Ulster Collecting

[LKSKNIVES]

My Prince Albert collection.

I couldn’t resist this, for anyone who is old enough to remember an old land line phone gag.
You guys better let Prince Albert out.
Steve

[tinroof]

Looking for some family history about an Ulster knife that looks too good to be old. Tang stamps don't lie, but I have no printed listing to identify it. A MAYBE knife is pictured in a 1920's Ulster catalog as 27340Y, but with no descriptive details. However the tang stamp is in the 20's to 30's period. The handles and blades are steel, respond to a magnet. No other markings on the knife beyond my pictures. Hope somebody has a better reference book than mine. Thankful for your assistance.

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[wlf]

Pretty nice big heavy sleeveboard double spring whittler. I don't know what you call the swedge , a false edge? It has a long fine match strike pull.

4 1/4" ebony Ulster Knife Co

[Miller Bro's]

[toomanyknives]

Pretty nice big heavy sleeveboard double spring whittler. 4 1/4" ebony Ulster Knife Co

"Pretty nice" is quite the understatement, Lyle!

[Ripster]

Pretty nice big heavy sleeveboard double spring whittler. I don't know what you call the swedge , a false edge? It has a long fine match strike pull.

4 1/4" ebony Ulster Knife Co

Another very nice Whittler ! Was just admiring the Remington Whittler you posted on another thread and now another dandy whittler here in this thread.
Very nice knives you been posting Lyle. Thanks for sharing.

[knifeaholic]

Ulster gunstock jack...unused near mint salesman's sample.

[herbva]

Beautiful knife Steve! I have only 1 gunstock in my Ulster collection, and it's nowhere as nice as the one in your post. I think the scales on mine are horn.

[doglegg]

Beautiful knife Steve! I have only 1 gunstock in my Ulster collection, and it's nowhere as nice as the one in your post. I think the scales on mine are horn.

Ulster gunstock jack...unused near mint salesman's sample.

I usually don't care for the gunstock pattern but you two are making it hard not to like them.

[galvanic1882]

Beautiful knife Steve! I have only 1 gunstock in my Ulster collection, and it's nowhere as nice as the one in your post. I think the scales on mine are horn.

Yes they are horn, my favorite handle material

[galvanic1882]

Ulster gunstock jack...unused near mint salesman's sample.

Steve that is a beauty I tried to buy that one a couple of years ago

[toomanyknives]

Ulster gunstock jack...unused near mint salesman's sample.

Wow Steve! What a fantastic knife!

[toomanyknives]

Beautiful knife Steve! I have only 1 gunstock in my Ulster collection, and it's nowhere as nice as the one in your post. I think the scales on mine are horn.

That's a fantastic on too, Herb!

[wlf]

Thanks Dimitri, tmk , and JP . That big Ulster knife checks a lot of my boxes for not being a farmers jack.

[JohnR]

Added a decent Ulster made W. Bingham Co. jack that still has a good etch, Bingham's Best Brand. Bingham's was a hardware store started in Cleveland OH in 1841, closed in 1961.

[FRJ]

What to say?
It's a pleasure to look at such a knife.

[JohnR]

What to say?
It's a pleasure to look at such a knife.

Thank you Joe, appreciate it.

[Waukonda]

Added a decent Ulster made W. Bingham Co. jack that still has a good etch, Bingham's Best Brand. Bingham's was a hardware store started in Cleveland OH in 1841, closed in 1961.

That's a real beauty, John.

[1967redrider]

Ulster had some of the best jigged bone.

[doglegg]

Added a decent Ulster made W. Bingham Co. jack that still has a good etch, Bingham's Best Brand. Bingham's was a hardware store started in Cleveland OH in 1841, closed in 1961.

JohnR, what a classic old knife. Love those bones handles. Beautiful!

[Reverand]

Added a decent Ulster made W. Bingham Co. jack that still has a good etch, Bingham's Best Brand. Bingham's was a hardware store started in Cleveland OH in 1841, closed in 1961.

A gorgeous knife, and great photography as well!

[ea42]

Added a decent Ulster made W. Bingham Co. jack that still has a good etch, Bingham's Best Brand. Bingham's was a hardware store started in Cleveland OH in 1841, closed in 1961.

John that's a fantastic piece and an excellent cleanup too! Very impressive!

Eric

[JohnR]

Added a decent Ulster made W. Bingham Co. jack that still has a good etch, Bingham's Best Brand. Bingham's was a hardware store started in Cleveland OH in 1841, closed in 1961.

John that's a fantastic piece and an excellent cleanup too! Very impressive!

Eric

Thanks Eric, it was a challenge to stop the rust and not disturb the etch or original blade finishes, I think it came out OK.

[JohnR]

Added a decent Ulster made W. Bingham Co. jack that still has a good etch, Bingham's Best Brand. Bingham's was a hardware store started in Cleveland OH in 1841, closed in 1961.

A gorgeous knife, and great photography as well!

Thank you, I keep trying to improve pictures.

Thank you all for the nice comments, appreciated.

[wlf]

Excellent knife John.