Elusive Schrades

TheChunk91 said:
Charlie, magnificent collection. The slant bolster is the epitome.

I am a firm believer that this 4" frame, particularly in its many stockman variations, is the greatest knife ever produced.

Is the black shadow pattern above the 881Y an 882? I've seen the shadows in yellow, but I do not recall seeing a black one.
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Glad you enjoy them Paul! I'll post a yellow shadow tomorrow. I have a few more knives on that pattern.
Maybe someone more knowledgeable will help us with the pattern numbers!?!?:confused:

ea42 said:
Charlie that's a fantastic collection, you've run the whole gamut in bone variations there!

Eric
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Thanks, Eric. I am always pleased when an old Schrade guy likes my knives!;)
 
Charlie- as per usual it's always great when you post such great knives. I must agree with Chunk91 - slanted Bolster is just an outstanding Knife.
 
waynorth said:
Nice knives Chunk and Luso. Here is a collection of, arguably, Schrade's mightiest knife!
The bottom 4 are Cut Cos.
I am torn between the slant bolsters or the 2-blade, as my fave!
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The 8OT was the first knife that I purchased with my own money (my very first pocket knife was a Swiss army knife given to me by my grandfather for Christmas at age 6). So this pattern brings back lots of memories. I have a Craftsman/Schrade Walden similar to one of yours that I was fortunate to pick up on the Exchange. I'm envious of your collection. Beautiful.
 
Thanks Duncan and Jake!
The second knife down was made for Jim Parker.
Schrade refused to make any more knives for him - something about not paying the bill. . . . . .
 
As promised, here are the rest of the square-bolster stockmen. Note, 2 near the bottom are muskrats. The KeenKutter might be on a Camillus or Imperial frame.
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Let the real experts chime in!!
 
Thanks Mike! Glad you like them!
I haven't carried a stockman for a long time - maybe that should change!
 
Charlie is this your lovely Slanted Bolstered Stockman?, Does your one have the Punch or the 3 blades?
My apologies about the messy Scan, I just bought a cheapo Printer :o
 
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There was one more - hiding on me!!
A nice Craftsman! Perfect except for a flake on the pile side bone (sigh!)!
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waynorth said:
Both of them are 08883s, Duncan. 3 blades each.
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Thank you for that Charlie, while looking through the Book, I saw a version that also had the Punch.

Heres a nice but very well used Peachseed, had to have it when I saw it- Blades are so well loved, - with a Punch and Bone to die for- what a neat user!!!!
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( but hardly Elusive I am sorry Charlie...but I didnt know where else to place this lovely wee thing ).... Check out how the Blades are so Re-shaped are much Love and Use- and yet still if this knife was a lady, she would still get the second glance over the Shoulder :-)

What I also VERY much like is the Sunken Joints - always a nice feature on a Knife







Again ...Hardly Elusive or the type of knife that Collectors scramble for- but I couldnt go past a beautiful conditioned Schrade Walden TL, the Wooden Covers ( Wood Type anyone? ) when you hold this knife actually make you fall for this knife just a wee bit deeper, the Blade and Screwdriver/ Stripper have seen next to no use - a very nice Knife!



Beautiful Wood on Beautiful Wood.......

 
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Duncan those knives are fantastic! What better place than here to show them?!? That 899 is beautiful, the blades are a bit worn for sure but they still retain incredibly useful shapes. I like the way the spey was turned into a clip, even has a swedge!
I'd venture a guess that the wood on the electrician's knife is cocobola.

Eric
 
Eric- extremely nice to hear back from you.
Yes the Spey is long gone and I am finding that as my collection grows I have many Mint to near mint knives that I am quite scared of using. I plan to try and alleviate that by careful use of many of them- so until then when I see such a respectable knife that I clearly saw someone had put so much use into and yet still looks so good- I just had to obtain that knife to get into use again.

When I saw the knife now has a second Clip I wondered if this was a deliberate modification or one from necessity from perhaps a bad nick in the edge - butI can honestly say with a wee bit of time on the stone and Strop- a couple of drops of Mineral Oil this knife looks to have a great future.

Cocobola - Thank You Eric- it's not a wood I have grown up with - I wondered if it was - I actually really like the Wooden Scales on this TL 29 - behaving very much like a Ebony does that can give you a nice variation of Colour and Grain.
 
That worn peach-seed three-blade indeed has a charm you don't get with a new knife, Duncan.
Sunk joints, and no fear of devaluing it by using it, as well as good looks. That is what I like in a knife which is in my pocket!
 
How about an elusive horticultural knife? Maybe it'll quicken the onset of Spring since I'm still looking at snow out the window. Poor crocuses and tulips are STRAINING to push through it! This one's a maize knife, M1001 in the catalog. At first glance you might think it a hawkbill knife with a broken blade, but this one's the real deal, ground thin right up to the tip. Just arrived, looks like it was never used, although may have been a bit damp in storage from the looks of the blade:

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WOW Eric, I love a purpose/task knife and that one is just Stellar:cool:

The blade, the covers, so nice:thumbup:
 
Thanks Paul! Here's another one to keep with that theme, a cat. #1693 Budding knife with bone covers and ivory budder:

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Eric
 
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Sets a Schrade collector's heart aflutter!!
Great find, Eric. I have never seen one before!!
 
Eric, you snuck that Spudded Budder* in while I was posting! Another beauty!!





*say that quickly 10 times!:D
 
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