A CHALLENGE for you.

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Beautiful ole knifeJohn, great find, love the bone ::tu:: ::tu::
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Bill, Dan, Joe, Roger, thank you guys ::tu:: ::tu:: Challenge knives are one of my favorite brands to collect, they seem to be one of the high quality vintage companies.
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3 5/8"
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Another beauty Ike ::tu:: ::tu:: .., You dig up a treasure chest? :lol: .. ::handshake::
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LongBlade wrote: Sun Aug 30, 2020 7:18 pm Another beauty Ike ::tu:: ::tu:: .., You dig up a treasure chest? :lol: .. ::handshake::
Yeah, as I was prying off the lid I was hoping it was full of pieces of eight. Instead, it was only some crappy 100+ year old folding knives. :lol:

Thanks, Lee!
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A treasure none the less. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Wow, Ike!! That is a beauty. ::tu:: ::tu::
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Ike ::tu::
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Beauty Ike ::tu:: ::tu::
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Thanks to everyone for your comments :D
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Beautiful Ike.____Dave
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Thank you, Mn Dave!
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Decent small 3 1/8" ebony wharncliff pen with a light etch.
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Hey John - lovely knife ::tu:: ::tu:: ... You indeed have a great eye for knives ::nod::.. or is it your wife? :lol: .. I think I will hire somebody to track down your source and lead me to the buried treasure. ::woot:: :lol: ::tu:: .. sweet score!!
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Mike (Scoutknives) posted a couple of these earlier in this thread. Here’s one I have. Still has a faint etch on the master blade.

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Very nice Ken ::tu:: ::tu:: ... Cool to see a Boys Scout knife with the embossed handles 8) ... I have yet to add a Scouts knife though have most other patterns - been patiently waiting for the right one to trip my trigger for a few years now... though I will say the Challenge "classical" boys knives are interesting as I understand there was some legal issues with them using the official Boy Scout emblem if I remember correctly - and I may not :) ...
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LongBlade wrote: Sat Sep 05, 2020 2:23 pm Hey John - lovely knife ::tu:: ::tu:: ... You indeed have a great eye for knives ::nod::.. or is it your wife? :lol: .. I think I will hire somebody to track down your source and lead me to the buried treasure. ::woot:: :lol: ::tu:: .. sweet score!!
Thank you Lee ::tu:: ::tu:: ::tu::
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Classy looking knives, John and Ken. ::tu::
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LongBlade wrote: Sat Sep 05, 2020 3:32 pm Very nice Ken ::tu:: ::tu:: ... Cool to see a Boys Scout knife with the embossed handles 8) ... I have yet to add a Scouts knife though have most other patterns - been patiently waiting for the right one to trip my trigger for a few years now... though I will say the Challenge "classical" boys knives are interesting as I understand there was some legal issues with them using the official Boy Scout emblem if I remember correctly - and I may not :) ...
Knives stamped both Challenge and Case Bradford used these same embossing dies. The blades are different and the pile side scene on the Challenge version is oriented “upside down” relative to the Case (or visa versa depending on how you perceive it). I’ve seen speculation that one or both companies attempted to get official BSA endorsement for the pattern (and failed), and that one or the other of the two companies made them all. And that George Schrade had dealings with both companies around that timeframe so he may have been involved. ::shrug:: Nobody seems to know for sure but regardless whatever happened, they’re interesting knives.

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Yeah Ken ,
I kinda have an obsession for them ::dang::
The challenge version came in three different handle materials that I have found , brass , copper and silver .
The case version comes with either brass liners or nickel silver liners , the brass is the most common , blades are slightly different between them as well .

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ScoutKnives wrote: Sat Sep 05, 2020 8:58 pm Yeah Ken ,
I kinda have an obsession for them ::dang::
The challenge version came in three different handle materials that I have found , brass , copper and silver .
The case version comes with either brass liners or nickel silver liners , the brass is the most common , blades are slightly different between them as well .

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Nice pile of knives Mike ::woot:: ::tu:: ::tu:: ... Cool to have the different handles too 8) ..
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Thanks Lee

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LongBlade wrote: Sun Sep 06, 2020 3:26 pm
ScoutKnives wrote: Sat Sep 05, 2020 8:58 pm Yeah Ken ,
I kinda have an obsession for them ::dang::
The challenge version came in three different handle materials that I have found , brass , copper and silver .
The case version comes with either brass liners or nickel silver liners , the brass is the most common , blades are slightly different between them as well .

Mike
Nice pile of knives Mike ::woot:: ::tu:: ::tu:: ... Cool to have the different handles too 8) ..
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Here are a couple that I just picked up from Roger (peanut740). Aside from the fact that they are both Challenge, they share the same etch. They are marked "Schell's Quality Seeds, Harrisburg, Pa". These 2 patterns would be a good fit for a seed company.

Has anyone else out there run across this etch in any other brands or patterns?
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They make a nice pair! ::tu::
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