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Today during playtime, I was thinking of how often I had heard "I wish this came in carbon steel", and the recent discussion of the Safe-T-Grip series and parts knifes bounced around in the empty cavern I call my head. This is what came out. It is an actual assembly, sans ferrule.



It is a 153UH finished carbon steel blade mounted in a Safe-T-Grip handle. The original 153UH drum will work to retain the blade, as will the Safe-T-Grip ferrule. The blade is a press fit, but in order to allign the tang hole with the handle ferrule hole, the choil is hidden. I suppose one could trim the handle a bit to expose the choil if you wanted to, but it works the way it is. You just cannot see the tangstamp. Now, I wonder how the 174OT blade fits the Golden Spike guard, handle and butt cap???

Codger

(Bill got on to me for playing with my folders, and insisted I go back to my fixed blades)
 
Ok, ok, blame this one on Larry guys. This is a photo-chop. I ain't taking apart my only 171UH for this!



The angle of the dangle was not in conjunction with the function, but this isn't the first time I've had that problem. My program does not allow dynamic rotation. No comments from the peanut gallery!

Codger
 
Thats some pretty good looking work Codger, I will try to post some pics next week of some very interesting variations of the 171 that were in the Factory Collection, including a really cool Black handle version with some killer engravings by Alpen, all I can figure is that the knife was produced for Uncle Henry Baer since it does feature some really cool bear engravings, it also has a matching black handle 227 with engraving by the same artist. Not trying to get off the subject but I think all of you will really appreciate these knives. JP
 
Subject? We are supposed to follow a subject here? We commonly vere off on all sorts of rabbit trails, which is fine. That is where a lot of good information (not to mention eye candy) comes from. Some interesting knives have emerged from the sale. This one is not interesting in the same way as the knives you describe (Which I would love to see), but it is interesting the way a car wreck is:


This is an actual error knife, not an altered picture. It boggles the mind how someone actually factory assembled this thing. I wonder if he/she became a former employee before July of '04? Perhaps not if it was quickly buried in the reject bin. But it came to me as you see it, with sheath, paperwork, box and all, so it might just have been packed and palleted before the shutdown, if not shipped to a dealer. Oddities have an interest all their own, don't you think?

Codger
 
Sure, without a doubt. I have several Collectors who only buy oddities and I kinda like 'em myself. This is what I would call a monday morning knife, or for that matter a friday afternoon knife. I really Liked the X-Timer line, these knives really have a great feel to them, as a matter a fact I carry the XT3B as my personal huntin' knife, actually put away my Randall model 25 because I liked the feel of this one so much. JP
 
Codger, lose the guard and try a handle from an XT on the 171UH. Here's a pic of my blade if you want to photoshop it.

 


Now, just so that no one sees this and thinks there is/was such a critter...tain't so.

Codger
 
He he, Codger, have you used the "Magic Wand" tool for those Photoshops?, it really helps to make a clean selection for cut and paste.

Luis


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Luis,

Is that a very rare "Waterfall" scaled Schrade? It sure looks like it might be a very special knife.

Best,


Memo
 
If I remember correctly there was a celluloid pattern called "Waterfall", right?.

In this case the picture of the LB7 in my hand was made with a scanner, which helps to get a smooth background for using the "Magic Wand" selection tool, the falls ("Salto de Eyipantla") were shot with a Kodak DX4530 digital camera during a trip to Veracruz last December.

The photo mount was made with PhotoFiltre.

Luis
 
Actually, all of my degree training relating to computers is very specific, AutoCad v10, v11, v12, v14, and 2000i, VersaCad, Fastcad, all pre-windows and before Al Gore invented the internet and that explains why these paint programed pics are so crude. Also, my scanner, an HP 1310 has very poor depth of field. Give me a minute and I'll come up with some more excuses!

Codger
 
Luis,

You are correct, of course, about the "Waterfall" celluloid scale material. My lame attempt at humor after a couple of glasses of Zinfandel and a Bolivar, is now, well.....just water under the bridge.

Michael,
I never thought of you as a poor fielder...quite the contrary. A five tool team player here on the forums. (Vague baseball reference from a thread long gone).

OK then.....off to take my meds, and listen to the police calls on my scanner.

BiLl
 
Bill, I truly appreciate your humor, this forum just wouldn't be the same without it.

Codger, Autocad in DOS?, that was I believe, quite interesting, I've never done anything like that, my experience is with old and large UNISYS mainframes, very very different from a PC and modern mainframes as well. I claimed "expertize in obsolete technology" as an excuse for getting retirement.

Here's a Schrade Waterfall handle:

Luis

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My favorite classroom gag was when newbies locked up their computers to tell them to go to C:, then type DEL*.* 8>O The professors were not amused as they reloaded it all.

Codger
 
Don Luis.
That Schrade Waterfall handle is a beautiful knife Amigo!

Dale
 
He he, here's a side by side comparison, original picture on the left and photo mount on the right (I did a little more cleaning with PhotoFiltre).

Luis


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Pretty nifty there Don Luis! Maybe you should design the artwork and etch for the '06 forum knife!

Codger
 
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