Elusive Schrades

That Sheepsfoot is one nice Knife Charlie. In fact those three are, but the Sheepsfoot especially.
That would be a nice one to send to Glenn for some treatment in ..,,,? What handle material would you use Charlie?
 
waynorth said:
Is Herman still working on Schrades?? I wonder if he got the jigging machine working??

We all post our lovely Bone/Peachseed Schrades here, but simple plastic knives?? I wonder how Elusive these are?? Serpentine jack, and Serpentine pen, both in smooth black (Cel??)!View attachment 1550498
Most SIWF knives have white French Ivory handles, bur this one appears to have been commissioned in a wood grain celluloid!
Shrinking badly, it needs to be replaced soon! These 175s are nice robust sheepfoot knives, and this one, although the plastic is spotting the blade, has a factory edge!! I must put some nice handles on it, though it's a shame to lose the embossing!!View attachment 1550499 View attachment 1550500
(scratched for your viewing pleasure!!):D
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I concur about the 175 being a very good knife, Charlie. Mine is the more run ‘o the mill ivory. Mine was made for a paper mill, Draper Felt. I do not think it’s the French ivory, though. No lines in it. More like smooth delrin.
Not that long ago, these were dirt cheap on the bay.
Be sure to let us know what you decide to re-handle it in.
 
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waynorth said:
They will eventually corrode any metal near them!!:eek: I don't want them in the house!!:p I saw a knife where the liner was eroded right in half!!:rolleyes:
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Un-Chained said:
Of course not close to the others:eek:
I just mean somewhere cool and far, like a shed or garage.
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Thinking out loud here...
What causes the gassing off? Is it light or heat? Most tend to store the stuff in dark cool places?

Or is it air exposure?

Just thinking, if you remove the scales, then wanted to save them for the patter/color/history etc, I wonder if they could be cast into an epoxy resin and sealed against further decomposition?
 
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Well with my small collection of cell scale knives, I keep them out of sunlight and in open air storage. None are wrapped or kept in close proximity to other knives and have kept up quite well. Most cell is obviously unstable and eventually melts away or cracks and deteriorates as well as destroying anything metallic in close proximity. Heat, humidity, moisture and the like are also culprits.
I also wonder how one would go about preserving a meaningful set upon removal from a knife. The epoxy method might be worth a try as I haven’t heard of any other way.
 
Campbellclanman said:
That Sheepsfoot is one nice Knife Charlie. In fact those three are, but the Sheepsfoot especially.
That would be a nice one to send to Glenn for some treatment in ..,,,? What handle material would you use Charlie?
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I did a 175 sometime back in some amber carved stag bone. It'd be a shame to lose the factory covers, but also a shame to lose the knife to gassing!
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waynorth said:
They will eventually corrode any metal near them!!:eek: I don't want them in the house!!:p I saw a knife where the liner was eroded right in half!!:rolleyes:
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Charlie no worries on those covers, they're not celluloid. That was an early plastic Schrade called "mahogany swirl" or something similar to that, I don't recall exactly. It was also used on Ulsters of that period. It had a great tendency to shrink dramatically but didn't offgas anything harmful to the knife. They didn't use it for very long for obvious reasons.

Eric
 
black mamba said:
Charlie, sad to inform you that Herman Williams passed away about a month ago. I have no idea whether or not he had someone to take over his business.
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Another Legend of Knifery gone on, to greater things hopefully!!
His favorite handle was amber stag I think!! Here's one of his reworks!!
A 175 with serrated blade!!HermansFlorist 1.jpg HermansFlorist 2.jpg HermansFlorist 3.jpg
 
ea42 said:
Charlie no worries on those covers, they're not celluloid. That was an early plastic Schrade called "mahogany swirl" or something similar to that, I don't recall exactly. It was also used on Ulsters of that period. It had a great tendency to shrink dramatically but didn't offgas anything harmful to the knife. They didn't use it for very long for obvious reasons.

Eric
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Thanks Eric!! You have relieved my panic!!:D Crappy plastic though!!:p
 
ea42 said:
VERY crappy! :D

On every knife I've seen with those covers you could drive a car between the handles and the bolsters.:eek::)

Eric
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You win some, you lose some, I guess!! It's taken a while to make the right synthetic material to match the function of natural handles!!
 
It sure has Charlie, there was a LOT of trial and error going on back in the '50's-'60's especially. Even the '70's to a lesser extent. Once delrin came on the scene there was a HUGE collective sigh of relief among knife companies.

I'd better put up a pic to keep on the subject of elusive Schrades! :D

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Eric
 
Hello ,

I've had the chance to receive this great knife after a very nice trade .
I would like to know of this 340T had been produced with other handles (materials ) ?
I would be very very happy to find and buy a different one :)

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Best regards .
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