Sterling Schrade double auto

[Don L59]

This is the first double switchblade I have ever seen. Also, a first with Sterling scales have any of you seen anyone like this?

[Bartlow]

This was a regular item in the Schrade catalog. A lot are marked as being something promoting the Home Insurance Company of New York. The Press Button knife company had auto knives with sterling silver scales also.

They are nice knives in my opinion. Good for gifts for women and maybe a way to get them interested in a hobby they otherwise might not get or understand.

[Don L59]

Thanks for the information. I’ve seen single blade switchblade, but never a double with a button for each blade.

[BestVintageKnives]

This is the first double switchblade I have ever seen. Also, a first with Sterling scales have any of you seen anyone like this?

Thanks for posting it.

Model #744.

Here are some doubles with a Catalog I got from a former manager at the Schrade factory along with a huge pile of old paperwork.

[Don L59]

Wow! Thats my knife. Thanks for sharing that original paper work. That is very cool!

[Don L59]

Any idea when this one was made?

[BestVintageKnives]

Any idea when this one was made?

Does your pen blade have the patent numbers?

[Don L59]

Yes there are 3 patent dates. Dec. 21, 09
Sept. 13, 10. And Jun. 6, 16.

[BestVintageKnives]

Yes there are 3 patent dates. Dec. 21, 09
Sept. 13, 10. And Jun. 6, 16.

What is the approximate size? There were 2 sizes.

[Don L59]

2 7/8”

[wiseguy]

Looking at your knifes patent dates. it would have been made between 1916-1946

[Don L59]

Thanks I appreciate you taking the time to share that information.

[CountryBoy77]

Nice knife. Class.

[Don L59]

Thanks Countryboy.

[goldwood]

Ya gotta love those sterling silver doubles!

[doglegg]

Ya gotta love those sterling silver doubles!st1.jpg

I do.

[Miller Bro's]

Nice selection!

[Bartlow]

I see you have one of the Press Button knives sterling silver scaled model with a monster face on it. That one creeps me out. Why put that on a knife?

[button_man]

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I see you have one of the Press Button knives sterling silver scaled model with a monster face on it. That one creeps me out. Why put that on a knife?

The embellishments are in line with the 'Art Nouveau' style that was very popular from the early 1890s until (approximately) the beginning of World War I in 1914.

This style emphasizes lush, natural images -- to quote
the Encyclopedia Britannica: "....undulating asymmetrical lines often seen as flower stalks and buds, vine tendrils, and insect wings."

It is entirely appropriate to see this face surrounded by leaves and vines. It is not a 'monster face' -- it is known
as "the Green Man" or "foliate mask".
Also known in central Europe as "the Wild Man".
This is the personification of Nature's masculine traits -- the counterpart to 'Mother Nature'.

This "Green Man" face is even carved into the artistic designs of the woodwork in many centuries-old churches, especially in England.

The "Green Man" image on this knife indicates that it is more likely to date from the 1910s to early 1920s rather than later on.
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[goldwood]

Thank you for the information!