Schrade Barlow With Funky Stamp

[Lama]

Here's one I picked up a while back with a stamp I've never seen before. I'll call it a Scratch Out. Not only are there two strikes or scratches through the word Schrade, but it's stamped on top of what appears to be another Schrade stamp that has been ground out. I can make out a partial USA and a model number, just like a normal stamp. Nowhere in my research can I find an example of this stamp. Does anyone have information why this may have been done, or if it's even a legitimate Schrade stamp?

[tongueriver]

More knowledgeable chaps will surely chime in but I think I see an Ulster USA #10 there. The clip blade is not Schrade, although you may know that Ulster U.S.A. and Schrade were basically one and the same toward the last days of Ulster, as they were both in the same Ulster buildings in Ellenville, NY. All of that boogering up of the tang stamp makes it a second.

[ea42]

Yep, what Cal said. Something made that a second, might have been the slightly screwed up counterbores in the pin holes or maybe the nicked off handles near the bolsters. No telling at this point. Even though it was an Ulster they likely only had the Schrade seconds stamp (note the two diagonal lines through it) so they just used that one. A lot of those seconds were sold in the company store at a steep discount.

Eric

[jxr1197]

Cal and Eric both already answered correctly so I'll just add this last bit. That Ulster 10 was originally slated to be a Sears contract knife. Under 'SCHRADE' on the tang stamp you can see the remnants of 'U.S.A. 9540' which was the bottom line of the original stamp. Above that it said 'CRAFTSMAN' but that was ground off before they stamped the x-ed out SCHRADE on there.

[tongueriver]

Cal and Eric both already answered correctly so I'll just add this last bit. That Ulster 10 was originally slated to be a Sears contract knife. Under 'SCHRADE' on the tang stamp you can see the remnants of 'U.S.A. 9540' which was the bottom line of the original stamp. Above that it said 'CRAFTSMAN' but that was ground off before they stamped the x-ed out SCHRADE on there.

Thanks for great info!

[Lama]

Thank you all for the excellent information about the the stamp on my knife, and the Ulster/Schrade history. The connection to Sears is an added bonus. I couldn't make out the model number and am glad to have it clarified. I'm curious, what makes the clip blade, "not a Schrade?"

Thanks again gentlemen for the excellent history lesson.

[tongueriver]

The craftsmen in different cutleries develop a way of grinding the swedges on the spine of the blade differently. After one sees a few thousand Schrades or Imperials, etc. you see a trend in how the blade is ground.