Fans of the Smooth: post your Smooth Bone Traditionals

koldgold said:
Hi Jeff, Schrade did not make a Heritage "8OT".
The Heritage main blade, I believe was made of stainless steel by Camillus.[owned by Schrade].

Schrade did make a knife that looks very much like the Heritage knife, without a shield - That knife was an "8OT"
That knife had a Schrade blade and stamped 8OT, and as an "Old Timer" the blade was carbon steel.

In my humble opinion, the 3 knife "Red Bone Set" was the best bone handled knives, Schrade ever made.
The Red Bone, is such a rich dark red bone.

The knife without a shield, is an 8OT. Note: stains on blade and grooved bolsters...Ken.
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I was not aware Schrade ever owned Camillus.
I know both Schrade and Camillus made knives for other companies under contract.
(for example, both made some of the Buck 300 series before Buck made them in-house.)
 
I read "Camillus was sold to the Baer family of New York City" in 1960, and took that as Imperial Schrade.
I know they made blades for Schrade, from time to time - and have seen order forms, for 8OT blades.
I also have some of the Schrade "Uncial Hennery" knives made by Camillus.

Sorry for jumping to conclusions.
I also have all the Buck 301 knives made, from 1966 to about 1980...Ken.
 
Sorry. :(
I was not disagreeing with you, I was just saying I did not know Camillus was one of the many Schrade brands. I learned something new. :)
 
Koldgold, you are right that it's technically not an 8OT, but it's the same knife. My red/brown bone is stamped 8801, while the green bone is actually stamped 8OT but has the Heritage shield. It may be a parts knife. Either way, they are the same pattern, and I just thought most people would know what an 8OT was, but may not be familiar with an 8801.

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All good and understood Jeff,
The only knives I have ever used, both use the same 4" Schrade frame.
I found a Schrade 881 in a gun shop back in 1973, and after 40 years I changed to a Walden 8OT with bone handles.
Schrade did not make many 4" knives, with smooth bone.
However, they did make some nice bone 4" knives.

The last Schrade knife to use the 4" frame[2004], had a stainless blade and "blue rope-cut bone handles".
That knife never made it to production; some unfinished knives have sold on ebay over the years.
Sample knives show up, from time to time too... Ken

This is a 34OT-SS with smooth red bone, I have had them with the bone almost brown.
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The knife you reference with the blue rope-cut handles is a grail for me. I've only seen pictures, but would love to acquire one someday.
 
The "ACB8" is not smooth bone, so it has no place here.
Schrade made some very nice bone knives for 2003 and 2004, some were never finished.
Maybe I will show them, if someone starts another place to show them.
Even a 1960 Saw-cut bone 8OT, is out of place here...Ken
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black mamba said:
The knife you reference with the blue rope-cut handles is a grail for me. I've only seen pictures, but would love to acquire one someday.
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To keep on the subject, this is an other close-up of a 34OT-SS
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Nope Jeff they seem about the same. If I didn't know they were different I wouldn't be able to tell once they're on the bench.
 
Smooth operators: Case pattern 85 Doctor's Knife (1974) and Case pattern 20 Peanut (1978).

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- Stuart

Added Nov. 2, 2017: Several knowledgeable members have opined that the docotr's knife may actually be horn, notwithstanding the Case tang stamp indication that it is bone. A re-handled knife? I don't know, but if you think that it is horn, you aren't alone.
- Stuart
 
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