather carrying pouch.
The spoon, as I was recently informed, is ALSO original to this utensil kit.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
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Miller Bro's wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2025 10:34 pm .....You sure the case is plastic? Certainly looks like leather to me ::nod::
Spoon looks original, can I see the maker mark on the backside?
"leather" replaced "vinyl or plastic" in my description.
Miller Bro's wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 10:47 pm Skip, my kit has the exact same marks on the spoon and the same design on the front so it is definitely original to the kit! 8)
I was informed that the spoon IS ORIGINAL to the utensil kit.
I replaced "The spoon may or may not be (probably not),
original to the set." in my description. I also added a picture
of the spoon marking(s) to THIS post.
Beautiful Girl Scout mess kit Mr Skip! I have one that appears to be similar except for the mark on the back of the spoon and the color of the leather pouch. I’ll try to attach a picture.
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KLJ77 wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 3:16 pm Two.....
LJ, ::tu:: ::tu::

Crappieho wrote: Tue Apr 01, 2025 1:03 am Beautiful.....
Thank you, Crappieho. 🍻
That is a VERY G@@D L👀KING Girl Scout
utensil set that you posted. ::tu:: ::tu::
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KLJ77 wrote: Thu Mar 27, 2025 3:16 pm Two Imperial sets / Boy Scouts of America
Awesome Boy Scout mess kits KLJ77 ! The one I found the pouch feels like really cheap plastic but it has stayed very bendable without cracking 🤷🏼‍♀️ the other two are a Girl Scout mess kit and a fixed blade Girl Scout knife with no manufacturer markings, only a simple older Girl Scout badge etched on the blade but a very hefty well made feel to it.
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Back in February 2023, this pocket knife arrived in a group or lot of pocket knives that I purchased. This pocket knife now becomes my most recent example to be posted under this topic or thread. I did NOT purchase the group or lot to obtain this particular pocket knife. However, as it turned out, this pocket knife was definitely a keeper. It did get added to my general, pocket knife accumulation. It is an Ulery, one blade, one tang stamp, 3 7/8" closed, tool kit, pocket knife. The main blade front tang stamp says, "Ulery (over) NEW YORK" If it says USA, I do NOT see it. This pocket knife is the main component in the pattern or model No. 602, tool kit. All of the tools that should have come with this tool kit pocket knife are missing. So, I thought that I would see if ANY of my Imperial tool kit attachments would fit and work with my Ulery tool kit pocket knife. Yes, ALL of the Imperial tool attachments fit and work perfectly with the Ulery tool kit pocket knife. The main blade does have a WEAK half stop. The main blade does NOT have an opening snap. The main blade does NOT have a closing snap. Overall, this tool kit pocket knife is in VERY GOOD condition. It did require a little bit of a cleaning.
I took some pictures and here it is.
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The Main Blade Front Tang Stamp.
The Main Blade Front Tang Stamp.
From My NAPANOCH Catalog, The Complete, No. 602, Ulery Tool Kit.
From My NAPANOCH Catalog, The Complete, No. 602, Ulery Tool Kit.
My Previously Posted, Complete, Imperial Tool Kit.<br />The Attachments Work Fine With The Ulery Tool Kit Pocket Knife.
My Previously Posted, Complete, Imperial Tool Kit.
The Attachments Work Fine With The Ulery Tool Kit Pocket Knife.
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