My latest Schrade

[orvet]

Nice knives Cal!

Merry Christmas!

[garddogg56]

Picked up a 125ot look alike a Beaver USA S650 on 1095.

[orvet]

I don't think I have posted this one before.
If I have please forgive the duplication.

It is a 126OT.
It was made for the European market, circa 1991-1995.

[tongueriver]

That is cool, Dale! Do you think those handles are from the end-of-days work at the factory? Here are some pics of the ones that went out in the original order.

[orvet]

That is cool, Dale! Do you think those handles are from the end-of-days work at the factory?

I don't know Cal. That is possible, but I wonder how many 126 blades were there 9 years after they were produced?
Of course we have no way of knowing for sure.
It is definitely within the realm of possibility, though I think the probability is rather low.
If they were not sold with the white handles, I think it is more likely Schrade made some up to see what the response to them would be, like a test market. Since they were made for Europe I would hazard a guess they would have been test marketed there, if indeed that is what they were made for. But I have no way of knowing for sure.

[garddogg56]

Dale;whats the differance between a 125ot and a 126ot??

[orvet]

The 126OT was made for the European market and I don't think they ever appeared in the Schrade catalogs in the USA.
They were also stainless steel as opposed to the carbon steel used in most of the 125OTs. I think there were stainless steel 125's made in the later years. Any with the Schrade+ stamp would be stainless steel.

[garddogg56]

Thanx Dale

[tongueriver]

They also did a 226OT for the European market. It is the same as the sonofagun OT with a sawblade, except stainless, and with a curious twist. The blades are switched side to side, so that the sawblade is on a different side of the knife. I don't mean end for end. They also did a Sharpfinger, and perhaps another one. Michael Little furnished fairly extensive notes on this production, but I don't have it front of me right now. Happy New Year!

[wlf]

Nice ones Hal,Cal,dog,and Dale.

Hal,what do you use to clean the stains and leave original finish?? I'm intrigued.

This one eluded me from the start of my collecting this pattern. It was the one I was after. I never believed I would be blessed to find an unused ,unpolished or rubbed,original(what there is) finish etched example. We like them like that,the original finishes and grinds are a part of the history,as much as everything else. That is why I'm opposed to doing anything to the knife but removing dirt, rust,stains,etc. It's about having today what it was then,it's an amazing thing to be able to actually look back 50-100 years or more... Letting history be true,not what we want it to be,or making it a little more or less rosy.I'm not opposed to removing stains,dirt,rust,or even substituting manufacturer's original parts in some cases.

When I posted the other well used example like this,I explained how rare this pattern is ( with the rooster comb [bark loosener] and flat blades) .There are no plunge lines on the backsides of the blades,they're flat. Why the shadows of them are there,I haven't figured out yet.The pruner blade is more robust than the standard style of the other Schrade farmers jacks.

I have only seen pictures of 4. Rich Langston has a worn one and the picture of the one in the Schrade factory collection,I am blessed to have the other two.One I posted previously.

This one is unused, an etched Peter Henderson and Co,and with a bar shield,I feel very blessed to have gotten it.I really like this one.

The semi-rainbow on the blade is from the crocus finish,I haven't mastered scanning well enough.

[Shearer]

Very nice farmers jack.
Hard to find one in that condition.
I'm still looking for one for my collection.

Grant

[tongueriver]

wlf, that is a remarkable knife and let me congratulate you. Finding our "grail" knives is all the more satisfying when they don't come quickly. Bravo!

[singin46]

Very nice Lyle! you always find the best in Farmer Jacks!

[msteele6]

Beautiful old knife

[dweb1897]

I have been collecting the 895 frame for awhile and finally found an 899
You can see some of my others here http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... 39#p437511

[wlf]

Thanks for the kind comments fellas,I had forgotten about posting that rooster comb on this thread.I usually only post them on the Farmers jack thread.

It is nice to find one you've been searching for Web,and that's a beauty.

[wlf]

Double post ,again this morning.

[dweb1897]

Thanks for the kind comments fellas,I had forgotten about posting that rooster comb on this thread.I usually only post them on the Farmers jack thread.

It is nice to find one you've been searching for Web,and that's a beauty.

One marked off the list but the list keeps getting longer. I didn't know there were so many I wanted before I started watching AAPK

[dweb1897]

The tang has Schrade Walden NY but no model #. I inherited one just like it but for the model # and it has 809M on the reverse of the main blade. The "Esquire" 1953-58
It sure has some nice jimping..

[tongueriver]

That is remarkable jimping; I have not seen anything like it. Beautiful. Thanks for posting!!!

[Producer]

That is fantastic dweb. Never seen that before either. Thanks.

[orvet]

That is a stunner!
I don't think I have seen one with that much jimping before.

Here is the picture from the 1954 catalog. The catalog picture doesn't even begin to show the detail of the knife.

[Producer]

Picked up a few Schrades including two Scrimshaws, another 194OT and another 8OT.

[Shearer]

Nice lot of knives Producer .

Grant

[Producer]

Nice lot of knives Producer .

Grant

Thanks Grant. Seems I'm drawn to the 94 style. And the 8, And the ----