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Beauty! Where did you find it?

Generally speaking, those are hard to find.

Very nice example of the early bone 8OT, used & sharpened but still 'all there'. I have been looking for one of these for a long time.
For future reference pictures taken from directly overhead give the most information. Angled pictures distort.
Calvin, lovely 7-OT, such perfection makes me want to grab it and go cut some things.
kj

1983 Schrade Heritage Whittler by Herman Williams. Hopefully the 1st of 6
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gmichael wrote:

CheckSix wrote:

gmichael wrote:Obtained this beauty 80T for the collection

ummmm.... that looks to be a 1st year bone 8OT.

More details please!

Hello, Im pretty new to Schrades, but got the Old-Timer-itus bug,and have been on a mission to find a few older 80ts. Im at work..but will post a few pics later this evening. please check out my gallery. From what I believe to know..this is the second run bone..as this is not smooth bone..but saw cut?

Hi gmichael from Australia,
I have had the Schrade 8OT bug, for many years now.
Could you please post as much information, you can find on the First 8OT's.
The history of the 8OT, from day one to the early 1970's, is very hard to find... Ken.

gmichael wrote:A few more pics..its difficult to capture consistent colors..this is low lighting in garage from what little sun was coming throughh the clouds. The back side is darker than the front though. Thoughts?

dweb1897 wrote:1983 Schrade Heritage Whittler by Herman Williams. Hopefully the 1st of 6

that is gorgeous!

CheckSix wrote:

dweb1897 wrote:1983 Schrade Heritage Whittler by Herman Williams. Hopefully the 1st of 6

that is gorgeous!

X2, Doug. I think Herman's file work is my favorite aspect of his work, but, of course, it is all good. You say 6 knives. What 6 exactly are you planning?

tongueriver wrote:

CheckSix wrote:

dweb1897 wrote:1983 Schrade Heritage Whittler by Herman Williams. Hopefully the 1st of 6

that is gorgeous!

X2, Doug. I think Herman's file work is my favorite aspect of his work, but, of course, it is all good. You say 6 knives. What 6 exactly are you planning?

The barlow, trapper, muskrat, stockman, and rancher would be the other 5...a complete 83 Heritage set.

dweb1897 wrote:1983 Schrade Heritage Whittler by Herman Williams. Hopefully the 1st of 6

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Wow! I'm going to need to be firmly affixed to my chair before you show the other 5.

dweb1897 wrote:1983 Schrade Heritage Whittler by Herman Williams. Hopefully the 1st of 6

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Thanks for all the good words...I appreciate it. I'm on the lookout for the other 5 knives from the 1983 Red Heritage set and will get them done as I find them. I know there are ones for sale on Ebay but I'm waiting and watching for the good deals. As you can imagine, the file work on one of these knives isn't cheap. I have a complete set but there is always the risk of a broken handle when a knife is taken apart, the slip of a file on one of the blades, which Herman has no spares for, and probably other things that I'm not aware of. Having a knife modified to this extent and putting it back together with the original bone handles certainly is no small task. I simply supplied the money and the knife...all the credit for this show piece belongs to Herman.
Here is another beauty of his that I was fortunate to acquire.

Stunning!!

Knives like that remind me of a custom 1911, at its heart it's still a colt (insert other brand here if you don't prefer colt) yet it's also something new and unique. Very nice dweb, incredible piece!

New philly in the stable

Imperial Frontier Double Eagle 4625
-Phil

All thanks go to Bruce (old hunter) for picking up this wonderful set of old timers for me. These are some of the finest looking post cut co knives schrade ever made IMO. I'm very pleased to be able to add this set to my small but growing collection.

KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:All thanks go to Bruce (old hunter) for picking up this wonderful set of old timers for me. These are some of the finest looking post cut co knives schrade ever made IMO. I'm very pleased to be able to add this set to my small but growing collection.

Spectacular!! I hope to own a set just like that some day. Excellent score.

KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:All thanks go to Bruce (old hunter) for picking up this wonderful set of old timers for me. These are some of the finest looking post cut co knives schrade ever made IMO. I'm very pleased to be able to add this set to my small but growing collection.

Hi Paul, like you I believe that 1985 set, is the best set of Schrades knives I have seen.
They were also sold separately in brown boxes . Ken

This is the front page of a N.K.C.A. 1986 magazine

Paul, congratulations that trio is absolutely gorgeous Lloyd

Was there a Heritage Bone series in 1983 also with reddish bone ?
kj

Thanks for the compliments all. Yes Roland red bone was one of the colors for the 1983 heritage knives, this old timer red bone is exactly the same.

Here's the 1984 knife that kicked that series off.The 34OTss. I think there was a 3 knife series that followed this before the 1985 set that Paul has.

Awesome knives. You guys certainly have some nice stuff. Makes me feel inadequate. But that's nothing new.

Thanks Paul. Based on kogold's post the 1985 series is considered better than the 1983: "Hi Paul, like you I believe that 1985 set, is the best set of Schrades knives I have seen".
How can one tell a 1983 from a 1985, both by set and individually ?
thanks for this help, kj

kootenay joe wrote:Thanks Paul. Based on kogold's post the 1985 series is considered better than the 1983: "Hi Paul, like you I believe that 1985 set, is the best set of Schrades knives I have seen".
How can one tell a 1983 from a 1985, both by set and individually ?
thanks for this help, kj

There is no 1983 old timer set that I'm aware of, only the heritage series. Is that what you are referring to?