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Old Imperial 3-3/8" jack...
black mamba
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This mid '80s USA Schrade has some of the prettiest red bone I've seen up close.
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That knife looks like it is covered in a planet. I really like it.
This mid '80s USA Schrade has some of the prettiest red bone I've seen up close.
Ooh la la, Jeff! That an 804? That is a really pretty, clean looking knife.
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Nope, the bigger 8801 Heritage, and it's even a second (X X right through the tang stamp), but dang if I can find anything wrong with it!
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Nope, the bigger 8801 Heritage, and it's even a second (X X right through the tang stamp), but dang if I can find anything wrong with it!
I'm not really a stock knife guy, but that's the kind of knife that would make me one. Perhaps equally important, knowing that it's a Heritage Schrader, I'm reminded of a serpentine Whittler from the same era that I saw, that I might have to pick up now seeing how nice your knife is.
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It is pretty cool. Patent search shows this one is likely from the 1940's although I haven't seen this exact tang stamp before. Blades have some character
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It is pretty cool. Patent search shows this one is likely from the 1940's although I haven't seen this exact tang stamp before. Blades have some character
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Even more attractive! Cool patina and I like the placement of the nail Nick on the main
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Time for some more Red Knives this year 
Here, Barehead 14 in a nice dark bone.
Here, Barehead 14 in a nice dark bone.
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Fine knife! The 15is one of my favorite patterns, with the 66... A study in scarlet!Time for some more Red Knives this year
Here, Barehead 14 in a nice dark bone.
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Wow! That's a treasure
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Nope, the bigger 8801 Heritage, and it's even a second (X X right through the tang stamp), but dang if I can find anything wrong with it!
The heritage series ran from '83-'86 and the bone color on yours is particularly nice amongst all of them I've seen. The main blade doesn't have the crocus finish with the etch and there's no shield. Those aren't flaws but rather the knife wasn't finished so perhaps it was put together with leftover parts from the run and the xx blade was all they had. I am only speculating but with schrade all manner of odd things can and do occur.