Got a Schrade from my dad.

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cluckey

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Hello all,

For a while now, my gift buying has been made easier, and more fun, by a recently started tradition of giving a traditional pocketknife to my stepfather for any and all gift giving occasions. This last fathers day (well yesterday actually) I gave him his fathersday present and he gave me this.

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Its my first "old" slippie, and an awesome one in my opinion, but I know little about it. Can anybody give me any idea when this cool old stockman was made? I'm sure it isn't anything super special, but it reeks of quality. Also what kind of steel is it? It sharpened quite easily after a little time on the stones. I have a feeling this won't be my only US made Schrade for long.

Thanks all,
Bradd.

P.S. A special thanks to my stepdad for making this possible.
 
That is a beauty. There are many guys that collect Schrades in this forum and on the Schrade section under manufacturers.. All will help you. Nice knife.
 
:thumbup: There are a few Schradeaholics around and I are one :D, there is a signature under the gull on right and a date it is hard to see here '89 or 99 maybe '79 not sure, if you have a magnifying glass you can see it or maybe your eyes are better than my worn out ones :( as far as steel 1095 carbon and it don't get no better than that IMHO.
Congrats on the knife and they are like the chip ads you can't have just one :D!!!
 
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Congrats, thats a great present....
I like the light house on it. It has just enough wear on it to give it character.
I do like the older Schrade Carbon blades :D.....
Schrade knives were very well made, sad they aren't still with us ( sorry, Taylor doesn't count )..
Theres an an older 340t sittin on my dresser that goes in my pocket almost everyday, nothin special but after a little time gettin it nice and sharp, there is just something about those blades.
 
The signature is probably that of F. Giorgianni, F is for Frank, he did most of the Scrimshaw work for Schrade during the 70's and 80's. The handles are made of Delrin
(acetal resin) Schrade used this material on the Scrimshaw series of knives and also on their Old Timer/Uncle Henry models. Great present Bradd!

Russell
 
Hello Bradd,

Its all been said here already but I wanted to say, you are quite fortunate to have such a thoughtful step-father to pass to you such a high quality and useful tool. Its a fine gift and one that you just can't hardly find anymore because of the scarcity of these wonderful gems. She is in great condition and the blades look to be very full and barley used. It is obvious she was definitely well taken care of. You will get many, many years of fine use out of her and she will serve you well.

Best,

Anthony
 
wow, thank you all, the signature does indeed read F. Giorgianni 79 and I totally missed it. and yes apparently 1095 carbon steel is the best thing ever. and I am going to play around on the schrade forum and see what I can find there. Does anybody have one of this knife's cousins? another pattern with the "scrimshaw" handles? I'd love to see more of Giorgiani's work.

Thanks again,

Bradd.
 
Anthony,

He is indeed a great guy. He is the only father I know, so the step is just a formality. As far as the history of the knife, I am not sure who took such care of it. He found it while he was working on a vacant appartment. A luckey find indeed. I didn't see it as he found it, he said it was in "pretty bad shape" he polished the blades with steel wool and metal polish. There is some pitting so I can assume there was a bit of rust. The blades are very full indeed though, there hasn't been much agressive sharpening over the years. As far as the "walk and talk" as they say there is a small amount of lateral wiggile in the clip point blade, and its backspring is sunken, but this dosen't bother me a bit. Its beautiful, restored and gifted with love.

I am going to call him and tell him what I've found out so far, he will be very happy.

Cheers

Bradd.
 
Brad, just to add to the info from the other Schradeoholics here, that is a 505 stockman from the Great American Outdoor Series of scrimshaw knives done by Frank Giorgiani. The series ran from 1976 to I believe 1996 and was done on about 14 different knife patterns through the years. The interesting thing about your knife is that, although most of the scrims were repeated on different knives( for example the racoon was done on the 1979 506, 1982 509, 1986 502, and 1995 513), the gulls only appeared on the 1979 505. Great find! If you go to Ebay and type in "Schrade scrimshaw", you'll likely find a bunch of different examples. You might also type in "crimshaw" as some folks miss-read the label on the box.

Eric
 
Aw jeez, here we go again. I saw this exact pattern at a local antique shop, and made myself pass on it, as I have enough traditionals right now. As has happened before, here I am roaming the forums, and somebody brings it up. Now I gotta go back and buy it.

Actually, I've been thinking about it for awhile, and I figured on payday I'd go get it. Great old pattern.

Congrats Cluckey - hold on to that one. They're gettin' harder to come by . . .

thx - cpr
 
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