What is Your Latest Old Schrade?

[Miller Bro's]

Never seen one like before Keith

[thawk]

Schrade Cut Co 8174 3/4 Cattle Knife

[AussieBosun]

Thawk , that is one SWEEEEET old cattle knife mate , the handles , the bolsters , the swedge , full blades , gotta go get a towell now to wipe up the drool ..........

[mumblypeg]

Ditto, what Aussie said!

[stockman]

Hal do you and Calvin share the same board for your pictures?

Stockman

[thawk]

Hal do you and Calvin share the same board for your pictures?

Stockman

Yes, we ship it FED EX from Kansas to Wyoming, trading off every week.

This was my week...

[singin46]

Man I love that jiggin on that old Schrade Cut Co!

[thawk]

Schrade Walden 219

[orvet]

I love that 219 Hal!
That is a beauty & it has a lot of color in the bone.

[ozzie marie]

Schrade Cut Co. M7936T

I only wish I could get a better photo of this Mother of Pearl beauty

Keith

[mumblypeg]

I see shades of pink and green in it. Bet it is a purdy one in the hand. Great knives fellas'

[thawk]

Schrade Cut Co. M7936T

I only wish I could get a better photo of this Mother of Pearl beauty

Keith

That stuff is so hard to shoot. I shoot almost always outside and struggle with MOP even more than MOTS.

[tongueriver]

81043 with 8 OT for comparison. Probable date of mfg. 1938 to 1942.

[orvet]

Beautiful old knife Cal!
Great find.

[tongueriver]

Schrade Walden 890 pattern, 1950s. 3.5 inches. Clip, sheepfoot & spey. Yellow cell item has different grinds and a half stop on the clip. Ulster?

[ozzie marie]

George Schrade Pull Ball Advertiser

Keith

[orvet]

Schrade Walden 890 pattern, 1950s. 3.5 inches. Clip, sheepfoot & spey. Yellow cell item has different grinds and a half stop on the clip. Ulster?

I do have a couple Ulster Barlows with a similar nice swedge grind. I also have what I believe to be a later Kingston (brand etched on the blade not stamped) with a beautiful swedge grind. The 1961 Ulster catalog shows three Ulster stockman patterns, #45, #45 UK & #47, all 3-1/2 inches with nice swedge ground clip blades. It's quite possible, IMHO, that Ulster made the blade for that knife.

However for me, after about 1950 it is really difficult to tell if a knife was made by Kingston, Ulster or Schrade, (just my opinion). By 1958 Schrade and Ulster were consolidated and moved to the Ellenville factory from Walden. At that point I think it can be argued that the two brands were basically made in the same factory, but I would have to do some checking, probably with LT, to be sure that is correct. I have a hard time thinking that two brands owned by the same company would have two separate blade making facilities in the same plant, but it is possible I suppose.

I have taken apart Ulster knives made with the Swinden key system. As we know Schrade was the only company that had the Swinden machinery to produce knives like that. In my mind at least there is little difference between the later Ulsters and the Schrades. I think they were all made on the same machinery by the same people.

[tongueriver]

Thanks for your input, Dale. Your ideas seem logical.

[tongueriver]

Here is a boxa old serpentine stockperson and moocow equal enders. From maybe 1920s to 1973. No Delrin here. Coupla Wondawoods, but the rest are bone. Schrade wasn't really big on antler. If the big volcano in Yellowstone starts to grow, this little suitcase is the one I will grab on the way out of town. On my way east, I will have to stop in Kansas and raid Hal's place for a couple I need.

[tongueriver]

Here is another eclectic mix of Schradery. There are a couple in there with crescent pre-WWI (not to be confused with Larry's WW11, whenever that was) tang stamps, and some Hermans. If the volcano blows, and there is room for these tucked in with the wife and dog, I will take these also.

[Just Plain Dave]

I do believe I might just be JEALOUS of that case!

[orvet]

The knives in those 2 cases are a nice collection by themselves!

[AussieBosun]

Awesome anyone would be proud to have a collection like that.

[thawk]

... If the big volcaner in Yellowstone starts to spew, this little suitcase is the one I will grab on the way out of town. On my way east, I will have to stop in Kansas and raid Hal's place for a couple I need.

Do you already have a route map Cal? I see several items in your cases I need actually.

[ea42]

Cal, that is an utterly FANTASTIC collection!!! That top left jack in case 2 with the massively threaded bolsters is a heck of a find!!

Eric