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One day two summers ago, while cleaning the whale watch boat I work part time on, I found a schrade 897UH. The knife was pretty beat up, and all three blades were very dull. It has a plastic faux-stag handle, and a turkish clip (I think), sheepsfoot, and spey blade. All three blades are badly scratched from use and sharpening.
the clip blade had major side to side play and the spring is not as strong as it probably used to be. whoever owned this knife used it quite a bit I think.
There is also a lot of side to side play in the sheepsfoot blade, and sometimes when I close it, it seats to the outside of the spey blade, rather than between the spey and clip. The sheepsfoot blade is pretty gritty and tight to open, so it is hard to tell how strong the spring is.
The spey blade is by far the most secure of the three blades, but I find myself using the sheepsfoot most of all.
Well, just before christmas I found this knife and stuck it in my pocket, and I am still carrying it. I reprofiled the edges to a very very acute angle, sharpened it on the sharpmaker, and it is razor sharp and still very functional. I've used this to cut up cardboard boxes, cut rope to make toys for my parents' dogs, opened letters and packages, and even to whittle a spyderco civilian trainer from a 1x4 piece of pine with help only from the saw on a victorinox huntsman.
the 897 is so unobtrusive, I just drop it into my left front pocket with my keys, and since I started carrying it again, I've found myself reaching for it over the other knives I carry when there is mundane cutting chores to be had. The fact that I found it, and it was kind of beat up to start with puts to rest the worry that I may lose it or break it doing something I shouldn't use a knife that small for, so I find myself using it more often than I ever thought I would.
Pete
the clip blade had major side to side play and the spring is not as strong as it probably used to be. whoever owned this knife used it quite a bit I think.
There is also a lot of side to side play in the sheepsfoot blade, and sometimes when I close it, it seats to the outside of the spey blade, rather than between the spey and clip. The sheepsfoot blade is pretty gritty and tight to open, so it is hard to tell how strong the spring is.
The spey blade is by far the most secure of the three blades, but I find myself using the sheepsfoot most of all.
Well, just before christmas I found this knife and stuck it in my pocket, and I am still carrying it. I reprofiled the edges to a very very acute angle, sharpened it on the sharpmaker, and it is razor sharp and still very functional. I've used this to cut up cardboard boxes, cut rope to make toys for my parents' dogs, opened letters and packages, and even to whittle a spyderco civilian trainer from a 1x4 piece of pine with help only from the saw on a victorinox huntsman.
the 897 is so unobtrusive, I just drop it into my left front pocket with my keys, and since I started carrying it again, I've found myself reaching for it over the other knives I carry when there is mundane cutting chores to be had. The fact that I found it, and it was kind of beat up to start with puts to rest the worry that I may lose it or break it doing something I shouldn't use a knife that small for, so I find myself using it more often than I ever thought I would.
Pete
