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Schrade never used it as far as I know. Even the oddball "end of days" knives like the 14OT above were real wood.
tongueriver
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Rusty, I know they used those names and that product in the 1950s and 1960s. Towards the last, when they were doing some SFOs like DU, my impression that they were using untreated wood, mostly walnut. I assume that the "rosewood" (also known as cocobolo and existing in world markets in many uses, and coming from at LEAST a dozen DIFFERENT tropical species, all related) used in LB-7s is so dense and appropriate that it has not historically been treated. I don't think the various species called "ebony" has ever been treated, either. Not needed. I could be wrong about the LB-7s. Good discussion.
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Here is a genuine walnut (not pressure treated) version of a 162UH. I purchased it in February of 2009. My wife seized it for the kitchen.
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Hey Bob, I really feel like a dolt for flaming the bejesus out of what apparently is your knife, sorry about that! 
I thought you had just posted a random shot as an example. I guess there's no hiding how I feel about the unfinished knives, just seems like they were merely at the point of slapping anything together to drive the price of the auction up, which really seems to diminish the perception of the true Schrades. I do realize that there is a niche collector, like yourself, whose interested in the variety of items that were cobbled together during Schrade's last gasps, makes for some interesting history for sure, but I feel that in time there won't be any way for people to differentiate between the actual artifacts and something that might just as well have been put together in a homeowner's garage. It's definitely nice to have a few conversation pieces around, but I wouldn't break the bank to snag everything out there.
Eric
I thought you had just posted a random shot as an example. I guess there's no hiding how I feel about the unfinished knives, just seems like they were merely at the point of slapping anything together to drive the price of the auction up, which really seems to diminish the perception of the true Schrades. I do realize that there is a niche collector, like yourself, whose interested in the variety of items that were cobbled together during Schrade's last gasps, makes for some interesting history for sure, but I feel that in time there won't be any way for people to differentiate between the actual artifacts and something that might just as well have been put together in a homeowner's garage. It's definitely nice to have a few conversation pieces around, but I wouldn't break the bank to snag everything out there.
Eric
Hey Bob, I really feel like a dolt for flaming the bejesus out of what apparently is your knife, sorry about that!
No problem.
It is crudely finished, at the end of the wood where a bolster would normally go.
Ya know, after buying this end-of-days 14OT in 2005 for $31, it took another six years to finally score an original. The original cost a considerable amount more, believe it or not.
I'm primarily interested in Old Timer related pieces, which let me to buy a Schrade + LTD knife identical to tongueriver's above.
You see, this was advertised as a162OT. Beats the heck out of me how the eBay dealer came up with that designation, but sadly that knife appears to have nothing to do with Old Timers. That one was only $29, so maybe I overpaid on the wooden 14OT by $2.
