loose blades on 285UH (trapper?) model

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Ira Aten

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Hey guys, I wonder if you have some suggestions about this problem.

I have a model 285 UH pocket knife, two bladed, believe they call them a "trapper" model. I have had it many years and have honed it down to almost where the thumbnail piece is.

The blades are loose, at the "bolsters?" and the blades actually wiggle.

Is there a way I could try and repair this myself, or is that something a knifemaker has special tools to work with on it?
 
Your knife is most likely just worn out. Yes, a knifemaker could install new blades and tighten it up. The cost would likely be more than just buying a new in the box old stock knife and honerably retiring that one. You can buy one for $35 or so, less for a used one. Just watch out for the chinese copies.

Codger
 
Codger, thanks for the level headed advice.

Yeah, I understand that, and you're right. I've got some new ones I use and carry, it's just that this knife has rode a long way with me. It thinned many a horse's mane and tail, and cleaned out a lot of horse hooves.

I remember when I'd see my grandfather's pocket knife, and the blade was honed down to just about where this one is, and it just has a bunch of memories. (I guess I loosened the blades so bad, using it sideways for a hoof pick instead of using a two dollar hoof pick, like I know I should have been doing all along)

Guess I better get a display type case for the old ones. Thanks for the input.
Time to retire it.
 
A display of worn family heirloom knives is a good idea. Try to include written details and memories on sheets of paper in the case. Years from now, someone ( a son or grandson) might need to know the story behind why an old codger would want to honor and display a couple of worn out knives. The memories are where the value lies, as you well know. Record them. And invite the eventual reader to do the same.

Codger
 
Great advice. Thanks for that, and also the huge amount of Schrade info you are responsible for on this forum. Although I am new to this forum, I looked over a bunch of the previous posts, and am truly astounded at the amount of info you and these other folks have contributed.

Again, muchos gracias senor.
 
Retire it honorably, and set it aside.

In my collection, two of my most cherished are Schrades. Imperial toothpick of my grandfather's, still bearing the stains of Tappan Lake down home, and the old, worn 8OT that's ridden with me for a lot of years. Add those two to the stockman that was my great-great-grandfather's, and it'll make a good shadow case someday.
 
Sword and Shield:
When you say "toothpick", is that the term used when a knife has been honed down to almost where it looks like a leather punch?

I remember my Grandfather had one honed down to around a sixteenth of an inch, and it was a yellow colored with a shield on it, but I was too young to remember for sure, but it was probably an Imperial or Western.
 
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