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

A few months back while I was at work a meth head kicked my back door and made off with the bulk of my collection of my favorite pattern fixed blade knife, the Schrade Walden/Schrade 165OT and it;'s kin.

Hi Codger,

Did you recover any of your knives? I know how much that stings. After I just moved, some one broke into my house and stole 20 mint, never used Press Buttons, Flylocks and Prestos. I also donated 40 of the same to the National Knife Collectors Museum and they were stolen during the move. So where are they safe?
 
I don't know of any place entirely safe from a determined thief. Maybe it is just my perception, but the proliferation of drugs like meth as made thievery worse in recent years. I grew up on a farm and we left our house unlocked and keys in the cars, trucks and tractors. My mother passed away four years ago and thieves struck while I was preparing the house for the estate sale. Never before had they broken into the house since my Dad and I built it in 1963. But... it is what it is.

None of the several hundred knives or other things like electronics have been recovered though the thief is known. Knowing and proving are two different things. It is possible that he may slip up, be arrested for something else and his belongings searched. I am not holding my breath though.
 
Let's see here, how about a Case Rio Grande Camp knife? Shown with a peanut for scale:
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A little utility bowie from BFC's own Jim Coffee:
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My other custom handled Rio Grande:
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More to come...
 
Congrats, Michael, great pickup! I feel for you, since about 30 years ago I had a home breakin and lost a prewar registered S&W 357 mag and a "no dash" early 41 magnum mod. 57 Smith.
 
Codger_64, If I have failed to express myself before, please allow me to do so now. I am very sorry to hear about your burgled knife collection. May those thieves rot in, well, you know where. Nothing worse than a thief, except maybe a thief on meth or crack. :mad:
I'm afraid that things like meth have become one of the worse things in our society.
I am very glad to hear that you snagged an early 165. :)
Please post better photos of it when you get the chance as I would love to see more of this one. :cool:
 
Ballenxj said:
Codger_64, If I have failed to express myself before, please allow me to do so now. I am very sorry to hear about your burgled knife collection. May those thieves rot in, well, you know where. Nothing worse than a thief, except maybe a thief on meth or crack. :mad:
I'm afraid that things like meth have become one of the worse things in our society.
I am very glad to hear that you snagged an early 165. :)
Please post better photos of it when you get the chance as I would love to see more of this one. :cool:
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Will do. It should be here by the weekend. Meanwhile, here is a picture of my oldest remaining 165OT, Serial #2739 from 1967.

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And this is all that remained of the collection, boxed ones the thieves overlooked.

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Hey Codger- that was a GREAT score. Really pleased for you mate- that knife to me would be a keeper forever- I can't believe how good that whole set is, the styling of the 165 is just superb.
 
Thanks Duncan. They were simply constructed but very well designed and made. I am told that they were styled after an earlier Randall blade and there is some resemblence, but it is not a copy. After I have received and examined it, it may well be time for me to gather all of my resource materials and finally write a definitive guide to the pattern, a project I started long ago.
 
Keep the faith on getting your knives back Codger.Crackheads are pretty stupid and damaged.I'm surprised they haven't all shown up at the nearest pawn shop.Perhaps he will slip and tell someone where they went.Great he scumbag didn't get them all.
 
Nice knife.
Codger_64 said:
Will do. It should be here by the weekend. Meanwhile, here is a picture of my oldest remaining 165OT, Serial #2739 from 1967.
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If I recall, it was looking at your collection of 165's that inspired me to seek out and buy a user off the bay. And I do plan on using it someday. :p
 
Ballenxj said:
Nice knife.

If I recall, it was looking at your collection of 165's that inspired me to seek out and buy a user off the bay. And I do plan on using it someday. :p
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They make excellent field knives. I owned one for many years before I ever considered collecting them. The serpentine handle feels good in the hand and indexes well, the sabre ground trailing point blade has enough heft and meat to it to resist breakage and blade loss from sharpening is negligible. I think you will like it. If not, just whistle! :p

Here is my (former) original user after many deer, coons, ducks, rabbits and squirrels, well more than a quarter century of field duty:

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I'm surprised to see those big flapped holsters on a couple of them, but it shows good taste that there are only a couple of them. Secure, yes, but noisy and bulky.
 
Nice photo Codger_64, It looks no worse for wear even after all that use. PS, don't hold your breath while waiting for me to whistle, as that knife is a keeper. ;)
 
scrteened porch said:
I'm surprised to see those big flapped holsters on a couple of them, but it shows good taste that there are only a couple of them. Secure, yes, but noisy and bulky.
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Those were "Gaucho" sheaths ordered specificly for the American Eagle Collectors series in the early seventies. They were discontinued shortly and replaced with genuine elephant hide sheaths on that Sears series.

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An old Robt Klass sticker that I hafted in pecan along with it's "15 min" bladecover/sheath I made. Was given the blade many years ago so I don't really know it's age.

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My Dad's and my W36 Westerns. Sorry for the abysmal pics! My cheap camera has a narrow working macro range...

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Here's the neat part. They are both W36 models but 1 is marked "D" (Denver?) and the other "G" (?). They also have slightly different grip lengths and pommel shapes.

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