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Slide150

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does anyone have some info on this little guy. It appears to be an old scout/camp knife from craftsman. Thanks ahead
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What a great knife there Slide:thumbup: the only info I think I know about it is that it was made by Schrade:thumbup:

Not sure how rare but you don't see the saw that often:confused:

Again, that's a great knife...
 
With the research I have done I know there were many manufactures that made knives for them. My guess would have been scharade, because the handle material is identical to the old timers.
 
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It is a Schrade and I think 1980s or 1990s. At that time they could have sent the work to Imperial or Camillus, as all were under the same corporate control and much trading and sharing of materials and labor was done. I have one of these myself, which I keep in the car. They are good ones.
 
tongueriver said:
It is a Schrade and I think 1980s or 1990s. At that time they could have sent the work to Imperial or Camillus, as all were under the same corporate control and much trading and sharing of materials and labor was done. I have one of these myself, which I keep in the car. They are good ones.
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It could be an Ulster too, as they were the ones that ran the most production lines for the utility patterns. I think they mixed parts and production around as necessary. It's a shame there is not a Cattle Knife with those Old Timer handles and that big fat spear blade. :confused:
 
I like the blade quite well it takes a razor sharp edge with minimal effort. Yeah a cattle knife would be awesome with that setup.
 
Codger_64 probably knows more about Craftsman knives than anyone else at BF. I PMed him.
 
You rang? Oh! A Sears Craftsman #9555 "Schrade Walden Saw Knife", a camp utility knife with a fifth blade, a saw added, made for and shipped to Sears in 1967! I love these things! Rare? Mmmm... that word does tend to get overused. They are pretty uncommon finds today. I have two of them.

Keep your eyes open for a Sears Craftsman #9561, another Schrade Walden, but an electrician pattern. It has the same saw blade added and makes for a very thick knife with three springs in the spring pack instead of the normal two and the extra brass liner, total of four. In fact, when measured across the butt not including the shackle, it is 3/4" wide.

Schrade Walden production records listed the #9555 as the "SW SAW KNIFE" first in 1967. The master blade has the Craftsman "crown" logo (matching the coined shield) and the number 9555. Mine came with a light tan leather pouch style sheath with "crown" Craftsman logo embossed on the flap. They were only sold for a year or so and in limited quantities. IIRC, a thousand or less were shipped. Nice find!

ETA: I believe it is indeed built on the Ulster utility knife frame. But at this point Schrade Walden and Ulster were pretty much one and the same.
 
Thanks codger_64 that's some very useful information. Some times when you pick some things up like this that aren't popular production patterns there isn't much info out on them. The wealth of knowledge on these forums amazes me.
 
Slide150 said:
Thanks codger_64 that's some very useful information. Some times when you pick some things up like this that aren't popular production patterns there isn't much info out on them. The wealth of knowledge on these forums amazes me.
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Another reason I thought it might be an Ulster.

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Ulster #114 pattern? As I said, both Schrade Walden and Ulster were made on the same tools on the same lines by the same workers. At the time, late 1960's, Ulster patterns were being dropped piecemeal and being replaced by Schrade Walden stamps and patterns. And of course Baer had a near lock on the Sears accounts. He had acquired the remaining stocks of Camillus by then as well so was beginning to have Sears knives made there also. The Sears buyers' loyalty was, afterall, to Baer not to Imperial, Camillus or Schrade Walden.
 
Slide150 said:
Thanks codger_64 that's some very useful information. Some times when you pick some things up like this that aren't popular production patterns there isn't much info out on them. The wealth of knowledge on these forums amazes me.
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You do realize that was off the top of his head right? :)

Codger is a walking encyclopedia here at BF - you're awesome Codger!
 
arizonaranchman said:
You do realize that was off the top of his head right? :)

Codger is a walking encyclopedia here at BF - you're awesome Codger!
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Nah. I've just had the good fortune of unfettered access to the ISC factory archives for some years and used them to research my questions. And bought a large number of old Sears catalogs to get that end of the story. There are still large gaps in our knowledge of Schrade Walden/Ulster/Imperial/Schrade/Camillus and Sears.
 
That's a really nice knife Slide150! And very interesting to learn about the company's like that, thanks codger!
 
Since I just scored a Craftsman 9555 and 9561 and found this thread while researching them, I thought I'd resurrect this information and post my new purchases. Thank you, Codger! Now I'd like to find a nice 9560 electricians knife, (without saw blade), to go with them.

Craftsman 9555
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Craftsman 9561
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