All About Pocket Knives

Mustanger wrote:If I had worked at Schrade there is no telling what kind of crap I'd bring home in my lunchbox.

Reminds me of the song one piece at a time

Mustanger wrote:Spare parts (89OT) knife. Skoal knife sides with a replacement Schrade shield. Mismatched blades that seem to be from three different knives judging from the different finishes on all three. The main blade being stainless and the other two being carbon, one shiny and the other mat finished.

I suspect it was close to the end of a run and they were scrambling for blades to finish the run. It is more common than you might think
The blades all had to be added and assembled at the factory on the factory machinery or else the bolsters had to be drilled and a through pin installed.
The only Swinden machine that could assemble those knives with the internal Swinden pin was at the Schrade factory.
A guy couldn't take the parts home and finish them in his garage.

The mixed carbon steel & stainless blades is also not uncommon. There was a bunch of that stuff that came out just before they closed the doors.
Things like Old Timer patterns or half the pattern and Uncle Henry handles, knives that never existed but the parts interchanged; lots of strange knives! One of my favorites is the 97OT made with a single blade and Uncle Henry handles, that is a pattern that should have been in the catalog!!

Thanks, Dale, for that information. I did not realize that a Swinden Key machine was needed to assemble the knives. I'm like gwelker62 and considered buying parts and assembling my own fantasy knives. I had the notion that they somehow snapped together.
I agree with your assessment of my parts knife. I have learned that the Schrade shield was actually part of an intentional run of green handled knives of different patterns, and not such a bastard child. I even found a 2 knife boxed set of 2 different patterns. I also just bought a straight up Skoal 89OT with all the right blades and the Schrade shield. I'm keeping an eye out to get all the ones made that way.

Concerning your favorite EOD knife, that one was actually in the 2004 catalog. Or at least in the price list and flyers. It was a Ducks Unlimited knife for 2004. Kind of a series over a period of years that included the standard clip and spey blades and one with the clip and saw blades. I had to do some hard looking to find out what that single blade knife was. I have only seen one DU example for sale, just recently. Maybe still on ebay. A bunch of them turned up with no shields. I always wished that someone would have stuck the Uncle Henry shields on them like they did the 77UH. I like them a lot too and have all 3 along with a couple of the 77UH that I believe was spawned from the DU limited edition. But I could be wrong. I used to have a 77UH with no shield. I'm with you, I think the DU trappers should have been sold as Uncle Henrys. I have two of the single blade ones because I like them so much. I used to have three and two of the saw knives. The only DU knife I have is the 77UH, just because it was cheap. I like some of the EOD, 'oddball' and unfinished stuff that is floating around. Some nice bone handled knives out there too!

Here are some images I've saved of the DU knives and my EODs.

Mustanger wrote:Thanks, Dale, for that information. I did not realize that a Swinden Key machine was needed to assemble the knives. I'm like gwelker62 and considered buying parts and assembling my own fantasy knives. I had the notion that they somehow snapped together.

Not sure, but from the study of a Swinden key construction, the machine merely made, formed, or attached the barbell ends on the pin after it was inserted through the joint. Final assembly I assume was done by hand since the pin heads just needed to be slipped into the keyway on the bolster and then the rocker pin inserted to lock it all in place.

I've looked into making the barbells, or whatever they are supposed to be called, and most answers are "good luck". But I have some ideas on how it could be done.

I'm clueless on the subject of building knives. I see parts for sale and odd configurations of knives out there, so I thought it could be done. Before I bought any parts I would try to educate myself on assembly. There are youtube videos about everything else in the world. I've benefited from some great gunsmithing videos. I was only in the 'thinking about it' stage and not very serious yet. I see some nice parts on ebay and it gets me thinking about it. Somebody is putting that stuff together.

Mustanger wrote:I'm clueless on the subject of building knives. I see parts for sale and odd configurations of knives out there, so I thought it could be done. Before I bought any parts I would try to educate myself on assembly. There are youtube videos about everything else in the world. I've benefited from some great gunsmithing videos. I was only in the 'thinking about it' stage and not very serious yet. I see some nice parts on ebay and it gets me thinking about it. Somebody is putting that stuff together.

There are two or four videos in this thread ---> http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... =2&t=45848
relating to knife construction/assembly/manufacturing.

Mustanger wrote: "... A little EOD heaven"

Mustanger, do you have all the Duck knives you posted... Ken

I would say; this Yellow Saw-cut handled knife, was a special order knife made in 2003.
Schrade made some of these Trappers in their last years, 2002 to 2004.

Thanks for the link, jerryd6818. I'll check that out tonight.

Koldgold, you definitely have the best "last days" collection of Schrades that I have seen.
The only DU knife that I have is a 77UH, mint in the tin, without clam pack. I couldn't walk away from it for $45. I like the pattern. My notes say that one cataloged in 1998. The other pictures I posted are ones I saved from ebay for reference purposes. That single blade trapper had me really curious about where it came from until I found it in the 2004 price list (page 28 by my pdf counter) and then the flyers on schrades r us. The only knives I posted that are mine are the EOD knives below the DU knives. I considered buying the DU knives in the pictures, but I have other priorities. The single blade trapper, SDU197, seems to be more rare because I've only seen that, one, for sale. (not that I live on ebay) The lot of three knives was on ebay a couple of months ago. They were all kinda pricey for my interest. I just went to completed listings on ebay and the single blade DU trapper sold for 80 bucks and the lot of three knives wasn't there. I guess that's not too bad if your into DU and last year knives. I've seen the unfinished EOD version sell for that much and more a couple of times. I hate looking through those completed listings and seeing all the great deals I missed out on!

Here is a GEM I just received in the mail yesterday evening!

This is a Schrade Walden 2 OT, one of the FIRST Old Timers on the Market. After watching the work done by our very own Glennbad, I contacted him to see if he was interested in doing something with it for me!

He was interested and I send the knife to him. We went back and forth, a little, about what I wanted done with the knife and I basically asked him to do something unique with it as I wanted it as an EDC. Now most of you that know me, also know I typically do not carry a knife, however, the 2 OT is my most favorite pattern and I wanted one to carry in my pocket.

Glenn suggested Ivory handles and I said that I would be happy with it....I really wanted something unique and different. Below is the descriptionof the knife and pictures of the absolute piece of Art he sent me in return.

Schrade Walden 2 OT originally with Red Bone handles

Rehandled with IVORY which has some inclusions in it. I would not have known what that was until Glenn Explained...LOL The Ivory with the inclusions adds a tremendous amount of character to the knife.

Glenn sealed the deal with a Nice Diamond Shield

He left the blades with the original patina and edge!

Folks, this is truly a work of Art and I couldn't have come up with his ideas alone much less his skills to customize this knife. I will treasure this beauty forever and I even considered not carrying her because she is such a beauty. However, this was intended to be an EDC and I will honor Glenn by doing exactly what I said I would do...EDC

Glenn, I am forever in your debt, Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Tom

That is one classy fingernail picker!

I tried everything to get the right pictures, but, I just donot have the skills.

These pictures do not do this beauty any justice!

Tom

Tom, I think this is a little bit better. It's not a studio shot but hey, it ain't bad. You are now in possession of a true jewel. Congratulations.

Tom,
I thought I was being fancy with a Herman Williams 863 in Sambar Stag for an EDC, but you got me beat with that 2OT in Ivory.

dweb1897 wrote:Tom,
I thought I was being fancy with a Herman Williams 863 in Sambar Stag for an EDC,

Doug, you are being fancy with a Herman Williams 863 in Sambar Stag for an EDC. Very fancy. Mine will never see a pocket.

Dang Jerry, how the heck did you do that?

I am dumbfounded...lol

That is way better now, Thank you Sir!

Tom

Tom that will make one hell of a EDC.Glenn does some wonderful work.

jerryd6818 wrote:

dweb1897 wrote:Tom,
I thought I was being fancy with a Herman Williams 863 in Sambar Stag for an EDC,

Doug, you are being fancy with a Herman Williams 863 in Sambar Stag for an EDC. Very fancy. Mine will never see a pocket.

Joe,
I'm going to my first knife show...wouldn't want to be embarrassed getting caught with just any old EDC. I'll be sporting my new Canal Street watch and wearing my good luck hat...nothing wrong with showing off a bit

My goodness Tom, your 2ot is one of the finest knives I have ever laid eyes on.

Tom, that 2ot is really amazing! Perfect choice of handle material. Your are starting to corner the market for 2ot's. Take a pic of them all together. Would be great to see.
Jay

Tom, congrats!! That's an awesome 2OT! Classic handles on a classic knife! Glenn did an amazing job

Eric

I like that Old 2OT Tom.
Talking about old knives, this early 8OT cost me $18.
As I was looking for an EDC, I asked Dale to replace the scales with bone.

I finally caught a break on a couple of Cigar Box Classics, CSW98 and CSW296 trapper.

Picked this one up at the O.K.C.A. show last week

Doug,

That's a beauty right there! Is that the only Schrade you brought home? Are you holding back on us? LOL

Tom

Doug - That 804 looks real good. I like the peach seed jigging.