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Oh wow, Doug! That is a great find! Never seen one before. Really nice addition to your slenderino collection! I'm so jealous!

dweb1897 wrote:This is a recent purchase that I had been aware of from the old Schrade flyers on Schrades-R-Us. First one I'd ever seen for sale. The top of the display box is leather with the Lewis and Clark route laser etched on it.

Nice one!

Thanks guys, I put it in my slenderino display and that canoe shield is pretty cool...catches your eye and makes the knife stand out.

Doug that is a unique shield and like you said really does catch your eye. Beautiful folder—nice acquisition!!

Here's a nice old Schrade. 294 -- 3 7/8"

That 294 is a beaut WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER

Sweet knife Joe. Hard to believe people used a knife like that without giving it a second thought. That’s a beauty for sure.

Those 294s were real beauty queens. I bet the cutlers who ground them out thought so too. Thanks for showing yours!

dweb1897
That Lewis & Clark was a real gem of a pick-up. That is the first one of those i have seen.

FJR
That 294 is the swetest one i have ever seen. I was chasing one for years and ended up abandoning my search through lack of any poking their heads up and those that did were quite ordinary. That one is as sweet as.
Cheers,
Tony.

What Tony said. Great knives.

FRJ, Although I've picked up a few Schrades over the years I am not a serious collector of them. But yours strikes me as about the most beautiful I've seen.

Thank you so much for your kind remarks, guys. I feel very fortunate to have this knife.
As Cal says, it's one of those beauty queens.

Here are two that are even older than I am

Cal, those Cut Co.s are beautiful. Talk about beauty queens!

tongueriver wrote:Here are two that are even older than I am

^^That's just pretty I have a Walden 293 coming next week with those same bolsters - can't wait

They're Imperials, but I guess they count as Schrades. This pair of Double Eagle for the Westmoreland Coal Company based in Kentucky (but they did operate mines in Southern WV as well as here in SW VA). They were unused, but needed a lot of tarnishing removed. There's still some black spots on the lockback that won't come off. I love how most of the ad models also had the company logo on the pouch flap. I've fallen in love with the 4515, and will probably end up getting another to carry.

4515 Sportsman Lockback and 4135 Serpentine Stockman (3 1/4)

All great knives but those two you have Cal are amazing .

Today was a good day for some schrades. The 33OT has all the fixin's, I like finding them like that.

Calvin, your saber ground Cut. Co. is very impressive, now, just as it was 75+ years ago. Are the handles bone ? Did Schrade Cut. Co. ever use synthetic handles jigged to resemble bone ?
kj

kootenay joe wrote:Did Schrade Cut. Co. ever use synthetic handles jigged to resemble bone ?
kj

Yes they did, it was peachseed jig but some kind of hard black synthetic material. You will also see schrade walden's with such handles. They are usually easy to distinguish from bone as the synthetic handles are totally black.

Thanks Paul.
kj

Just got some outdoor pics of this one taken...my 200th Herman Williams knife
Schrade Walden 171UH with Natural Elk scales and file work

Did you say 200th Dweb? Well your 200th is a beauty. Blade, guard, file work, handle, Wow.

dweb1897 wrote:Just got some outdoor pics of this one taken...my 200th Herman Williams knife
Schrade Walden 171UH with Natural Elk scales and file work

That's a fine way to mark the milestone alright! Very nice elk horn! And a hard to find bird's head 171UH ta-boot!!