Camillus and Schrade of Old Given Short Shrift Now-A-Days

[black mamba]

Thank you 315 and Fodderwing, much appreciated!

 

[deltaboy]

Great Thread

 

[street soldier]

Man, there's a lot of great stuff in this thread!

Kevin, I'm with you on the '78 Parkers: the bone and jigging is awesome, in brown, green and red.

I also think the Heritage Series knives are very undervalued today. USA Schrade quality with bone handles . . . great!

This is an oddball knife, with 1983 Heritage smooth green bone covers, but an 8OT tang stamped main.

And don't forget the New York Knife offerings from 1995, with some beautiful burnt stag.

Beautiful collection of stockmen! Thanks for sharing.

John

 

[black mamba]

Thank you, John.

 

[Invoice]

 

[eisman]

 

[Old Hunter]

Schrade Stockman pattern pocketknives. OH

 

[Old Hunter]

I was a Guardsman for over 32 years, making this Schrade Walden Cutlery Minuteman one of my favorites - built on the Ulster Old Timer 58. OH

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[Mack]

I love these little beauties. I wish I could afford to buy every one of them.

 

[Ironbut]

I bought this for my father sometime in the late 80s or early 90s as best I can recall. He had a knife that he had carried since "forever," but one time I was visiting with him and he mentioned that he had lost it. When I got back home I wanted to buy something for him but didn't know much about knives back then, having only a Buck 703, a Vic Woodsman, and a Buck 110 myself. I went shopping and selected this Uncle Henry 885UH for him. I think I did OK! He has since passed on so it's mine to keep and cherish now.
I really like the old Schrades and would like to get into collecting them.

Nice one Ace! I bought this one in 1970 & it's pretty much the only knife I carried for the next 30 years. If memory serves me, I paid close to $25 for it, which was a lot of money for me for me to spend on a knife at the time.

 

[AlwaysTomboy]

Nothing fancy, but here's my meager contribution to the thread.

This Schrade stockman looks a mess, but it still has really good snap. I haven't gotten around to cleaning it up and sharpening it yet.

And this little Old Timer is one of the two knives I inherited from my grandfather after he died.

 

[Old Hunter]

This Schrade Old Timer 8OT has red bone handles and threaded bolsters; I bought it NOS seven years ago, still in a properly marked box. I've never been able to find out why it was made with red bone handles but no shield. OH

 

[Old Hunter]

Had this gift set a long time, guess I should have gifted it by now, but I just hang onto it. OH

 

[Old Hunter]

I bought a couple of knives from a US Navy veterans estate at an antique sale. Ship marked S-W and Camillus rigger knives were included (look closely at the Camillus, you can see "Deck #2" roughly engraved on the blade and bolster). Based on documents in his estate, he served on the USS Portland LSD37, USS Iwo Jima LP42, and the USS Vogelgesang. OH

 

[Old Hunter]

I bought this knife, 4" SC881Y, in a hardware store about ten years ago, it was in a plastic tube (old style package) but blade marked for the 2004 100th anniversary. It has Swindon Key bolsters, but that is all I have figured out about it - maybe an end of days parts knife. OH

 

[Old Hunter]

At only 2-7/8" long, this is a tiny pocketknife - I keep it in my desk drawer because it is so incredibly useful - razor sharpness with ease. OH

 

[Old Hunter]

Different clip blade shapes caught my fancy one day so I took this picture just to compare unique shapes. OH

 

[Old Hunter]

Deer hunters knives, I've used the two fixed blades, but never used the folding hunter (keeping it NIB). Just starting work on a whitetail with the Schrade 160OT - the nice, thin blade works easier in a deer in my opinion than the thicker 165OT. OH

 

[Old Hunter]

The old style H-15 can be used to clean a deer, but a knife with some sweep (belly) is easier to use for me - wanted to try it anyway. OH

 

[Old Hunter]

This Schrade-Walden 294 Jackknife is the nicest S-W knife I own; it was a gift to me from a porch member several years ago. I'm still grateful - fantastic blade fitting and walk & talk. OH