Help!! Can you Identify this Knife for Me?

empty5853 · Apr 13, 2005

Hello All,

Im hoping you can help me identify a knife that was given to me in the late 60s or early 70s. I lost it around that time (just a dumb kid back then) and would like to replace it.

Heres what I remember about it.

It looks kind of like a Sharpfinger. It had a brown derlin handle. A blade about 6 long. It came with a dark brown tooled leather sheath with rawhide lacing rather then stitching along the side. Im not 100% sure Schrade made it but I believe they did. Im also sure it wasnt a Buck Kalinga (though it does remind me of it).

Am I crazy or was there such a knife?

Hope you can help.

Thanks for your time.

Mark T.

Codger_64 · Apr 13, 2005

Welcome to the Schrade forum empty5853 !

Here is my guess as to what you are looking for.

The knife you describe sounds like a Schrade 15OT Old Timer Deer Slayer. They were made from 1964 and discontinued after 1997. It has a brown saw cut delrin handle, full tang, prominent choil (finger guard built into the bottom of the blade), thumbrest on the top of the 6" blade. I always felt that the 152OT ('73-'04) was derived from this pattern. There were several sheath designs over the years. Does this look like it?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=88910&item=6524059379&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

They are bringing a fair price on ebay right now in new condition, but a good user is quite reasonable. 33 years of production means that they are not really rare, but they are popular fixed blades. I have one myself.

Codger

empty5853 · Apr 13, 2005

Thanks Codger,

Yes, I think thats it. It looks like it except for the sheath.

Thanks again.

Mark T.

Codger_64 · Apr 13, 2005

You are welcome. I think there are probably five or more on Ebay right now, if that is where you want to look. Be aware that a lot of sellers mistake the two numerics and two alphas for three numerics and one alpha (15 OT / 150 T) A very common mistake for non-Schradophiles looking at tang stamps. Search both ways, and also in the listing text, not just in the titles.

Always glad to help someone replace a long lost Schrade friend!

Codger

empty5853 · Oct 4, 2005

Hello Again,
I'm on another search.

Codger_64 was kind enough to help me identify an old model schrade I was looking for. It turned to be a Model 150T. Thanks again Codger.

I ended up buying one off of ebay. It was "mint NIB" and codger was right, it wasn't cheap

. but what is off of ebay, right.

Anyway to my question. I'm still looking for the same type of sheath that I had on my original one 30+ years ago. It had lacing vs. stiching on the side and I believe, a "basket weave" pattern embossed on the front.
The sheath I got with my new old schrade I just purchased, is brand new but it's a plain one. I'd be willing to trade it (plus a few additional $) for one like I'm looking for. Of course, it must be in the same condition.
If I remember correctly, codger had said that schrade made several different styles of sheathes for the 150T.

I'm hoping someone can help.

Thanks for your time.

Sincerely,

Mark T.

Codger_64 · Oct 4, 2005

Finding the first issue sheath you describe is not an easy task. Especially if you are looking for one in mint condition. The few I have seen were accompanied by a mint knife of the same production period. It might even be cheaper and easier to have a reproduction made by a custom sheathmaker.

The first sheath was flawed in that the knife cut the unprotected laces. The factory made a temporary fix by including a cardboard blade tip cover with an aluminum tip. Later sheaths used a row of eyelets, or rivets, or a third ply of leather along the seam to solve this problem. A custom maker can repro the original first sheath for you and add the third ply to protect the laces. I am going to have an original of this type restored with new laces and the third ply added.

Here is the sheath you described:

IF you can find the sheath alone, expect to pay as much for it as you did your NIB later production knife with sheath. These were issued from 1964 thru maybe 1966 during the "patent pending" tangstamp period. E-mail me if you want the name of a sheath maker capable of doing this job. He will soon have my original to examine and use for a pattern.

Codger