Looking for info on my 'Old Timer' knife

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White.Lightning

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As the title states, I am looking for information on an 'Old Timer' knife I had stored. It was my grandfathers knife, and I remember playing with it when I was a child. The blade has been sharpened numerous times and a lot of steel appears to be gone. Right now its duller than a butter knife, and in pretty bad shape. The markings on the blade read "SCHRADE 1940T"

Do I have anything special here? Is it worth the time/money to try and restore and sharpen it?

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As your grandfathers knife, I would believe it very special. Value is rooted in what we get out of it, and that would make this knife priceless to me. I would sharpen it up, carry it frequently, and always remember my grandfather when I felt its presence.


Michael
 
A discontinued Schrade single blade Gunstock Trapper. Easily found on the bay if you want another one. I have some and really love them!!

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Very cool keepsake since it was your Grandfather's I would assume. Enjoy it and carry it. I bet he'd be pleased to know you're using it.
 
Near mint in the box I've seen them advertised for a Franklin. So the value is sentimental. Clean it up and sharpen it and if so inclined use it.
 
Very special If you ask me. Grandfathers knives in good nick like yours are rare.-The value is the history.
I'd clean it with some kitchen paper and 3 in 1 oil or similar. maybe a toothbrush or toothpick to get any gunk out although it looks pretty clean. sharpen it up (which won't take much). give it good oil. wipe down and away ya go. cheers.
if the lock doesn't work don't worry.
 
meako said:
Very special If you ask me. Grandfathers knives in good nick like yours are rare.-The value is the history.
I'd clean it with some kitchen paper and 3 in 1 oil or similar. maybe a toothbrush or toothpick to get any gunk out although it looks pretty clean. sharpen it up (which won't take much). give it good oil. wipe down and away ya go. cheers.
if the lock doesn't work don't worry.
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I couldn´t have said it any better. Just my thought!
 
Old USA Schrades are great tools which (traditional) knife knuts value. That said, they made a gazillion of them and there isn't much monetary value. They are starting to go up but will never fetch real "collectable" prices in our lifetime.

That's not too oversharpened.

Since the value sentimentally is great to you, you have two choices. Squirrel it away or use it and remember your grandad while doing so. I would carefully sharpen that nice 1095 steel and use it, but not for hard work. "Sunday go to meeting" knife is the technical term.
 
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Thanks for all the info/replies. I will clean it up this week and post some after pictures. Since the blade is in such bad shape, I'll enlist a friend of mine who sharpens knives for a living to bring the blade back to life.
 
Well. I came home from work and gave the old knife a little 'spit shine'. I scrubbed it in a diluted simple green mixture. Then I took it over to the buffing wheel with some white rouge. I didn't go nuts, but got any corrosion off. I wasn't trying to 'restore' it....merely clean it up. I plan to take it to my buddy for a sharpening tomorrow. Here is what I came up with.

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Beautiful. It should last a few more lifetimes.
 
Looks great to me too. I love the old timers. A buffing wheel can do wonders as long as you don't over do it. They can remove delrin fast if your not careful, but yours it looks like you just cleaned yours up a bit. Great job.
 
Yeah -looks great. Grandad would be proud of that I reckon. As WMB mentioned watch that buffing wheel doesn't melt a big slurjh into the delrin-I know how quick that can happen if its too fast...it eerrrr ...happened to this bloke I know.:(
 
Update: Knife was sharpened on Friday. Came out okay. The issue was, without grinding a good bit away, we couldn't get a perfect grind on it. The edge is good, but the grind isn't 100% straight/flat. I'm going to call this job complete. Time to start using it!

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Very nice White.Lightning:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

I see years of enjoyable use with that great keepsake;)
 
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