Hello, Im pretty new to Schrades, but got the Old-Timer-itus bug,and have been on a mission to find a few older 80ts. Im at work..but will post a few pics later this evening. please check out my gallery. From what I believe to know..this is the second run bone..as this is not smooth bone..but saw cut?CheckSix wrote:ummmm.... that looks to be a 1st year bone 8OT.gmichael wrote:Obtained this beauty 80T for the collection
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Re: bone 8OT: would be good to see pics with all blades open, front & back sides. It looks more 'shiny' than the few others i have seen ?
Here are 2 neat Schrade USA Lockbacks.
Every year Colt commissions a knife company to make a "Colt" knife for them. They usually are expensive high end knives from Jos. Rodgers in Sheffield, and manufacturers in Solingen & Italy as well as USA.
Here is the 1993 Colt, a Schrade USA LB5.
And a Matco 1983 fancy LB7 with a well tooled flap over sheath.
Good scores if i do say so myself.
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Here are 2 neat Schrade USA Lockbacks.
Every year Colt commissions a knife company to make a "Colt" knife for them. They usually are expensive high end knives from Jos. Rodgers in Sheffield, and manufacturers in Solingen & Italy as well as USA.
Here is the 1993 Colt, a Schrade USA LB5.
And a Matco 1983 fancy LB7 with a well tooled flap over sheath.
Good scores if i do say so myself.
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Oh yeah; yers is the real deal, alright. The degree of texture to the 'sawcut' surface can vary, but yours is from ground zero (except for a small difference in shields. There WAS an oval shield that preceded the shield you show, and actually may have only been a prototype). Your knife is as good as it gets.gmichael wrote:Hello, Im pretty new to Schrades, but got the Old-Timer-itus bug,and have been on a mission to find a few older 80ts. Im at work..but will post a few pics later this evening. please check out my gallery. From what I believe to know..this is the second run bone..as this is not smooth bone..but saw cut?CheckSix wrote:ummmm.... that looks to be a 1st year bone 8OT.gmichael wrote:Obtained this beauty 80T for the collection
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Roland, those are some nice lockbacks that I never knew even existed! I am not much of a lockback guy, but there are a few that trip my trigger. Here is one that is actually still in the mail (I hope). The early (1979) introduction in non-stainless steel.
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Beauty! Where did you find it?
Generally speaking, those are hard to find.
Generally speaking, those are hard to find.
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Very nice example of the early bone 8OT, used & sharpened but still 'all there'. I have been looking for one of these for a long time.
For future reference pictures taken from directly overhead give the most information. Angled pictures distort.
Calvin, lovely 7-OT, such perfection makes me want to grab it and go cut some things.
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For future reference pictures taken from directly overhead give the most information. Angled pictures distort.
Calvin, lovely 7-OT, such perfection makes me want to grab it and go cut some things.
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1983 Schrade Heritage Whittler by Herman Williams. Hopefully the 1st of 6
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Hi gmichael from Australia,gmichael wrote:Hello, Im pretty new to Schrades, but got the Old-Timer-itus bug,and have been on a mission to find a few older 80ts. Im at work..but will post a few pics later this evening. please check out my gallery. From what I believe to know..this is the second run bone..as this is not smooth bone..but saw cut?CheckSix wrote:ummmm.... that looks to be a 1st year bone 8OT.gmichael wrote:Obtained this beauty 80T for the collection
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I have had the Schrade 8OT bug, for many years now.
Could you please post as much information, you can find on the First 8OT's.
The history of the 8OT, from day one to the early 1970's, is very hard to find... Ken.
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gmichael wrote:A few more pics..its difficult to capture consistent colors..this is low lighting in garage from what little sun was coming throughh the clouds. The back side is darker than the front though. Thoughts?
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that is gorgeous!dweb1897 wrote:1983 Schrade Heritage Whittler by Herman Williams. Hopefully the 1st of 6
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X2, Doug. I think Herman's file work is my favorite aspect of his work, but, of course, it is all good. You say 6 knives. What 6 exactly are you planning?CheckSix wrote:that is gorgeous!dweb1897 wrote:1983 Schrade Heritage Whittler by Herman Williams. Hopefully the 1st of 6
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The barlow, trapper, muskrat, stockman, and rancher would be the other 5...a complete 83 Heritage set.tongueriver wrote:X2, Doug. I think Herman's file work is my favorite aspect of his work, but, of course, it is all good. You say 6 knives. What 6 exactly are you planning?CheckSix wrote:that is gorgeous!dweb1897 wrote:1983 Schrade Heritage Whittler by Herman Williams. Hopefully the 1st of 6
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Wow! I'm going to need to be firmly affixed to my chair before you show the other 5.dweb1897 wrote:1983 Schrade Heritage Whittler by Herman Williams. Hopefully the 1st of 6
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dweb1897 wrote:1983 Schrade Heritage Whittler by Herman Williams. Hopefully the 1st of 6
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Thanks for all the good words...I appreciate it. I'm on the lookout for the other 5 knives from the 1983 Red Heritage set and will get them done as I find them. I know there are ones for sale on Ebay but I'm waiting and watching for the good deals. As you can imagine, the file work on one of these knives isn't cheap. I have a complete set but there is always the risk of a broken handle when a knife is taken apart, the slip of a file on one of the blades, which Herman has no spares for, and probably other things that I'm not aware of. Having a knife modified to this extent and putting it back together with the original bone handles certainly is no small task. I simply supplied the money and the knife...all the credit for this show piece belongs to Herman.
Here is another beauty of his that I was fortunate to acquire.
Here is another beauty of his that I was fortunate to acquire.
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Knives like that remind me of a custom 1911, at its heart it's still a colt (insert other brand here if you don't prefer colt) yet it's also something new and unique. Very nice dweb, incredible piece!
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New philly in the stable
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All thanks go to Bruce (old hunter) for picking up this wonderful set of old timers for me. These are some of the finest looking post cut co knives schrade ever made IMO. I'm very pleased to be able to add this set to my small but growing collection.
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Spectacular!! I hope to own a set just like that some day. Excellent score.KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:All thanks go to Bruce (old hunter) for picking up this wonderful set of old timers for me. These are some of the finest looking post cut co knives schrade ever made IMO. I'm very pleased to be able to add this set to my small but growing collection.
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Hi Paul, like you I believe that 1985 set, is the best set of Schrades knives I have seen.KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:All thanks go to Bruce (old hunter) for picking up this wonderful set of old timers for me. These are some of the finest looking post cut co knives schrade ever made IMO. I'm very pleased to be able to add this set to my small but growing collection.
They were also sold separately in brown boxes . Ken
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This is the front page of a N.K.C.A. 1986 magazine
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Was there a Heritage Bone series in 1983 also with reddish bone ?
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