152OT Sharpfinger

[moonblades]

Hi, Mike Mooney here. I'm new to the Schrade area, but could use some help. Does anyone have a copy of advertising for the Schrade 152OT Sharpfinger that indicates it was intended as a hunting and/or skinning knife? It would be greatly helpful.

I'm serving as an expert witness in the case of someone charged with posession of a deadly weapon. He had a Schrade 152OT Sharpfinger. Arizona statute defines a deadly weapon as "designed and intended for lethal use". It should be an easy case to make that this knife was NOT designed and intended for lethal use, based on design considerations.

However, having evidence that Schrade had a different intention in their design would be strong evidence. I have seen the Schrade catalogs on the collector site that clearly state this is a hunting and skinning knife, but the PDF files are set up so that they cannot be printed, I assume to protect the value of them. The ad with such reference appears in the 1973, '75, '80, '82, '84, '85, '86 and '87 catalogs, at least.

If anyone could make a printable copy of the 152OT ad in any (or all) of those catalogs and email it to me at mike@moonblades.com I would be very grateful.

Thank you, and Cheers!
Mike

 

[lrv]

The 152 pattern is called a skinner
The knife was made for many years 1972 on in multiple handles
check out my web site for many of them in the flyer and catalog sections
If you see one that will help let me know and I'll e-mail a better copy
www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us

Schrade never wanted to make a non sporting knife after the govt banned switchblades in the late fifties. They didn't make a boot knife etc..

 

[thawk]

Maybe not designed as a lethal weapon, but it would have no problem "gettin the job done". Most skinning and butchering knives are pretty versatile for shifting into lethal duty when called upon. Especially if the intent was to gut the victim. I would not want to piss someone off if they are packing a Sharpfinger. It could do more damage than a boot knife.

 

[moonblades]

No doubt, it could be used as a lethal weapon. However, Arizona statute defines "deadly weapon" as "designed and intended for lethal use" and I think a good case can be made that the Sharpfinger is NOT designed and intended for lethal use.
If capability for lethal use was the standard, a convicted felon could not posess a piano wire, Monte Blanc pen (like the one in your pocket, Mr. Prosecutor), or chair, 'cause any of those and lots more things COULD BE USED as a lethal weapon.
Hey, I'm just trying to keep the courts from defining every knife as a lethal weapon...oh, and make a few bucks along the way, too.
Thanks for your views. I'll let you know how it works out.
Cheers!
Mike

 

[thawk]

Interesting thread Moonblades. Sounds like more of a debate for the legal system instead of for cowboys.

 

[Trent Rock]

No doubt, it could be used as a lethal weapon. However, Arizona statute defines "deadly weapon" as "designed and intended for lethal use" and I think a good case can be made that the Sharpfinger is NOT designed and intended for lethal use.
If capability for lethal use was the standard, a convicted felon could not posess a piano wire, Monte Blanc pen (like the one in your pocket, Mr. Prosecutor), or chair, 'cause any of those and lots more things COULD BE USED as a lethal weapon.
Hey, I'm just trying to keep the courts from defining every knife as a lethal weapon...oh, and make a few bucks along the way, too.
Thanks for your views. I'll let you know how it works out.
Cheers!
Mike

FYI
For your rebuttal
So the opossing counsel doesn't catch you off guard

Marc "Animal" MacYoung and Fred Perrin hold favorable views of the Sharpfinger as Animal discusses in his book "Knives, Knife Fighting and Related Hassles" and the Nemo Sandman site for Fred Perrin in the 90's.