GEO SCHRADE chain knife

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I have a single blade folder that I got some twenty years ago. Back when I got it I tried to find some kind of info on it and the only thing I found was that it is possibly from Schrade's first mass production machine. I have looked for the stamp (mark) that is on the tang but no luck. Found just about every other mark.
The handle is a one peice folded metal. It is 3 and 1/8 inchs long not counting the eye on the end for the chain. (No chain by the way.)
The blade is a saber which is 2 and 3/8 inchs long.
The marking on the tang is GEO SCHRADE in a half circle. Underneath is
PAT APD FOP in a straight line. The mark is wore and the blade has scratches on it from the previous owner laying it to low when sharping it. Seems to resist rust pretty well. I don't carry it or use it. Any idea what it might be and a value if any. It would be a great little pocket knife to carry. It is light and slim.
I would give a pic but I can't seem to add attachments.
Thanks ECS
 
It sounds to me like what is called a 'boys knife'. The last one of these by Geo. Schrade I owned had a textured handle. Does yours?

You can email me a photo and I'll post it here for you. Email address is in my Profile here at BFC.

Welcome to the forum!

Phil
 
I knew someone could help this new forumite. I bragged about how knowledgeable you guys were, while on the OTHER forums. :o But I told him someone would know. Well done, as usual. :D .

Welcome ECS.

Bill
 
Thanks Textoothpk. Pic is on the way. I really like the little thing but I just can't seem to want use it because of the mark being so wore. Don't want to make it any worse than it is. :(

And a big thanks to you El Lobo for sending me here. Can't be on to many forums what with all the brain activity out there. :D

ECS
 
I didn't want this post to get forgotten, as I don't think we've answered the question yet for Ed.

Sorry, Ed, the last photo you sent to me did not come through. Try this:

Post the photo (jpeg) onto an online photo service. "photobucket' works for me. Once you have done that, COPY the top line of the four choices beneath the pic. It is the http line. Now... come back to this thread.

See the little yellow postcard looking thingy right under the Font-Size-Color choices? Click on that. Erase the 'http' that will be there and PASTE what you brought from photobucket.

Can anyone else offer any help? Oh, I guess all of us should just join as paying members so we can do it the easy way. My bad.

Anyway, this sounds like a 'boys knife' to me, although as we know, Geo. Schrade had a few folded over metal knives, most popular, the sportsman hunting fishing knife.

Phil
 
OK. Lets see if this works. :yawn: I hope so. Just can't seem to get the computor thing right. Hopefuly you can see the blade now.
Phil, I do thank you for trying and your time. Hope you didnt' get to discouraged. I know I was starting to. :rolleyes: High tech for a low tech like me just don't agree. :D

HA!!!!! It worked.
 

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ECS. You made it. In aweek or so you'll be posting pictures like a pro. Congrats.

Phil that does looks like your old knife!

TTYL
Larry
 
I can shed some light on the history, but unfortunately, I'm not too sure about the current value. Check the web site for Bernard Levine. He can definitely help with value. The knife was not made by Schrade Cutlery, but it was made by George Schrade, who was one of the original three founders. He branched off and did his own thing in the early 1900's and opened the George Schrade Knife Company in 1925. He was only in business from 1925 until 1945. If your knife has a patent year on it, it would have been made sometime between the year on your knife and 1945. Hope this helps.
 
Thanks UH Fan. The only mark is the one I mentioned. Maybe there is something out there that can identify the letters to numbers.
It's good for me to learn from you guys and gals. (Sorry, did't mean to call you a guy) :D.) I get ideas on how to narrow my search as well as broaden it. Like the new word I learned from El Lobo.
From textoothpk on what the name might be. And from you by getting closer to the time George might have made this.
It is good to hunt. never know what you will find.

Ed
 
Hey Ed,
I think what your knife says is probably.......
PATent APllieD FOR

So as UH Fan says, that would put it between 1925-1945.....probably closer to the '20's, since it wasn't yet patented.

Bill

PS....
Is that REALLY Ms. Chase? :eek:
If so we are honored to have you in our midst.
And we will have to watch our stories more carefully. :o
 
Ma'am, We are honored. Truly. That you have joined our merry band.. we have called ourselves for a couple of years.. since Tim Faust left us... Uncle Henry's Lost Souls. We all welcome you, most sincerely.

You have helped me in the past, as you have hundreds or thousands or other knife collectors... back when I was researching the Imperial 'frontiers'. The good ones, made between 1975 and what.. 1987? I have it here somewhere, in the piles of display cases, knives and catalogs.

Sorry about your job loss. Hope you find something else soon. Also hope you won't be a stranger here.

Wow. We've got LT, Steve, Steve's Dad, and now Ms. Chase. 'Lost souls', hell. This place has just become the Last word in the history and knives of Imperial Schrade.

Tip of my boonie hat to ya again,

Phil
 
El Lobo said:
Hey Ed,
I think what your knife says is probably.......
PATent APllieD FOR

So as UH Fan says, that would put it between 1925-1945.....probably closer to the '20's, since it wasn't yet patented.

WOW, that's pretty neat. My (our) search has just been almost pin pointed.
I really thank all of you for your help. The knife bug is growing. :eek:

And to meet all these people who have worked for Schrade is kind of like being in a dream. As Jacky Gleason use to say "How sweet it is."

Hey Phil, You think with UH Fan here this post will live a little longer? ;)

Ed
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Hi Guys. Thanks for the warm welcome. It was tough staying away from all of you for this long, but I just couldn't take it any longer. Schrade history has been so much a part of me for the past 20 years, I didn't realize how much I would miss it, if it wasn't there. I'm still sorting out my facts since the plant "closed", so hope you can be patient with me while I try to get things organized. (Unfortunately, a lot of it was left behind closed doors). It's just fun to be reading all of the conversations that have been near and dear to my heart for so long. Debbie
 
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