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I know the new liner locks are more popular on the BF but there are still alot of members that like the old traditinal knives,I own both types and like to read the posts on both types.
Tony Paulos
 
Yeah, what's the story behind Shrade anyway? I know they're a pretty big company and make user-type knives. They're got the Toughtool and the Cliphanger. But that's about the full extent of my Shrade knowledge. Somebody fill me in.

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the cliphanger is not a good knife wish schrade would delete it from there line,the tough tool is one of the best multitools on the market today.there old timer line is very good 1095 hi carbon steel easy to sharpen and holds a good edge,been using them for years.
Tony Paulos
 
I agree on the clip hanger also that Imperial tradesman work knife crap. That kind of knife can give the company a bad name with a lot of people new to knives that can carry well into the future. In the long run it could hurt the company.
 
Schrade knives are, often, great value for money. Haven't handled a Cliphanger but the above comments seem to be fairly common.
BTW, a couple of years back, I read that Schrade/Imperial was the biggest maker of pocket knives in the world.


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[This message has been edited by brian w edginton (edited 14 October 1999).]
 
My first knife as a kid was an old timer lock back. I really do miss that one now. It held a lot of memories.

Been carrying around an SP-2 small (2-inch blade) drop point with a Zytel handle (daily) for many years. I love the size and geometry of this little knife. Comfortable in the front of my jeans even on the hottest days. Stays in my slacks better than my change does! Used it for cleaning my first King Salmon in Alaska
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and as a probe on my many soil drilling expeditions for work.

I'm reading through the forums looking to replace this with something of a little higher quality, but you know us sentimental fools....

-j-

[This message has been edited by dirtsqueezer (edited 15 October 1999).]
 
I too agree that schrade knives are a great value. My kids and I have been using them as camping knives for years. We prefer the 1095 steel in both their slipjoint and fixed blade knives. We have been past their large factory in Ellenville several times but the security guard said there were no plant tours for the gneral public. Too bad.
 
As I posted before the Cliphanger in my opinion is the biggest POS out there.A back spring on a linerlock,this thing is an accident waiting to happen.
My wife uses it for gardening about all its good for.I think the locking mechanism is made with tin foil.I have traditional pattern Schrades and like them its just the Cliphanger I have a problem with.The Beast looks like it suffers from the same cheap construction as the Cliphanger
Bob
 
My first good knife was one that my parents let me pick as a gift, which was an Old Timer stockman. I think that learning how to care for a carbon steel pocket knife is a good learning experience for a kid, and I'll be giving each of my kids an Old Timer medium stockman before they're out of grade school.
 
I have a Schrade med.stockman and a Case med. stockman. They are almost identical except for the handle material. IMHO the Schrade opens and closes with a snap and it's about 30 years old. the Case is only 3 years old and the backsprings feel soft. The sheepsfoot blade will close with the slightest nudge. I think Schrade makes a more consistent product with better fit and finish. Now if only they would use real stag on their handles instead of that Staglon Delrin stuff - that would be a nice knife!
 
I picked up a little single blade Peanut(?) with the delrin handle and carbon steel blade and like it a lot.

I walked past the display in the Walmart Superstore
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and for some reason it was just calling to me... For all of the $100+ knives I have I always find myself standing in front of that display wondering what this stockman or that trapper would be like.

Anyway, for under $10 the peanut is a great little knife. I've got say the fit is almost perfect although the finish is a bit rough. Walks and talks very smartly. I still haven't gotten the hang of sharpening the blade: I develop a serious burr and, in the process of removing it, destroy the edge. (I just use a soft arkansas bench stone...)

Anyway, I'd buy another. You can get at least two Old Timer stockman's for the price of one Case Chrome Vanadium...

Jon
 
I was trying out different sharpening techniques on an Old Timer large stockman that I picked up yesterday. Although I usually use a bench stone mine are getting dished pretty badly so I ended up using a triangular India stone for roughing in the angle, then honing with a ceramic stick, and lastly stropping on some leather. I use thick pieces of scrap leather from a local cobbler and rub a stick of stainless buffing compound on it to give it a slight tooth. I don't try to smooth out all of the rougher hone marks as a utility knife seems to cut better if it's not too smooth. The India stone seemed to work better than a medium ceramic stick.
 
My first locking folder was a Schrade LB7 that I purchased some twenty years ago. Still have it and is still in fine shape. Been on many camping trips. It has the "schrade + " steel, what ever that is, but I like it. I also have a schrade stockman with schrade + steel, and it has been a good one too.
 
The first knife I ever bought at 13 years old was a Schrade stockman at the hardware store...it only said "Schrade" on the shield, but the little plastic box it came in was marked Schrade-Walden, New York. It must have sat in stock in that store for years (it was bought in 1977).

It was an education having a carbon steel knife. It started to rust in my pocket, so stupid as I was, I tried sandpaper on the blades and ruined the satin finish. Oh, well, a learning experience.

Schrade, though not one of my favorites, I have several of their knives (traditional folders, plus one fixed blade, the Sharpfinger). They're solid, well-made knives.
Jim
 
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