Elusive Schrades

[Campbellclanman]

Wow! Everyone- Well done! Great display of super fine knives.

 

[waynorth]

While sifting through my Horticultural collection, I came across a little ink!! Here is a nice florist's knife in French Ivory, 3 1/4" long unused,
and very minty!!
Such a sweet little knife!!

 

[Rufus1949]

While sifting through my Horticultural collection, I came across a little ink!! Here is a nice florist's knife in French Ivory, 3 1/4" long unused,
and very minty!! View attachment 2995176View attachment 2995177
Such a sweet little knife!!

Very nice Charlie. Great to see that the French ivory. A rarity to view.

 

[tongueriver]

You can take a horticulture, but you can't make 'er think (that's a joke, sorry). Meanwhile here is one with something from the factory that might be interesting.

 

[black mamba]

Cal, during college I did some greenskeeping at a local course. You use that tool to lift crabgrass out of the greens.

 

[waynorth]

Cal, during college I did some greenskeeping at a local course. You use that tool to lift crabgrass out of the greens.

Nice that the etch is still there!!

They also called a similar knife the "Gardener's Friend"!!

 

[SteveC]

Coast Cutco

 

[tongueriver]

That's a very nice Schrade Walden 879. They only made a few for that company in Portland, but they were some good ones.

 

[tongueriver]

Portland Oregon has the most cloudy days of any U.S. major city, the most bicycles, the most bicycle thefts and they sold some nice knives, too. That 879 shown above is a sweetheart. Here is another one.

 

[Campbellclanman]

That's a fine example Cal!

 

[waynorth]

Coast Cut Co!!

Looks like a Schrade!! Nice!!

 

[SteveC]

Looks like a Schrade!! Nice!!

Thanks Charlie !

 

[SteveC]

Portland Oregon has the most cloudy days of any U.S. major city, the most bicycles, the most bicycle thefts and they sold some nice knives, too. That 879 shown above is a sweetheart. Here is another one.

View attachment 2995740View attachment 2995741

Very nice !

 

[SteveC]

That's a very nice Schrade Walden 879. They only made a few for that company in Portland, but they were some good ones.

Thanks !

 

[waynorth]

Coast Cutco

Here is another one.

Nice Coast Cut Cos, Steve and Cal!!

Your FB Florist is a cool knife also, Cal!!
Here is anothe FB Florist, a simpler version from the Schrade - Walden, N.Y. era!!!

 

[SteveC]

Nice Coast Cut Cos, Steve and Cal!!

Your FB Florist is a cool knife also, Cal!!
Here is anothe FB Florist, a simpler version from the Schrade - Walden, N.Y. era!!!View attachment 2997366View attachment 2997367

Thanks Charlie!

 

[waynorth]

Made by Schrade for Parker-Frost, this is such a nice knife!! A serpentine, single-blade Slim Trapper, with a liner lock, and striking Redbone Handles!

The liner lock hides the sharp corner of the tang and protects your pocket!! See the top picture!! It looks like the tang means made in 1978??!!
Anyone?
Great, well-made knife!!!

 

[black mamba]

Nice trapper, Charlie. Here is the stockman in red bone from the same series. Supposedly Parker was upset that Schrade put their name in the tang stamp.

They also did them in green bone and brown bone, all in 1978. The jigging is first rate!

 

[Scubaroo]

Nice trapper, Charlie. Here is the stockman in red bone from the same series. Supposedly Parker was upset that Schrade put their name in the tang stamp.

They also did them in green bone and brown bone, all in 1978. The jigging is first rate!

Those are great examples. Very nice.

Since I'm a stones throw away from Frost Cutlery, and I love schrade knives, I really ought to own one of these parker frost stockmans. That green bone is fantastic.

 

[tongueriver]

Those are nice; as Jeff said they came in more than one bone color. They also made a muskrat in that same run. And after they were through with running them in bone they let out some in delrin. At some point I think that I read that Schrade was importing some of the bone at that time from Germany. If that is true, I suspect that the Germans were getting it from their sources in Argentina (read Boker/Arbolito).