Picked up this Schrade today

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I picked up a Schrade 340T stockman at a pawnshop this afternoon. Overall, it's in good condition. There is no signs of abuse on the blades, and almost no wear on the sheepsfoot and spey blades and only a few signs of use on the clip blade as well as a very limited amount of spotting. The backsprings are in excellent shape, and it's a very smoothe knife. The bolsters on the shield side both exhibit some loss of plating, the rear one significantly moreso than the front. The fron exhibits minimal plating loss, but there is a quarter inch of plating loss and oxidation on the rear bolster. Overall it's a nice knife. It has the following 2 line tangstamp:

SCHRADE
USA340T

There is no indication of stainless steel use. Given that and the spotting, I assume this is a carbon steel knife, correct?

For $10, I think I got a decent deal. A new Chinese knife will easily cost that much or more.

 
Almost all the OTs were carbon, except for the large lockbacks.
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Towards the end of production all or nearly all of the Old Timers had been switched to stainless steel to save $$. Based on the tang stamp your's could be either stainless or carbon. Probably carbon if it's reacting like you've described.

Regarding the large lockback Old Timers, they too used to be nearly all carbon. Then stainless-only models were released, and later all of the models made the transformation to stainless.

$10 is a good deal if it's in usable condition, as your's appears to be. Congradulations on a good buy!

You can learn a lot more about the 34OT by searching the Schrade Collectors forum section for that model number.

Best Wishes,
-Bob
 


Great little knife for the pocket. Great edge holding blades.

1095 Carbon Steel for you steel junkies. Recent Schrades will say SCHRADE+ (usually) if the blade is stainless. Just SCHRADE if it is the carbon variety (usually). With a Schrade knife, there are no steadfast rules.

If you desire carbon, make sure it has the USA in the stamp, if it doesn't, it is probably Made in China, and those are all stainless.
 
Most of the Old Timer knives were never marked to show they were Stainless,
they retained the regular Schrade over USA then the model number, tang stamp whether they were Stainless or Carbon steel.
Schrade + was usually tang stamped on the Uncle Henry & Scrimshaw models.

Rusty1
 
Recent Schrades will say SCHRADE+ (usually) if the blade is stainless. Just SCHRADE if it is the carbon variety (usually). With a Schrade knife, there are no steadfast rules.
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Most of the Old Timer knives were never marked to show they were Stainless, they retained the regular Schrade over USA then the model number, tang stamp whether they were Stainless or Carbon steel.
Schrade + was usually tang stamped on the Uncle Henry & Scrimshaw models.
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Some Old Timers, mostly the larger models (6OT, 7OT, etc.), were marked "+" to indicate stainless steel. But many/most of the smaller pocketknives (including the 34OT) were never marked with "+".

To guarantee the 34OT you buy is carbon steel, look for a knife with the older tang stamps:

SCHRADE
NY USA
34OT

SCHRADE
WALDEN
NY USA w/ 34OT on reverse of blade.

The final tang stamp, SCHRADE / USA 34OT, could be either.

Best Wishes,
-Bob
 
I bought a new Schrade 34OT at Wally-World just days after the Schrade closing was announced, it's stainless, but doesn't have the "+" mark.

$10.00 for a carbon on is a sweet deal IMO, I found a carbon 94OT Trapper for $19.00 last year still in the box.

Gotta love finding little gems like these!
 
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