All About Pocket Knives

Producer wrote:

Shearer wrote:Nice lot of knives Producer .

Grant

Thanks Grant. Seems I'm drawn to the 94 style. And the 80. And the ----

Producer, I have never seen an "8 Duck egg" Schrade only made an"8OT".
The 8OT has always been top of my knives list.
I have always called them 4" knives... Ken

koldgold wrote:

Producer wrote:

Shearer wrote:Nice lot of knives Producer .

Grant

Thanks Grant. Seems I'm drawn to the 94 style. And the 80. And the ----

Producer, I have never seen an "8 Duck egg" Schrade only made an"8OT".
The 8OT has always been top of my knives list.
I have always called them 4" knives... Ken

Sorry Koldgold, mental typo
Of course it's an 8OT

[/quote]Producer, I have never seen an "8 Duck egg" Schrade only made an"8OT".
Ken[/quote]
Sorry Koldgold, mental typo
Of course it's an 8OT[/quote]

Unless, of course, that it IS in fact an 80 (80th anniversary, that is )

That is a nice 280; is that a bone handled one? Ken
This is my 280, it is stamped SS3 on the bolster.
The women that sold it to me, said it was her father's and he was a sales-man for Schrade.

The Herman is stag. I do have a bone one also.

Schrade Walden 143 stainless Wondawood bacon lettuce and trout knife. Mint. Gold embossed lettering on sheath. Blade etch. Manufactured 1955 to 1957 only. Never pictured in a catalog. Specs from Hourin's Notes, and seen in price list in 1955 and 1957 only. Not 1956. This one is more beautiful than my scans would imply. The handles almost GLOW.

tongueriver wrote:Schrade Walden 143 stainless Wondawood bacon lettuce and trout knife. Mint. Gold embossed lettering on sheath. Blade etch. Manufactured 1955 to 1957 only. Never pictured in a catalog. Specs from Hourin's Notes, and seen in price list in 1955 and 1957 only. Not 1956. This one is more beautiful than my scans would imply. The handles almost GLOW.

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Wow!

Here are a few I have added recently.

Tom

Not sure why they loaded upside down

Sorry

That little box of red bone stockman knives is a knock-out A-! SPECIAL!! Don't you be rubbin' 'em on that whetrock.

Those Schrade Red bone sets are a must have, for any Schrade collector.

That is a good trick, up-side-down and they do not fall out.

Superb set of Schrade Old Timer, red bone's in the case Tom.
Tony.

Hi Tony, do you have a set of the Red Bone Schrades? Ken

Tom,

Nice finds

Now stop hording the good ones

Keith

This Schrade 858 Lumberjack came in today's mail - found it in the classifieds on a hunting forum. OH

Bruce,
Those are great old knives! I saw my 1st one a year or so back, it was in fair shape and I had to have one! Orvet just happened to have a spare and I became the proud owner of a big ol' Schrade! Yours looks to be unsharpened. I believe you could skin ol' Bambi with one .
Treefarmer

Old Hunter wrote:This Schrade 858 Lumberjack came in today's mail - found it in the classifieds on a hunting forum. OH

Great knife
My wife purchase one for me 30 years ago.
It's what started me on collecting Old Timers.

Grant

That 858 OT is one big handful for a Pocket Knife...LOL

Tom

Dose anyone know if the 858OT came with a carbon blade, when they were first made.
Most knives I have seen have "Schrade+" stamped on the main blade. Ken.

Hey there Ken,
Yes mate, picked up a nice mint set about 4 months ago. You can see them on "a Few Gems from 2014". They are a superb set, and i was lucky to get them.
Cheers,
Tony.

Old Hunter wrote:This Schrade 858 Lumberjack came in today's mail - found it in the classifieds on a hunting forum. OH

Great tool; I carried one every day for a few years. I have handled a few of them and they usually seem to have weak springs. I am curious as to whether yours is non-stainless or not. Even though the "plus" sign is missing, some of the later Schrades had unmarked stainless blades. Maybe you could do a little test on it?

This one was made in the first few days or weeks of production for that pattern, in 1967, I believe. There is not so much as a finger smudge on this one. The stone is sealed in plastic.

koldgold wrote:Dose anyone know if the 858OT came with a carbon blade, when they were first made.
Most knives I have seen have "Schrade+" stamped on the main blade. Ken.

Ken,
The Short Line catalogs says Schrade+ Steel from 1982 through 1986.
Prior to that the steel type is not listed in the Short Line.
I am pretty sure they were never made in carbon steel.

orvet wrote:

koldgold wrote:Dose anyone know if the 858OT came with a carbon blade, when they were first made.
Most knives I have seen have "Schrade+" stamped on the main blade. Ken.

Ken,
The Short Line catalogs says Schrade+ Steel from 1982 through 1986.
Prior to that the steel type is not listed in the Short Line.
I am pretty sure they were never made in carbon steel.

Old Hunter and I both have 858s without the "plus" sign in the tang stamp. So, is they or isn't they?

tongueriver wrote:
Old Hunter and I both have 858s without the "plus" sign in the tang stamp. So, is they or isn't they?

Just because there is no + sign it cannot automatically be assumed that the blade is carbon steel.
The first mention of Schrade+ steel I could find on a quick search is in the 1978 Short Line catalog.
It says the following about the Uncle Henry knives: Folding Knife Blades of Rust Resistant SCHRADE+ STEEL.

This is the flyer for the 858OT which was printed in 1977 for the introduction of the 858OT in 1978.
There is no mention of SCHRADE+ steel in this ad. The steel is referred to as "finest high carbon tool steel" which could be either carbon or stainless steel. In the 1978 Short Line the term SCHRADE+ STEEL is used in reference to the Uncle Henry line of knives.
The 1978 Short Line is the same catalog in which the 858OT first appears and is listed as "NEW", however the type of steel in the 858OT is not listed until the 1982 Short Line catalog which were an expanded version of the earlier Short Line format.

tongueriver wrote: Even though the "plus" sign is missing, some of the later Schrades had unmarked stainless blades. Maybe you could do a little test on it?

There are two quick tests that will tell you if the blade is carbon or stainless steel:
#1- Sharpen the knife on a belt sander or stone wheel. Unless you are accomplished at sharpening knives on a stone wheel or a belt sander and do so normally, I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS METHOD.
However; when carbon steel is put on a fast turning stone wheel or belt sander it gives off a shower of sparks. Stainless steel does not spark unless it is poorly made. Pakistan stainless will spark, and I have even seen sparks on some of the Chinese stainless, though that usually depends on the quality of the Chinese knife.

#2- Recommended method for testing for stainless steel: This is the method I use to test a knife to see if the blade is carbon steel or stainless.
IIRC, I got this one at Wal-Mart or at a local gun store for $2 or $3.
I usually just make a mark on the spine of a blade and wait a few seconds to see if the blade turns dark where I marked it.
If the blade does not turn dark where I marked it then it is stainless steel.
If it turns dark I know it is carbon steel.
If I don't want the mark there I just buff the mark off with my buffer.

This is a simple, easy, inexpensive method to check whether a blade is stainless or carbon steel and it does not damage the blade.

Did they all come in the Brown Box?