A little TLC

[knowtracks]

Over at a friends house in Butte, America last week, this knife was sitting on the kitchen table. My friend says "Take her home & give her the once over, this was my fathers knife."
So I took her home for a trip to the spa. After a nice warm mineral bath, a light cleaning & a workout of the joints this old girl feels much better.
I personally had never held this particular pattern before. She's skinny like a Muskrat with her 4" serpentine frame. Her 3" blade is pretty much full. But her secondary blade was a small clip or perhaps a sheepfoot at 1 time. Nail nicks on opposite sides & Charlie can tell us what punch this is.
Perhaps someone can tell me what the blade configuration was from the tang # and an age would be cool too.
Also I see a series of machining marks down the backside of the brass liners. these "teeth" marks are only on the brass.
She's a well built old girl & really took a nice edge too. I enjoyed the visit!!

Dave

 

[Blues]

Nice one, Dave. You done good. :thumbup:

 

[338375]

Nice save.....
I always like seein the old ones with the "filework" on the liners, it's a nice touch. Like the punch too......

 

[6.0stroker]

Not sure on the second blade BUT I know for sure the term for the worked look on the liners is Milled liners,:thumbup: great old Schrade Walden and IIRC not a very common patternI think? I am sure Charlie aka(waynorth) will clear it all up.

 

[dalee100]

Hi,

They might be called milled liners but the marks aren't from a milling machine. They were made by the die either at the time the parts were blanked. Or they were rolled on after the blanking in a separate process. I would guess they were rolled on.

She is one classy and timeless beauty! You really did her good!

dalee

 

[2brothers]

Nice knife.

I would say it has/had a spey, sheepsfoot and Turkish clip blades
Milled back obviously. Rounded bolsters.
Slim Stockman is the name with jigged Delrin.
Early 70's. ?
I believe other versions had Stag.

mike

 

[ea42]

Dave, that one's a bit of an oddity: The original 861 configuration was for a turkish clip, sheepfoot, and spey blade, with the spey being on the left. This was a 4" knife.

The knife with the punch was an #899. This was a 3 9/16" knife, also serpentine, with a turkish clip and spey blade, and the punch opposite.

Both knives had milled liners and the early ones had the bone handles. Likely from the fifties or early sixties.

I wonder if there was some serious homegrown customizing going on with that knife? Either that or someone at the factory had some spare parts to play with:thumbup:

Eric

 

[knowtracks]

Dave, that one's a bit of an oddity: The original 861 configuration was for a turkish clip, sheepfoot, and spey blade, with the spey being on the left. This was a 4" knife.

The knife with the punch was an #899. This was a 3 9/16" knife, also serpentine, with a turkish clip and spey blade, and the punch opposite.

Both knives had milled liners and the early ones had the bone handles. Likely from the fifties or early sixties.

I wonder if there was some serious homegrown customizing going on with that knife? Either that or someone at the factory had some spare parts to play with:thumbup:

Eric

Thank You for the info Eric :thumbup:
This knife does have some very thirsty bone scales. They darkened up quite a bit after their soak. With a little pocket time I'm sure they will gain a nice luster.
It appears to me that this knife is original, but I have been fooled before. :grumpy:
I will give her a closer inspection because now I'm curious

Dave

 

[waynorth]

In the 1936 Schrade Cut catalog (supplement), there is an 8613LB (leather borer) on page 97. That must be the predecessor to Dave's knife. Looks to me like the pattern number is correct, and there is (was) a punch version of the 861!!
(sorry for all the parenthetical remarks)
Charlie (past my bedtime:yawn (what else is new?)

 

[waynorth]

I thought I would post a copy of the reference, since everyone doesn't have a copy of the catalog reprint.
Schrade made a lot of Schrade Walden marked knives that were nearly identical to the earlier Schrade Cut Co marked knives, using abbreviated pattern numbers.
the 8613LB became simply an 861, apparently with no designations for the variations of blades, ie. the punch.

 

[ken erickson]

Very cool older Schrade, thanks for showing it. I like the "coined" liners. Also notice in the printed ad in the description the inside was (or is) "cleaned".

These knives must have gotten a lot more hand operations and attention then a non "premium" version.

Again thanks for posting. I learn so much from threads such as these.

Ken

 

[knowtracks]

This knife has been buggin me since I first saw it in November and couldn't find out very much information on it. So I must bow to the more knowledgable with a big sigh of relief. And say THANK YOU to Waynorth for his time, research, interest & effort in helping me sleep better at night.

Dave