Dave Thinkstoomuch
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Way back in 1855 T.D. Collins started lumber operations in Pennsylvania. The Collins Company is still family owned and in business today: http://www.collinsco.com/commitment/
It appears that some time between 1926 and 1936 an unknown person began working for Collins Pine Company and ten years later they were given a gold filled Schrade SFO knife as a service award. They never got their initials engraved on it though. The knife is a "No. 8729GOLD Shac" as seen in the 1936 Schrade Supplement: http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/Catalogs/images/1936_Schrade_supplements.pdf
It has been embellished with the addition of a very nice gold and green "Collins Pine Company", "10 Years Service" shield on the pile side. All three blades are stainless steel and the years have been kind to them. It looks like the main blade may have been lightly used and sharpened but that's about it for wear. The "full crocus polished" blades are close to what Schrade would later call a "mirror polish" and they remain like mirrors.
This knife sure doesn't look 75 years old. There are two small dings on the end of the pile side handle and my first guess was that someone foolishly acid tested the knife but they may just be garden-variety dents. I've posted a close-up of that area. Any observations regarding what may have caused the damage would be appreciated.
I have to thank glennbad for shortening the time it took me to I.D. this one. When his "old school Schrade thread" got bumped recently I saw his example (http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...d-school-Schrade-thread?p=3465413#post3465413). glenbadd mentioned that his was stamped 12K as opposed to 10 as seen in the catalog and my example is stamped 12K as well.
Pic for scale. Knife is 2-9/16" long. Shown with a dime and a 5" LB7:
Mark side open:
Tang stamps on mark side. Clockwise starting with small blade top-left.
Small blade mark side:
Main blade mark side:
File mark side:
Pile side open:
Main blade pile side tang stamp:
Shield:
Pile side closed:
Mark side closed:
Shackle stamping "120 12K G.F." and then what looks like a side-ways "D":
Two small dings that are close to the same depth, angle and profile:
It appears that some time between 1926 and 1936 an unknown person began working for Collins Pine Company and ten years later they were given a gold filled Schrade SFO knife as a service award. They never got their initials engraved on it though. The knife is a "No. 8729GOLD Shac" as seen in the 1936 Schrade Supplement: http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/Catalogs/images/1936_Schrade_supplements.pdf
It has been embellished with the addition of a very nice gold and green "Collins Pine Company", "10 Years Service" shield on the pile side. All three blades are stainless steel and the years have been kind to them. It looks like the main blade may have been lightly used and sharpened but that's about it for wear. The "full crocus polished" blades are close to what Schrade would later call a "mirror polish" and they remain like mirrors.
This knife sure doesn't look 75 years old. There are two small dings on the end of the pile side handle and my first guess was that someone foolishly acid tested the knife but they may just be garden-variety dents. I've posted a close-up of that area. Any observations regarding what may have caused the damage would be appreciated.
I have to thank glennbad for shortening the time it took me to I.D. this one. When his "old school Schrade thread" got bumped recently I saw his example (http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...d-school-Schrade-thread?p=3465413#post3465413). glenbadd mentioned that his was stamped 12K as opposed to 10 as seen in the catalog and my example is stamped 12K as well.
Pic for scale. Knife is 2-9/16" long. Shown with a dime and a 5" LB7:
Mark side open:
Tang stamps on mark side. Clockwise starting with small blade top-left.
Small blade mark side:
Main blade mark side:
File mark side:
Pile side open:
Main blade pile side tang stamp:
Shield:
Pile side closed:
Mark side closed:
Shackle stamping "120 12K G.F." and then what looks like a side-ways "D":
Two small dings that are close to the same depth, angle and profile:
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