All About Pocket Knives

PappyOpap wrote: ↑Sat Apr 16, 2022 8:38 pm I have a brother-in-law who is a radical Alabama Football/Bear Bryant fan. He has a ton of memorabilia, and typically accumulates even more Roll Tide articles for Christmas and birthdays each year. I had this knife, and customized the box as a gift to him a few years ago. It has been one of his favorite pieces so far.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 2:30 pm It did turn out to be a keeper.

Dan In MI wrote: ↑Sun Apr 17, 2022 2:00 am Sure.....

mumblypeg wrote: ↑Sat Apr 16, 2022 9:58 pm

ea42 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 14, 2022 9:42 pm

mumblypeg wrote: ↑Tue Apr 12, 2022 12:42 am

I have a couple of these that I got from Eric. They are to grind the nail nick into the blade. The plate holds the blade in place while grinding.

It's actually a gauge, it isn't used for the grinding at all. It's used to check that the nail marks are stamped into the proper area of the blade. If you take that blade off the ring and rest it on the pins in the back of the gauge with the lower pin resting in the back square of the tang and the blade back resting against the other two pins, the nail mark should be perfectly centered in the little "window" with the flat of the nail mark perfectly even with the top edge of the "window". The gauge was also used to make sure the the blades themselves were stamped out of the strip steel correctly.

This one is a nail mark and tang stamp gauge:

Schrade Muskrat Tang Stamp and Nailmark Gauge 4.jpg

Schrade Muskrat Tang Stamp and Nailmark Gauge 3.jpg


Eric

My mistake. I must have misunderstood the description on eBay.

ea42 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 17, 2022 7:33 pm my explanations are often lacking lol Eric

tongueriver wrote: ↑Sun Apr 17, 2022 7:52 pm You can say that again, Eric; how am I supposed to use this dang thang?
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tongueriver wrote: ↑Tue Apr 19, 2022 2:16 pm Unless you are comfortable with a new nickname, "Stub," these bad boys don't allow much for operator error.

Papa Bones wrote: ↑Tue Apr 19, 2022 5:01 am I.....

Papa Bones wrote: ↑Tue Apr 19, 2022 9:20 pm Added.....

Meridian_Mike wrote: ↑Wed Apr 20, 2022 12:37 pm All 3 of your new additions are NICE!

Congrats on the finds!

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:08 pm
FANTASTIC additions, Smitty!

cody6268 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:54 pm Late '60s, early '70s 204S.

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However, it's technically a free knife. It was supposed to be an older 204 in cocobolo. Seller said she would mail me the correct knife tomorrow; and I would not have to return this one at all. I am guessing this may be partly because I noticed it had somewhat lazy snap on the screwdriver (I think a clean-out will fix it) and the lock is pretty badly mangled.


I emailed one of the mechanics here about having it cut-down into a one-blade, but for the time being, it will join the cocobolo 204S with badly pitted blades in the user pile. The woodgrain Delrin shouldn't be as bad as black Camillus Delrin when my hands are sweaty, wet, or soaked in oil/grease.

Camillus are really outpacing Schrades as users--I've now retired almost all my old Schrades, and that's something that needs to change. This ain't a shelf queen in the condition it's in, and I can use it without qualms.

Papa Bones wrote: ↑Tue Apr 19, 2022 9:20 pm Added this one to my Schrade EDC group. I fished it out of the bay last week. Just now finished cleaning her up. It had rust, as well as crud in the blade wells, and blades were stiff. Gave it the usual warm mineral oil bath, flush and cleaning the blade wells. 4 000 wool on the blades and bolsters. I saw potential for a good EDC and here she is. 3-3/8 inch closed Jack Knife. Schrade Cut. Co. Walden N.Y. tang stamp on both blades putting it in the era from the 1920's to about 1945. Both blades have strong half stops, yes the blades are worn, yes they have spots & some pits, but now has surprisingly good snap, smooth opening and just a smidge (yes smidge is a technical term) of wobble on the secondary pen. The bone handles are pocket worn with good color, but no cracks. It has three brass pins, long bolster, steel liners and didn't come with a shield, so I believe this is a pattern L2153. I have sharpened the blades, oiled the joints and now have a great little EDC Schrade. Here are some photos, the last one from a 1926 Schrade catalog

Schrade Cut. Co. Walden,N.Y. jack_a.JPG
Schrade Cut. Co. Walden,N.Y. jack_b2.JPG
Schrade Cut. Co. Walden,N.Y. jack_c.JPG
Schrade Cut. Co. Walden,N.Y. jack_d.JPG
SCCO L2153 jack knife.JPG

DM11 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 5:25 am

Papa Bones wrote: ↑Tue Apr 19, 2022 9:20 pm Added this one to my Schrade EDC group. I fished it out of the bay last week. Just now finished cleaning her up. It had rust, as well as crud in the blade wells, and blades were stiff. Gave it the usual warm mineral oil bath, flush and cleaning the blade wells. 4 000 wool on the blades and bolsters. I saw potential for a good EDC and here she is. 3-3/8 inch closed Jack Knife. Schrade Cut. Co. Walden N.Y. tang stamp on both blades putting it in the era from the 1920's to about 1945. Both blades have strong half stops, yes the blades are worn, yes they have spots & some pits, but now has surprisingly good snap, smooth opening and just a smidge (yes smidge is a technical term) of wobble on the secondary pen. The bone handles are pocket worn with good color, but no cracks. It has three brass pins, long bolster, steel liners and didn't come with a shield, so I believe this is a pattern L2153. I have sharpened the blades, oiled the joints and now have a great little EDC Schrade. Here are some photos, the last one from a 1926 Schrade catalog

Schrade Cut. Co. Walden,N.Y. jack_a.JPG
Schrade Cut. Co. Walden,N.Y. jack_b2.JPG
Schrade Cut. Co. Walden,N.Y. jack_c.JPG
Schrade Cut. Co. Walden,N.Y. jack_d.JPG
SCCO L2153 jack knife.JPG

Dan In MI wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 4:02 am A new Schrade joined my horde (or is that hoard?) yesterday: this 33OT. It's been previously carried, and will be carried regularly under my ownership. Thanks to GSPTOPDOG for another great knife!

Dan In MI wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 4:02 am A.....

CluelessNick wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 7:24 pm Got a couple of 206 Barlows this week. One is a stock knife with smooth delrin handles that looks brand new to me. The other is one of Jeffin's knives with jigged mahogany bone handles. It's a beauty that I ordered on Friday and received on Monday. Have bought a number of knives from Jeff and love them all.