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I posted this elsewhere but it needs to be here but I did not realize you were here until now.

I was just in a local pawn shop and the guys there showed me a box of old Schrade Knives that they purchased from somebody.

I guess they bought the inventory of somebody who did knife shows back in the 80's as all the knives are from the 70's and 80s.

There were a few Queen Cutlery pieces but mostly bags and bags of Large Stockman's and Trappers.

If I could get the numbers and get some pictures can you guys guide me as to what is worth getting.

I just want one Large Stockman and one Trapper.

They are all USA made stuff from the 70s and 80s and are not modern counterfeit stuff.

They were both with a brown stag horn type of material and not the white and brown like on the Uncle Henrys and not a derlin like on the Old-Timers.

What is the steel and are they worth having?

Here is what the Trappers look like as the Stockmans are the same material.
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I just got back from buying two. One is the 882 or 883 as my eyes can not tell the differance. The other is the 293 trapper.

These are new old stock and have never been used.

I believe I paid a hair too high but they are not used and very tight.

I gave $70 for the set which is an average of $35 each.

I will.post pictures soon.
 
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Here are some pictures but before that I should mention that he had some Frontiers, Queen Cutlery, Old Timer Stockman's and Bears that I am not familiar with.









Just a hair of surface rust on the right one.


 
I don't necessarily think you paid too much. Try finding those NOS knives online, you'll pay that much or more, I would think.

Nice pieces!
 
I would call it a fair deal for buyer and seller. The blade steel is 1095 non-stainless and is well-regarded as furnished by Schrade. The covers are DuPont Delrin plastic, the same as the 'sawcut' covers on most Old Timer knives and the same as the 'Staglon' covers on Uncle Henry knives. The only difference is in the dye and in the mold. Both knives you show are very common but excellent knives.
 
Thank you for the reply's and that you for confirming that it is 1095 as I was scared it may be stainless of origin I know nothing about.

I will say that for a 30 plus years old knife that it still has one heck of an edge.

While messing around and having both in one hand one got away from me and sliced my finger. It was sharp and deep and it took about 2 minutes before it started to bleed. It cut so clean that the walls of the cut come right back together as if they were still one.

I am happy with this find and will be buying more in the future.
 
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