What is Your Latest Old Schrade?

[jxr1197]

The stamp is the '46-'73 mark, USA w/o the periods. Is that time frame '46-'73 as close as this one can be nailed down?

I would think the bone handles close the gap to '46-'61 or so and the milled back probably makes mid-fifties more likely for the top side of the range. So maybe '46-'55ish?

[KnifeSlinger#81]

The stamp is the '46-'73 mark, USA w/o the periods. Is that time frame '46-'73 as close as this one can be nailed down?

I would think the bone handles close the gap to '46-'61 or so and the milled back probably makes mid-fifties more likely for the top side of the range. So maybe '46-'55ish?

It's hard to nail it down for sure, it's safe to say '46-'61 as that's when it shows in the catalogs described with bone handles.

The 1954 catalog describes the milled back...

...but the 1961 catalog does not. The catalogs in between '54-'61 only describe the pattern number, handle material, length and price. No other details are given in the catalogs between these years. Notice this also does not describe whether the large blade was polished on one side, though it likely was. It's also likely it still had the milled back but maybe also had the red wavy jig bone that was used in the last S-W days before bone ended.

[tongueriver]

They added USA to the stamps about 1951 to 1955 (???), and quit using bone about 1960 or 1961.

[treefarmer]

Thanks for the information, fellers! Every once in a while, an old "rough" knife really gets my attention, this is one of them.
Treefarmer

[KnifeSlinger#81]

It's worn but doesn't look too rough, and is a very desireable pattern! It looks much better than some schrades I own that I would definitely say are rough.

[peanut740]

Scrape Walden 208 stainless bone toothpick with a King Kutter Hand Made etch.

[tongueriver]

That pretty knife would allow for some pickin' and grinnin.'

[tongueriver]

A little pepper, but otherwise not used. Uncommon.

[peanut740]

That is one you don't see a lot of Cal.

[kootenay joe]

Schrade Walden 124 ? I have not ever seen this pattern before. Schrade also used "124" for the Uncle Henry 4" Folding Hunter, the 124UH. A bit odd to use same number for different patterns even though from a different era.
Here is my newest Schrade, a 225H. This is the same knife as a 227UH and the 25OT and all 3 were made concurrently. This Schrade/USA 225H would be from 1972 until ?, not sure, maybe early 1980"s ?
Handles are Delrin and the shield has a Yin-Yang symbol over "ASTEN". I have seen Schrade Rope knives with "Asten Felts" etch. I believe this was a company that made felt wheels used in processing wood pulp to paper.
This knife has been very lightly used but blades never resharpened. Note that blade tips are original. Many of the Schrade Folding Hunters have rounded tips, so i think this is a great find.
Sheath is the older style for the Folding Hunter but has "Uncle Henry" on it so might not be original. Regardless i like it, a lot, sheath & knife.
kj

[tongueriver]

The Schrade folding hunter in various versions is still (since 2007) one of my favorite patterns. I am sorry to have released one that they made for BUCK with a wonda-edge secondary. It turned out to be an extremely rare item.

[jxr1197]

New to me this week is this SS8813 - the bone is perfect and all three blades snap as hard as new. It's been used and cleaned. Lot's of surface scratches and the clip blade is just barely tipped.

[kootenay joe]

Very nice indeed, an early Schrade Cut Co. stainless. I had one and have seen others of this pattern with a chunk of steel missing from master blade. The early stainless steel formulas or tempering still needed tweaking.
kj

[bhuber]

I recently found this hiding in a display case at a local antique shop. I put a little oil in the pivot’s and sharpened the blade. This one has seen a lot of pocket time but still has a lot of snap, and not too much blade play.

[JAMESC41001]

Got this one to add here.

[kootenay joe]

The handles on the S-W stock knife above are what Schrade called "Merschaum"(sp ?) bone or maybe "Bonite" ? There is confusion regarding the pre Delrin synthetic handles as to exactly which handles these terms refer to,
kj

[orvet]

I picked this one up Saturday at the Oregon mini show.

I hope you enjoy the pictures.

[tongueriver]

Nice one, Dale; just in time for the gardening season, too!

[Meridian_Mike]

Good golly... what a nice old Schrade.... good find Dale!!

Mike

[doglegg]

Like everything about that one Dale. The bones, the bolsters, the blades. That is a great pick up.

[kootenay joe]

Such a graceful pattern. I think it is one of the most sought after of all Schrade Cut Co knives. I am jealous !
kj

[peanut740]

Dale that is a dandy!Lyle will be jealous.

[Wally Taylor]

I've had a Schrade Walden

233 for years that I found in a washing machine at a laundromat. It was well worn, and the blades had been sharpened down a lot. I thought that the owner must love this knife, so I tried to find him by placing a note at the laundromat, but to no avail.
I thought it was a 283 by the tang stamp. The middle 3 looked exactly like and 8. I've been trying to find a NOS 283 for years, but none ever showed up for sale. A few weeks back I bought a jeweler's 10x Loupe, and discovered that it was a pattern 233. I went to ebay, and there it was. A NOS 233, so at long last I had a new one to go with my much loved old 233.

[tongueriver]

Good show, Wally. You will find the three and eight problem tang stamps on several Schrade knives. The most common one is an 84OT stockman tang stamp which is actually a 34OT tang stamp. There are others.

[KAW]

Very knice Wally... Great story.
Dale... WOW!... There is something to be said about finding such a knife the old fashion way... at a knife show...
... and speaking about such a prize... while it was back in September I acquired it at a show... it is still my latest Schrade... so I guess it still qualifies...
a Schrade Cut. Co. 3" Sleeveboard Lobster; Pattern №8683T with 3 blades (pen-quill-file); bone stag, N/S tip bolsters & milled liners.


as listed in the 1926 catalog: