Let's see your good old basic fixed blades, Bowie's, Stickers, etc.

DWWEBBER said:
Back in the 70's Schrade made their first commemorative Bowie for Smith & Wesson honoring the Texas Rangers 150th anniversary. The knife was a little shorter than the ones to follow, the false edge was nearly sharp and the handle was wider. The next 5 SFO Bowies were etched by Aurum Etching. Some of them were made in fairly large numbers like the NRA Bicentennial Bowie and the Texas Ranger Bowie, while others like the Daniel Boone Bowie perhaps as few as 50. It's taken me quite a while and a lot of luck to add all 6 of these Bowies to my collection. Schrade made them all with wood handles by the way. I recently got all 6 back from Herman Williams who re-handled them in German Stag and file worked the top of the blades. The Texas Ranger has a serial # on the top of the blade so it was not file worked. Hope you enjoy the pics.
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TEXAS RANGERS 150TH ANNIVERSARY Smith & Wesson's trademark S&W shield is engraved on the pile side of the blade
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SAM COLT THE GUN THAT WON THE WEST
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DANIEL BOONE HE OPENED THE WAY FOR MILLIONS
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GENERAL CUSTER LITTLE BIG HORN
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BUFFALO BILL CODY
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NRA BICENTENNIAL pile side MONARCH OF THE PLAINS This is the only one that is etched on both sides.
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Herman signed them all on the top of the guard
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Beautiful knives. I love the stag and the firework is tastefully done. I also find it ironic they made knives that romanticize the American Buffalo as well as someone who was directly responsible for nearly driving them to extinction (G.A. Custer).
 
Peregrin Peregrin , Thanks! Just had a guy order his third Ranchero. First two were engraved, kinda fancy. Now he wants just a using one cause they're so good in the hand.
 
I Like an acorn shield on a fixed blade.

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155440 When you said " I also find it ironic they made knives that romanticize the American Buffalo as well as someone who was directly responsible for nearly driving them to extinction (G.A. Custer)." I believe you have the wrong impression. All of the Bowies pictured in my post were special factory orders. Schrade did not pick out the scenes that were etched on the Bowies by Aurum Etching, the customers that ordered them did, although I'm sure Schrade was involved. The one I find a little strange is the Monarch of the Plains scene on the reverse side of the NRA Bicentennial Bowie. I am a member and supporter of the NRA and certainly not some bleeding heart liberal crying over something done in the past...let me get that out of the way first. The title and the detail of the buffalo is outstanding but the picture of the buffalo skull with the NRA banner above it could be interpreted as the NRA bragging that American gun owners were responsible for nearly wiping out the buffalo. If someone has a different interpretation of the banner and the skull I'd be interested. By the way, Herman did a second NRA Bicentennial Bowie for me. This is the only Schrade Bowie that was etched on both sides and I want to see both sides when I display it. Some people of low character might call that "anal" but I prefer to think of it as being "thorough"....Herman calls it "enthusiastic"NRA BOWIES-r.jpg
 
DWWEBBER said:
Back in the 70's Schrade made their first commemorative Bowie for Smith & Wesson honoring the Texas Rangers 150th anniversary. The knife was a little shorter than the ones to follow, the false edge was nearly sharp and the handle was wider. The next 5 SFO Bowies were etched by Aurum Etching. Some of them were made in fairly large numbers like the NRA Bicentennial Bowie and the Texas Ranger Bowie, while others like the Daniel Boone Bowie perhaps as few as 50. It's taken me quite a while and a lot of luck to add all 6 of these Bowies to my collection. Schrade made them all with wood handles by the way. I recently got all 6 back from Herman Williams who re-handled them in German Stag and file worked the top of the blades. The Texas Ranger has a serial # on the top of the blade so it was not file worked. Hope you enjoy the pics.
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TEXAS RANGERS 150TH ANNIVERSARY Smith & Wesson's trademark S&W shield is engraved on the pile side of the blade
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SAM COLT THE GUN THAT WON THE WEST
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DANIEL BOONE HE OPENED THE WAY FOR MILLIONS
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GENERAL CUSTER LITTLE BIG HORN
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BUFFALO BILL CODY
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NRA BICENTENNIAL
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NRA BICENTENNIAL pile side MONARCH OF THE PLAINS This is the only one that is etched on both sides.
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FILE WORK
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Herman signed them all on the top of the guard
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DW, that is the finest collection of knives I have seen! A real labor of love. Mr. Williams work is just fantastic. The Monarch of the Plains is just a knockout.

Just happened upon this thread, so will take me a while to make my way through it completely. (Unfortunately so many of the pics are now lost.) While I always try to carry one of my Helle blades when I'm outside, I don't often get the chance being a cityslicker (currently living in a town 18k.:D).

I recently happened upon three knives at an estate sale that I picked up the price of a couple of lattes. This Sharpfinger is one of them. (The others being a Schrade+ LB7 and a Mora puukko.) The last owner left them unused in their sheaths, and they all had quite a bit of unsightly tarnish and outright rust. I thus decided to go down to bare metal on this one. (Still pondering the other two.) While I've only held it while cleaning it up, it does fit amazing well in hand. Not a collectible, but certainly one that has seen some action in the field.
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Bugdoc, Thanks for the good words. You have done a good job cleaning up that 152. Looking for a Schrade Sharpfinger on Ebay is what started this knife addiction of mine. The 152 is one of the most useful knives I've ever owned and one of my favorite patterns. Herman has put his talent to work on quite a few 152's for me.
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Beautiful DW! Before buying this one I'd only seen pictures of the SF, where I thought they looked a bit odd. Re-hafted in the way you have they take on a slightly exotic, mid-Eastern flair.:thumbsup:
 
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Bugdoc said:
DW, that is the finest collection of knives I have seen! A real labor of love. Mr. Williams work is just fantastic. The Monarch of the Plains is just a knockout.

Just happened upon this thread, so will take me a while to make my way through it completely. (Unfortunately so many of the pics are now lost.) While I always try to carry one of my Helle blades when I'm outside, I don't often get the chance being a cityslicker (currently living in a town 18k.:D).

I recently happened upon three knives at an estate sale that I picked up the price of a couple of lattes. This Sharpfinger is one of them. (The others being a Schrade+ LB7 and a Mora puukko.) The last owner left them unused in their sheaths, and they all had quite a bit of unsightly tarnish and outright rust. I thus decided to go down to bare metal on this one. (Still pondering the other two.) While I've only held it while cleaning it up, it does fit amazing well in hand. Not a collectible, but certainly one that has seen some action in the field.
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Hey Bugdoc, I want to see more of that compass!
 
Eric
That's a cool one, right? My Gramps picked it up in Vegas late 50s-early 60s. I have tried to photograph it numerous times. But it is essentially 2 convex glass pieces containing the compass that's just a mess of glare and reflections no matter what I try. I've been messing around with a light box... I'll give that a try.
 
Eric H said:
Two Cattaraugus 225Qs (my new favorite knives!) and an Imperial Boys Knife that I just picked up on a whim, and I'm actually impressed. Blade took very little work to make shave.

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Love those catts, and And An think the handle color on that imperial H6 is uncommon, at least compared to the black delrin anyways.
You're making me want to carry my H6 again, but I just carried it recently and gave other knives I need to carry.
 
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