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great set..fantastic buy with the boxes, sheaths and display

dweb1897 wrote:great set..fantastic buy with the boxes, sheaths and display

Don't know if it was that great of a deal, but it was the one I wanted. There is a guy there now with two similar sets, one a Heritage and the other a Scrimshaw. For some reason he has switched the knives and trays in the displays. He has in his description what it says on the inside of the lid, with the wrong knives and tray in the display. Pretty funny! I don't hardly ever try to correct sellers anymore, but I had to say something to him about it. Especially since he wants over 400 bucks for each set, which is pretty funny too.

I picked up this Schrade Walden 895 with jigged bone handles for $18.00 and put a lot of elbow grease into it. Started with 600 wet dry and finished with 2000. Pretty darn happy with the result

Great looking bone and blades! I haven't worked up the courage to start using sand paper yet. I've done some study on it and know what to get and how to use it, but have been dragging my feet. I was going to start by doing an action job on my S&W 3913 pistol first, using a very good youtube instruction video for guidance. Kinda get a feel for it on something that doesn't show and needs doing. Thanks for this encouragement! I have a 61OT that I will do first. Since your showing off your boney stockman, I haven't shown you that recent purchase I made after I cleaned it up with just some Blue Magic Metal Polish Paste and the Dremel. Stainless steel not being the same restoration job as your's, of coarse.

That is one beautiful knife. Good eye, catching that on Ebay. If you ever sell it, I would like the chance to put in a bid.

dweb1897 wrote:That is one beautiful knife. Good eye, catching that on Ebay. If you ever sell it, I would like the chance to put in a bid.

Thanks. One question. Did you use the wet sanding method on the bolsters too? They sure sparkle! You could signal rescue aircraft with that thing! Accidentally blind yourself!

Mustanger wrote:

dweb1897 wrote:That is one beautiful knife. Good eye, catching that on Ebay. If you ever sell it, I would like the chance to put in a bid.

Thanks. One question. Did you use the wet sanding method on the bolsters too? They sure sparkle! You could signal rescue aircraft with that thing! Accidentally blind yourself!

I used a dremel with green buffing compound and a felt pad, and then Flitz polish

I got this New York Knife Co. muskrat and Schrade Cut. Co. straight razor in today. The razor is a 158 S with tortoise shell celluloid handles.

A newcomer that's been in the pocket for a week. I was glad to find a junior cattle knife 856 pattern that was broke in nicely. Sharpened up well. BTW - Those 825 Slim stockman are nice ones boys!

Super nice cattle knife, thawk!

I found this one in a motel room in Atlanta over the weekend........sorta.

philco wrote:I found this one in a motel room in Atlanta over the weekend........sorta.

HEY! THAT'S MY KNIFE I LEFT IN A MOTEL ROOM IN ATLANTA ON THURSDAY!!
Can you send it to me in Wyoming?

Very nice Phil arn't they hard to find?

Mustanger wrote:

philco wrote:I found this one in a motel room in Atlanta over the weekend........sorta.

HEY! THAT'S MY KNIFE I LEFT IN A MOTEL ROOM IN ATLANTA ON THURSDAY!!
Can you send it to me in Wyoming?

No problemo. Just wait by the mailbox, it'll be there before you know it.

philco wrote:I found this one in a motel room in Atlanta over the weekend........sorta.

Okay, I'll bite. What do you mean, 'sorta'? Did they have a knife show in the motel? Or do you have the best finders 'keepers losers weepers' stories in all of knife collecting history?

GD they are a bit scarce apparently.
Mustanger I got it from one of the AAPK guys that was staying at the same motel as I was while we were in Atlanta for the Blade Show.

Beautiful, Phil! Great score on that one!

That sure is a beauty Phil. Wish I was at that hotel....ohh wait a minute, I was there...lol
I just got to the house tonight....long trip. 7 days, 12 states and 2285 miles and 3 of those days I didn't drive.....two at Blade Show and one in NJ

I am bushed....I too have some new Schrades that Imwill post pictures of later.

Tom

Here's a Blade Show find you don't see everyday

Schrade Uncle Henry 50UH

Keith

Nice pick up Keith, that's a real beauty, haven't seen one of those before!

You guys found some gems at the Blade Show. I stopped in one of my regular country gunshop haunts this morning and picked up this Schrade Uncle Henry LB5 - NIB with all it's papers and it's sheath. Looks to be a safety award knife from the Glaxo pharmaceutical plant in Raleigh that was built a number of years ago by Gilbane. OH

Sheesh OH. ..! You have local shops by you that are still selling US made Schrade knives? How awesome is that?

She's a beauty OH,is an LB5 the size of a Buck 501??

313 Mike wrote:Sheesh OH. ..! You have local shops by you that are still selling US made Schrade knives? How awesome is that?

Mike, Most of the gunshops here are also pawnshops and most of the pawnshops sell guns - virtually all of them will buy good used knives as well as guns. These shops are where I find many of my older knives - this particular shop is known for buying knives, so he gets a lot of Case, Buck, Schrade, etc. He puts the brands back that he knows I like and waits for my monthly trip to Fort Bragg - then he brings them out and I pull out my wallet! OH

garddogg56 wrote:She's a beauty OH,is an LB5 the size of a Buck 501??

Dogg, this knife is very close in size to a Buck 501 Esquire - the blade is shaped most like a Buck 55, but is as big as the 501. OH

Here's a couple new ones from Herman Williams 97OT and a 225OT
The 97OT is re-handled in cow bone and the 225OT has camel bone scales