Bloody or Collectible?

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I won this Schrade Golden Spike at an RMEF Banquet many years ago. The question that I have is it very collectible or should I gut my next elk with it? It has a pinned wooden handle with the RMEF medallion inserted unlike the mass produced Golden Spikes. I was told that it might be 440C steel due to the Limited Edition but who knows. Should I keep it in the drawer or get it bloody? Thanks!


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Now if you don't ever plan to sell it ( without a gold membership we can't tell you how much to sell it for if you do ) and since you won it then I don't see any problem with using it after all it's your knife.
 
Hickory n steel said:
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Now if you don't ever plan to sell it ( without a gold membership we can't tell you how much to sell it for if you do ) and since you won it then I don't see any problem with using it after all it's your knife.
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Thank you very much, that was easy.
No, I don't plan on selling it but one day hand it down to one of the Grand kids as a collectible or just a good knife that Grandpa used.
 
BEEFDOG said:
Thank you very much, that was easy.
No, I don't plan on selling it but one day hand it down to one of the Grand kids as a collectible or just a good knife that Grandpa used.
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This really depends on your personal values and theirs . I actually cherish most the tools my Pap used the most . So , I'd vote for bloody !
 
BEEFDOG said:
Thank you very much, that was easy.
No, I don't plan on selling it but one day hand it down to one of the Grand kids as a collectible or just a good knife that Grandpa used.
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I know I love my grandfathers knife that he used way more than any of my from my dad that just sat around unused, so I say make some memories with it to give it some sentimental value.
 
You'll get more value out of it as a user than you ever will as an "investment".

Go out and enjoy it, make it a part of your hunting experience. It's what it was made to do.
 
Thanks everyone!
A few blood stains on the sheath would give it character and could be the start of some great stories around the camp fire.
 
Lapedog said:
Pfft, are you saying that people's knives worked before full tangs were commonplace? Get real bud.
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Yeah I'm going to tell a buddy of mine that his knife won't skin elk, bear, or deer like he does every year, maybe I can sell him my Nyala for a profit

People should think a few seconds before they post
 
If it's a knife, it was made to cut stuff. The only way to find out if it will hold an edge is to use it. The only way to make memories, and their stories, is to use it. And only you can decide if you have a knife, or a knife-shaped paperweight...
 
Nothing wrong with passing down a knife with some beauty marks on it. Use it, take the person you plan to pass it down to hunting with you and let them use it. Add some sentimental value to it.
 
Lapedog said:
Pfft, are you saying that people's knives worked before full tangs were commonplace? Get real bud.
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No I'm saying trying to skin an animal the size of an elk with a rat tail tang is silly. That's a big job to do with a little tang
 
SkrufKnifer said:
No I'm saying trying to skin an animal the size of an elk with a rat tail tang is silly. That's a big job to do with a little tang
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I think you greatly underestimate the ability of a rat tail tang when done properly.

Maybe your experience with them is in cheap knives?
 
Handle material looks to be stag, not wood.

I'd say use it. It will add sentimental value w/ a notch or two under its belt..I always become more endeared to the things I've used rather than the safe queens or other " pretties" kept under glass.. construction will hold up to skinning, for sure. Steel type and edge holding?.. best way to figure is using it..and sharpening, and using it some more..
 
Lapedog said:
I think you greatly underestimate the ability of a rat tail tang when done properly.

Maybe your experience with them is in cheap knives?
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Well the knife mentioned in the OP is a $20-30 knife. Is that cheap? Have you ever seen, or hunted an elk? Have you ever skinned or processed one? Or any animal for that matter? So in my experience doing just that. I can tell you that little tang won't last long. I think you'd be lucky if it didn't break half way threw skinning a large animal.
 
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