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I offer this as a catharsis, which I feel is needful due to recent threads concerning Stewart Taylor, a mystery poster/shill/troll, and talk of breaking up the Schrade collection. Perhaps this will cleanse from our souls and minds the awful reality of present day Schrade manufacture.
The 106OT Grandad. How can such a simple little knife that I perhaps overpaid on ($50), provide a little relief from the downer feelings I had from reading posts alluded to above? Well, as Bernie Levine would say, I 'read the knife'.
Pretty cool, huh? This, Mr. Stewart Taylor, is what innovation, craftsmanship and marketing genius is all about. The scissors work as well as those on any SAK. Has the added benefit of a little 1 1/4" pen blade and a 2" clip. Folded, it's a gentlemanly 2 3/4" long. The familiar and loved "Old Timer' shield and brown sawcut handles and carbon steel blades.
According to Robert Clemente's book, the knife was produced 1990-1994, a variation of the small stockman, 108OT 'Junior' and 104OT Minuteman. A UH version was also made (photo, anyone?, I could use one for my Schrade pic folder) called the 'Gambler'.
My knife is not mint, therefore I have carried it a few times. Any knife is a comfort in my pocket, but this one has the added benefit of being useful as well. The Fiancee needed a coupon snipped out of the paper? No problem, and I did it in a people friendly, classy style, leaving my big bruiser of a Walther 'Allied Forces' (favorite carry knife) out of sight. The 106 maybe could benefit from a little polishing; the brass liners are discolored, as is the wonderful blades, and the nickel silver bolsters, but to what end? Why should I deny proof of the knive's past service to other owners? I did oil it, had a sticky clip blade. And I sharpened it as well.
As always, I am the 'glass half full' guy: True new Schrades are gone, but millions lay waiting for us to find, to use & carry, to add to our collections, to rub in the faces of the pretenders.
Phil
The 106OT Grandad. How can such a simple little knife that I perhaps overpaid on ($50), provide a little relief from the downer feelings I had from reading posts alluded to above? Well, as Bernie Levine would say, I 'read the knife'.
Pretty cool, huh? This, Mr. Stewart Taylor, is what innovation, craftsmanship and marketing genius is all about. The scissors work as well as those on any SAK. Has the added benefit of a little 1 1/4" pen blade and a 2" clip. Folded, it's a gentlemanly 2 3/4" long. The familiar and loved "Old Timer' shield and brown sawcut handles and carbon steel blades.
According to Robert Clemente's book, the knife was produced 1990-1994, a variation of the small stockman, 108OT 'Junior' and 104OT Minuteman. A UH version was also made (photo, anyone?, I could use one for my Schrade pic folder) called the 'Gambler'.
My knife is not mint, therefore I have carried it a few times. Any knife is a comfort in my pocket, but this one has the added benefit of being useful as well. The Fiancee needed a coupon snipped out of the paper? No problem, and I did it in a people friendly, classy style, leaving my big bruiser of a Walther 'Allied Forces' (favorite carry knife) out of sight. The 106 maybe could benefit from a little polishing; the brass liners are discolored, as is the wonderful blades, and the nickel silver bolsters, but to what end? Why should I deny proof of the knive's past service to other owners? I did oil it, had a sticky clip blade. And I sharpened it as well.
As always, I am the 'glass half full' guy: True new Schrades are gone, but millions lay waiting for us to find, to use & carry, to add to our collections, to rub in the faces of the pretenders.
Phil
