Need help to replace knife???

Centurian

Centurian

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When I was a kid just starting to hunt, my father and his friend were hooking a small trailer up to my dads Jeep. His friend was also helping him with the plug for the tail lights. Long story short his friend left his knife on the trailer and you guessed it we drove off and lost the knife:(
I would love to find the same style of knife if I knew what the model was, maybe give it back as a replacement.
From what I remember it was a large folder ( the kind you wear in a snap leather shelth) It was either a Schrade or an Uncle Henry and had two blades one of which was serraded. I know he had the knife since around early 1960's. Not much else to tell.

Any information would help....thanks
 
There are a couple of problems with your question. Maybe though we can figure it out. First of all I would rule out the UH (Uncle Henry) series if the time frame is early 60 tys. Perhapes the OT (Old Timer) line but you do not mention it. The 225 was the large 2 bladed folding knife of the era. However neither blade was serrated. These were sold with various handle material jigged bone, jigged delrin, celluloid, and sawcut delrin on the OT series. The closest model that might look the way you describe ( to a then young man who is remembering an incident of many years past ) might be a 209 which was in staglon and did resemble the lighter stag effect similiar to the Uncle Henry series. It also had a second blade which was a fish scaler which might be construed to be a serrated blade. The shape is similiar to a folding hunter. The 209 was thinner but only a quarter inch shorter than the 225. Schrade has made serrated knives one example being the 175. However I do not recall a folding hunter made this way ( at least not then), and I feel it would be difficult to mistake any of the serrated styles for a folding hunter. I am including pictures of the 3 styles I have mentioned see if any seem to fill the bill. I hope this helps Rich
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We checked our catalog pages back to the early 50's and could find no knife from the earlier years that fit your description. The only one that seems to come close would be the 225OT, which had 2 blades, one of which was serrated (saw blade). However, it was manufactured as late as 1990-1992. If this happens to be what you were looking for, we do make a similar model today - the 970T Buzz Saw Trapper which features a clip blade and a saw blade.
 
Thanks guys, I really appreciate it. I think I am going to just forget the "suprise" and ask the owner what he had. My father felt bad, and eventually bought him an old (but very nice) Case large two bladed folder, so he still has a great camping/hunting knife.

Now my curiousty as got the best of me, got to find out now what he had
:confused:

Thanks again
Anthony
 
Ok, I made a call to my dad's friend (Joe). He said that the knife he lost was a large two blade folder(no lock) it had a black "saw cut" type handle. The knife was ordered through a catalog in the early 1960's. He thought the name of the catalog was "Bill Boatman, Boman" or similar. The knife came with either two standard edge blades or one standard and one serrated. He made sure that I did't refer to the edge as "saw blade" he said it was serrated much like a steak knife. Joe thought that it was called the Miracle Edge Skinner.

Thats all I know.....any thoughts:confused:
 
Buy or borrow a copy of Jim Sargent's price guide, and leaf through the section on Case folding hunters. I vaguely remember seeing a Case Bill Boatman knife listed, and listed as fairly rare if I recall. I think it was a standard Folding Hunter layout, but with some sort of scalloping or serrations on one of the blades. If I can find my copy of the book, I'll look it up.

Actually, look here:
http://www.omgknives.com/knife2.htm
at number 327, 2/3 of the way down the page. Spendy, though...
 
KWG: I checked the Case pictures and that looks very similar to the knife. Although he was positive that it was a Bill Boatman Schrade with the black "saw cut" handle and a serrated edge.

Forgot..in all my excitment:)
THANKS KWG I appreciate you spending the time to look
 
Doh! Stupid me. It's actually number 326 on that page, and although it has reddish bone handles, it does have the serrated skinning blade. Good luck with your hunt!

Edited to add this:
If you're concerned about getting it right, you might be interested in:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1486208559
You might be able to find out just what he had...


I'm not associated with either the auction or the knife site, just playing around.
 
If the serrated blade actually had "Miracle Edge" as part of the blade etching, then it was definitely a Case "Bill Boatman Special" which was a special order version of the standard Case 6265 folding hunter. Case's trademark name for their serrated edge process (mainly used on kitchen knives) was "Miracle Edge". Case does still make the 6265 pattern with a serrated skinner blade and a plain edge clip (main) blade. The knife has stainless blades and a jigged wood handle. You can see it on their website.
 
Knifeaholic: Thanks for the info...now you got me thinking that maybe it was a Case after all. I looked at the new Case very nice. Question, if I was to try to find one of the older ones what would the approximate price be???

Thanks again.
 
The older "Bill Boatman" knives are pretty rare and in demand by Case collectors. They were made from about 1960 to 1979, but very few were made since they were only made on special order for the Bill Boatman Company of Bainbridge, Ohio. I haven't seen one in awhile, but I would imagine that mint examples would range from a low of $150 for a pakkawood handle specimen from the 70's to about $350 fpr a Case XX stamed with bone handles. Of course these estimates are for mint condition knives.
 
I'll bet Knifeaholic and Centurian are glad this mystery with the 225H is solved after 8 years! :D

Is that your knife?
 
Schrade and Case must have been two very competitive makers. and you guys just astound me with your knowledge and also sticktoitiveness on answering questions. you have my thanks.
 
Delmas2nd - Pretty amazing place isn't it? I'm by no means an expert, but after looking at this forum on a daily basis for a few years, as well as watching Schrades on Ebay, I've become pretty familiar with a lot of knives.

There was a core group of participants that were members of this forum way before I joined that laid a foundation of knowledge that is still archived here if you are a paying member. 10.00 a year will get you that search feature. It's worth the price of admission.

Give big thanks to Larry (LRV) for his participation and his collectors website, as well as Dale (Orvet) for his incredible lists of patterns and more information.

http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/schrade_knives/index.php

A few of the original cast of this forum are occasional drop-ins, and a few good ones have passed away. Many interesting folks come and go. Some contributors have left over disputes defending fierce loyalty to their beliefs in the hobby.

Anyway, hang around. It can be a great place and there are some really great guys with awesome collections around here.
 
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