Kutmaster

[Ole Joe Clark]

Ok boys and girls what have I got here? Don't know where or when I got it, it turned up while I was looking for a fixture.

It says: Kutmaster, Utica, NY, made in the USA

Thanks for your input.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[H Richard]

Probably from around the 50's, plain old pocket knife. Clean it up,put an edge on it and use it.

 

[ralph7]

Curious what the intended uses of the middle blade would include?

 

[garddogg56]

I believe thats a can opener.

 

[k22fan]

Could it be your forgotten elementary school knife? Just about all boys had them except most of the knives also had a punch for a 4th blade. My folks called them jack knives. Many members here call them scout knives.

Curious what the intended uses of the middle blade would include?

It is a can opener. The type of can opener familiar from Swiss Army Knives was more common when I was in elementary school. All the way till their closing a month ago Queen made knives with the type of reverse can opener in Ole Joe Clark's Kutmaster.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Was also wondering about the 'missing' fourth blade.
Does it look like it originally had a fourth blade?

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

Was also wondering about the 'missing' fourth blade.
Does it look like it originally had a fourth blade?

No, there is/was only the 3 blades.

 

[misswired]

Here's my Grandpaws old kutmaster. It's a three bladed knife also...well it used to be before the one blade was broken. They had to be cheap knives or he wouldn't have used it. I have his old yellow handled Case -Sunday go to meeting knife around here somewhere.

 

[Marshwheeling]

My first thought was also that it might be missing a blade. It also appears a pin on that end has been out, so the knife may have been apart at one time. A bit of the main blade has been lost to sharpening.

My inclination would be to clean the knife without using polish or anything abrasive. A rust eraser ought to take off any surface rust on the bolsters, but first see what comes off with a rag or paper towel and some oil.

 

[Combat]

Kutmaster knives date from the late 40's early 50's. Most of them were assembled from surplus knife parts left over from WWII. These military/scout type knives are an example of the folding knives they sold. They also made sheath type knives out of M1 Garand bayonets, I have one and have seen many others.