Bird Hook Trapper

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mashduck

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I have a nice Bird Hook Trapper, But I cannot find any reference to it by Schrade, The handel has "old Timer" on it
 
If you have pictures of the knife (or scans) it would help. I am not aware of a production Old Timer with the bird hook. They did make several of those trappers with the bird hook for Ducks Unlimited and Federal Duck Stamp commemoratives though.

If you cannot post the pictures, email them to me and I will post them for you.

I did just find the 2000 Old Timer Classic OTC94 with threaded bolsters and amber jigged bone handles. These were available in a tin box, or a set of four pieces framed, limited to 500 sets.

Codger
mllittle@tds.net
 


Too small to see very much detail, but it likely is a "Classic".



Is this it?



Codger
 
Check out eBay item number 120021400480. This seller has had several of these and a short time ago he was listing the special edition trapper as well. I tried unsuccessfuly to bid on about four of the trappers and then Phil got one and sent it to me. It, like the bird hook, is blade etched "Special Edition" and tang stamped Schrade+ over USA LTD. This seller has sold several of these types and you can get a fairly good market fix in his completed listings. If any of you have any interest the above item number is still active with fairly low bids at this time. The dark bone scales are really nice and the shield is very attractive.

Paul
 
Yes. Not regular Old Timer line production, since they were all handled in "Sawcut Delrin", but a special bone handled limited edition, with fancier bolsters, special blades or polish, shields, and blade etches. These were made under Schrade's usual strict quality inspection standards, and as was Schrade policy, some overuns were held back for warranty replacement. It was not abnormal to have a 10-15% overrun, particularly on something with bone handles where reject rates for assembled knives were higher than for production Delrin ones. Unfortunately, when Schrade's inventory was sold, the rejects and the overruns were mixed and became impossible to distinguish without close in-hand examination. The only way to be assured of obtaining one which passed QC is to buy one documented to come from a pre July 2004 collection which is still complete in the original presentation packaging. I think Del and most of the guys here will agree with this.

That said, even the rejects make nice higher grade users, in spite of missing or weak etches, missing shields, pin cracks, mismatched cover colors, etc. I have several such knives in my collection as "type" examples, and am not under the delusion that they have the quality, appearance, or value of the aforementioned "perfect complete example".

Codger
 
Yes this one has a "pin Crack" But I will put it in the Glass case with the other Schrade knives I have aquierd over the years. I have found some older one's I had in some tool boxes and fishing takle box I had in my barn for 30 years! I had em when I was a kid! I will clean them up and post em, I want to put them up now so they can live the rest of their time in "honor"
Regards
 
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