All About Pocket Knives

Last week I showed my uncle the 125oh of my Granddads I found under the camp in a tacklebox Welllll he shows up at my door with a Schrade Walden 804 that was gifted to him from Grandpa and now it's mine Here she is what a beautifull knife.

garddogg56 wrote:Last week I showed my uncle the 125oh of my Granddads I found under the camp in a tacklebox Welllll he shows up at my door with a Schrade Walden 804 that was gifted to him from Grandpa and now it's mine Here she is what a beautifull knife.

Nice one! A red bone peachseed 804 no less.

Thawk thanx.What year do you think?? I'm thinking1947-73 Whats the differance between a mechanics knife and a whittler??

That is certainly a whittler in the classic style, with the thick master blade riding on two springs, with a wedge between them, and the two little ones on the other end, each with their own spring. "Mechanics Knife" is just a marketing term; it has no real meaning beyond that. Sometimes the term "Carpenter's Knife" was also used. Your knife is a very nice example. Good show!

here is my latest schrade that my wife got for me i had to put it in this thread

garddogg56 wrote:Thawk thanx.What year do you think?? I'm thinking1947-73 Whats the differance between a mechanics knife and a whittler??

A Schrade Walden stamped knife with peachseed bone was probably made before 1957, when they started using composites and Delrin. If the tang stamp happens to just say SCHRADE WALDEN NY minus the USA, it is closer to 1947. Many of the oldest SCHRADE WALDEN NY knives will be stamped on all blades, and do not have a pattern stamped on the back of the master blade. This is closer in style of Schrade Cut Co knives, made prior to 1947. With Schrade, there were traditionally a few inconsistencies and variations in tang stamps.

It varies between patterns, but I think the SCHRADE WALDEN NY USA stamping started in the early 1950's. This information is not official, but more based on looking at a lot of knives on the forums.

Thanx guys this is the first whittler I have ever owned or held, what workmanship on the spring configureation is beautiful.

Here's my latest.

Here is my only one schrade oldtimer

"JUMBO" # 210B Schrade - Walden Barlow .

Nice 110 robinetn!
I missed a white one recently on ebay. I was pretty upset as I don't have one & have been looking for one for years.

IIRC they only came in black & white.

Here are 4 more that I didn't see listed in this thread .
Bob

Pick up this 218 on the bay. I really like it.

That cracked ice 218 is sweet!

It sure is. Easy on the eyes.

I like that 218, too! Here is another li'l feller, a pre-1946 2724.

Cool one Cal... a Cut Co peanut! Do I detect a sabre cut blade there?


A pair of 218's, one with pure white handles.


Another pic of whitey, paired up with a 708B.

These little 2 3/4" jack's look good with the long pull.

Yes, Hal; sabre ground, with strongly cut swedge. Very reminiscent of early 293 trapper, the much bigger knife.

Nice ones guys!

Here is another shot. The larger knife also came with two blades and would be called the 293 after 1946 if the second blade was a spey. I forget some of the pattern numbers. They also made one with a secondary pen, like this smaller knife.

Beautiful examples there Cal, that's one of my favorite blade profiles. You can't beat that cut swedge!

Eric

A few Ulsters have the sabre grind too.

Some real charm from the peanut gallery, Hal. Thanks! I especially like that jigged red bone model. Didn't Robeson use bone that looked much like that? I see knives advertised as Schrade and Camillus, with that tell-tale swedge, that were probably made by Ulster. One related extended family, anyway. My Honda was made in Alabama by Rebs and descendants of slaves, working for Yankee supervisors, and using parts from Mexico, Canada, Japan, Taiwan and...umm... probably Alabama.

That old Cut Co stockman is a dandy Cal!