A Very Nice Gesture By A Fellow Member

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Guyon

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A week or more ago, a longtime BFC member contacted me to see if I still wanted a Schrade 858OT. I had posted a WTB some years ago, and he uncovered that old post somehow and extended a very fair deal.

I was happy to take him up on his offer, and the knife arrived a few days ago. I couldn't be more pleased with it. I believe this one has the carbon blades. A spot test on the underside of a blade showed some darkening.

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Congrats on the 858. Thats a nice one...
I can't remember, did those come with a sheath ?
 
Yes, it came with a leather sheath.
 
You're right about the carbon blades. The Schrade Steel blades had a + sign after the Schrade name. Good buy on the 858!

Chuck
 
aggiebuilder2003 said:
You're right about the carbon blades. The Schrade Steel blades had a + sign after the Schrade name. Good buy on the 858!

Chuck
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I read somewhere here that some Schrade+ steel sneaked out without the + stamp on the 858's. Don't know if that's true or not. :confused:
 
The + was omitted from some of the OT's when the conversion to SS started.
Thats a great 858 with or without the + !
 
338375 said:
Congrats on the 858. Thats a nice one...
I can't remember, did those come with a sheath ?
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They came both with, or without the sheath. The brown boxes they were packaged in were two different sizes, and the sheath was noted.

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thawk said:
They came both with, or without the sheath. The brown boxes they were packaged in were two different sizes, and the sheath was noted.

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Thanks for the info thawk. Thats nice to know in case I stumble on to one someday..
Thats a cool picture. Look at all those brown boxes :D
 
Anyone want to guess origin of picture behind the boxes? For bragging rights only... :confused:

Oh and for sure Guyon, it is 1095.:thumbup: Great score. Nice swedge on the clip.
 
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thawk said:
Anyone want to guess origin of picture behind the boxes? For bragging rights only... :confused:

Oh and for sure Guyon, it is 1095.:thumbup: Great score. Nice swedge on the clip.
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I'll take a guess. Is it the Schrade factory?
 
Some time back, I bought one of these 858s on eBay with some poor pictures. Lesson learned. When it came, it looked like it was sharpened by a drunk with a wood rasp. I've slowly worked out some of the nasty grooves with sandpaper, but it's still got a ways to go. If I ever get it looking pretty nice I'll post some pics. It does have the stainless blades.
 
Sometimes its nice to get one that needs a little tlc, if the price is right...
There is something therapeutic about bringing an old one thats had a hard life, back to life . I don't get them very often, but when I do, I always forget to take "before" pictures.

I just finished watching an 858 on the bay. N.I.B with all the paperwork. It went for 93 dollars.
I was going to bid, but I really thought it was going to go a lot higher than it did.
Oh well, there will be others
 
you know it is amazing at all the knives i have gotten none of them are truly sharp at least by my measurement. and i agree nothing is better than lovingly taking a dull knife and restoring it to the sharpness it was intended to have.
(my measurement is can it shave the hair on my arm)
 
Congrats great purchase......:thumbup:
That big clip blade has a beautiful profile. I think I need to look around for one..:)
 
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