All About Pocket Knives

Asking for this help for a friend. Attached are a couple of photos of a Schrade Walden 881 Texas pattern, premium stock knife. Tang of the clip blade is stamped SCHRADE (over) WALDEN (over) NY USA. I believe this stamp dates it from the mid-1950s to 1973. Our charts show the knife to have been produced from 1952 to 1986.
My question is: Are these bone handles likely original from the factory or have they been replaced? The grayish color is just not a handle color I recall seeing on a Schrade.
In looking inside, I cannot see evidence of replacement. There is a gap at the backspring.
See any other problems with the knife?

Ray

Ray, I'm with you as I have never seen that type/color of bone on a Schrade. It does look like there are some gaps and discoloring at the bolsters and liners as well. My bet would be they are not original.

Wayne

The early one's had a dark brown bone handles .
It looks like the bone on some of the knives made for Parker Frost Bison series.
Here is a Old Timer 80T with the same type of bone and no one has rushed out to purchase.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/171213199472 ... 1423.l2649

Grant

Here's A picture of a Parker Frost.
Grant

Thanks btrwtr and Shearer. I appreciate the input.

Ray

Definitely not pre-1973 handles. It is a re-handle, although a dim possibility is that the workmen at Schrade in the final days could have put some of this stuff together. The (c. 1978) Parker connection is a good bet. Also the 1980s IXL-Schrade 4 inch stockmans had similar, and the 1981 Classics Tradesmen had similar bone. There was one just like in the OP up for bid on ebay some several weeks ago for a huge amount of money, and another one (the same one?) up again just a few days ago. Btw, isn't it amazing how the "Stidham" knives just keep replenishing themselves? LOL.

BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT SAY ABOUT STIDHAM COLLECTION AUCTION. I MADE, WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A REASONABLE REQUEST TO THE PRESENT OWNER OF STIDHAM KNIVES AUCTION, ASKING HIM TO MAYBE LIST SOME OF THESE KNIVES AT A LOWER OPENING BID AND LET THE BIDDER DICTATE THE FINAL VALUE INSTEAD OF THE SOMEWHAT HIGH "BUY-IT-NOW" PRICES--HE BORROWED ME FROM BIDDING ON HIS AUCTION INFORMING ME WITH A LESS THAN PLEASANT NOTE-I OVER STEPPED MY BOUNDS MAYBE?????

Being blocked from bidding on Eugene's auctions is not the end of the world.

Somebody who calls himself 54 Rodgers (or something like that) banned me 4 or 5 years ago, and I messaged him 3 times with no answer. To this day I have no idea why he would ban me; I don't think I ever discussed ANYTHING with him. Ah, well. I have banned MYSELF from bidding on a few sellers' sites, as they lack professionalism on one or more points, in my ever-so-humble-opinion. The absolute worst (to me) is some jerk who calls himself nitwitTexas or something like that. A consummate liar of the first order, and I think a criminal as well. His opening bids or BINs are absolutely astronomical, and his provenance is usually up to a half century off, including some of his Delrin knives dating to the 1930s (whut???)

CANTHOK wrote:BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT SAY ABOUT STIDHAM COLLECTION AUCTION. I MADE, WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A REASONABLE REQUEST TO THE PRESENT OWNER OF STIDHAM KNIVES AUCTION, ASKING HIM TO MAYBE LIST SOME OF THESE KNIVES AT A LOWER OPENING BID AND LET THE BIDDER DICTATE THE FINAL VALUE INSTEAD OF THE SOMEWHAT HIGH "BUY-IT-NOW" PRICES--HE BORROWED ME FROM BIDDING ON HIS AUCTION INFORMING ME WITH A LESS THAN PLEASANT NOTE-I OVER STEPPED MY BOUNDS MAYBE?????

Open another ebay accounts and send him a message. Ask him why he banned your friend for asking a question.

Grant

There is a Schrade 881 on Ebay the same as your knife.
Grant

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Schrade-Walden- ... 43d5891ddf