"Old Knives"

Interesting information;
The screwdriver Schrade above first appeared in the 1934 Schrade Catalog supplement. Before that, Schrade offered one with a longer driver blade, WITHOUT the caplifter.
Prohibition was from 1920 until it was repealed in 1933!! Could there be a connection??
 
I just saw a very similar Schrade the other day. The only difference was that it had the long screwdriver with the Presto-lite key in it.
 
I was trading with a member of my knife club who had it. I still may get it, but he wanted a bit more than I was willing to pay.
 
sunnyd said:
Tony,

You had me rolling with that one. That's one I've never heard before. I recon I'll use it around my neck of the woods here abouts.

Thanks,

Anthony

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Here is a vintage Northfield Knife, Co. A Prunning pattern(I think?). I carried this one today as a back up and cut some braded rope dockside.

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I really like this knife. Thanks for posting it.
 
My pleasure. Glad you like it. I used to have another from them that was in much better shape and quite similar but sadly I traded her off many moons ago for something else much less significant.
 
We all have some of those trades Anthony!

This baby just showed up in the mail today. Probably late 1930s, it is almost magical when something like this comes along!:eek:
Enjoy!:)
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All scratches and dust, and that white smear on the blade, are on my sad-sack scanner glass:rolleyes:!
 
Beautiful knife Charlie, just a quick question, the two small blades appear to have been cleaned or buffed. The main blade looks mint. Am I right or is it the scan?

Jim
 
It's from a salesman's roll, Mike.
Jim, Schrade only Crocus polished the main blade on their knives. The rest were "glazed", which is a very fine vertical grind. They could have been re-glazed, but I have several salesman's samples with the same finish. Looks like the final "brush" was done when the knife received its final hafting. Hard to say for sure.
 
You are one lucky dog you. Great knife, thanks for sharing. The reason I had asked is that the patina on the bottle opener looked as if it stopped in a straight line right next to the bolster. Just wondered, a great score and find. You have a great friend for a tipster.
Jim
 
Charlie,

Love the sportsman companion! When I see a nice one like that I envision a solitary hunter sitting next to a campfire, his simple canvas tent in the backround, him dressed in a red and black plaid wool jacket sipping coffee out of a tin cup with his Marlin lever action next to him.

Love these vintage knives!

Ken
 
ken erickson said:
Charlie,

Love the sportsman companion! When I see a nice one like that I envision a solitary hunter sitting next to a campfire, his simple canvas tent in the backround, him dressed in a red and black plaid wool jacket sipping coffee out of a tin cup with his Marlin lever action next to him.

Love these vintage knives!

Ken
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Sipping coffee? That corkscrew is there for a reason, bub! :p
 
Charlie,

Elliott brings up something I wanted to know about the sportsman companion. Can you scan along the spine so we can see how the corkscrew interacts with the frame and backsprings?

Elliott,

:D My other vision for the now less then solitary hunter is inside a nearby hunting lodge later that evening (after the rifles are cleaned and put up) him dressed in wool pants, suspenders and flannel shirt opening a bottle of wine retelling the story of how he ended his successful hunt earlier that day.

Ken
 
ken erickson said:
Charlie,

Elliott brings up something I wanted to know about the sportsman companion. Can you scan along the spine so we can see how the corkscrew interacts with the frame and backsprings?

Elliott,

:D My other vision for the now less then solitary hunter is inside a nearby hunting lodge later that evening (after the rifles are cleaned and put up) him dressed in wool pants, suspenders and flannel shirt opening a bottle of wine retelling the story of how he ended his successful hunt earlier that day.

Ken
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:p:cool::thumbup: (I hope she's good lookin'. ;))
 
Elliott, where exactly do you go hunting?? And with whom??:D*

Ken, assuming your morals have remained un-corrupted, here is a crappy drawing and two scans that may help.;)

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* wanna go too!
 
Further explanation; this would be a cutlery challenge, to make one of these!
The secondary double-end spring is pretty straightforward, for the screwdriver and can opener. The main blade spring also powers the corkscrew. It is fastened at the bottom only. It rides over the corkscrew's tang but is not pinned there. When you open the corkscrew, it depresses the center of the spring! So the springs center tension, keeps the screw in position. The main blade functions normally, its spring pivoting over the screw's tang.
The amazing thing is everything is flush in all positions!!:eek:
 
waynorth said:
Elliott, where exactly do you go hunting?? And with whom??:D*
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Charlie, as you well know, there's hunting and there's hunting. :p

(It doesn't derive from the German word for "dog" for nothing. ;))
 
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