Safe-T-Grips

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Okay, you're about to witness a never before seen collection of Schrade Safe-T-Grips. I know what you are thinking " why in the hell would any one collect these. Well I'll tell. I said I collect Old Timer and Uncle Henry fixed blades. Well, are not these Old Timers? Are not these fixed blades? Doesn't that make them Old Timer fixed blades? Gosh darn I do believe that it does, so I collect them. Now feast your eyes on this brilliant, but not worth very much, collection all for your viewing pleasure.

Jpet
 
First up we have three 147OTs. Why 3 you ask? My research tells me that they were made in 3 colors. Black, maroon and green. So here is the 147OT in black, maroon and green. :)

Jpet

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Here is the 146 "min flex" and the 246 "max flex". I know what you are thinking, "Wow, why don't I have a pair like that!

Jpet

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Here is the 140OT and the 143OT. The 140 is new and the 143 is used. Not much to say about them.

Jpet

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And here is the final pairing. The 141OT which comes in green and blue and the 142OT which comes in green and orange. Am I missing anything? If so let me know. I realize you are are very jealous and now want you significant other to run out and buy you a collection like this for Christmas. Just kidding.

I just wanted these because they were Schrade Old Timers. Really not much to brag about but for some reason I had to have them. Hope you at least found this somewhat entertaining and amusing.

Jpet

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There are a few big fans of the rubber handled knives JPET. They are great to hold onto when you have wet bloody hands or hands with fish slime. You have a lot of nice Schrades. Where are you from?
 
jpet said:
I know what you are thinking " why in the hell would any one collect these.
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You know jpet, that's exactly what I thought when I started the set below!
Part of the Schrade history in itself though, I don't have any of the other colors only the regular green. nice to see the other Schrade knives!

Russell

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Russell,

Those look good. I like the way you arranged them. I agree with you, they are part of the Schrade history and I like just having them around. Good looking out.

Jpet
 
Thanks for you kind comments Jpet, It took a while to stop them slipping of the sheaths.

Russell
 
jpet said:
thawk,

I live in NE Ohio in the town of Ravenna.

Jpet
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Aha, nice country. I drove through there a few times going back and forth from Cleveland to Salem, back in the 80's. I thought that name sounded familiar.
 
I installed a computer system at the local newspaper, and I was also told to drink quite a bit of beer while I was there. I shutttled a couple of people back and forth to the airport in Cleveland. I like back roads and took Highway 14 up to I-80.

Over the weekend we went to a Jimmy Buffet concert over in Cuyahoga Falls. It was a great two weeks.
 
Well stated Larry. I call about a 50 knives in my collection, "part of the learning process". Some I wonder why I bought them, and many of them grow on me.
 
thawk said:
Well stated Larry. I call about a 50 knives in my collection, "part of the learning process". Some I wonder why I bought them, and many of them grow on me.
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I've run across the same thing. I'm finally learning to tell myself I don't need to go down a particular branch of the Schrade family tree as I'm not done where I'm at, but once in a while, stuff happens, like the other day when a decent BIN deal popped up on a USA 171UH new in the box. I'm not a fixed-blade guy (yet), but couldn't stop myself. It's almost happened with these Safe-T-Grips as well, and probably will some time in the future....
 
Jpet, Thanks for the comments.


Like lots of collectors.. I thought I'd never collect a certain set of patterns like the Century's, or XT's, or TPR's, or Apex's. I really was working on the OT and UH's when I found I was missing just 1 or 5 from having a full series of the above and oh well... The story continues.
Collecting the papers does that to ya.

TTYL
Larry
I am hopeful I can someday take pictures like Russell and Tim and Russell's BB-125 is still on my list! ;)
 
Thanks for your vote on the photo's Larry! :thumbup: I guess my Avatar is a constant reminder of the BB-125.

Russell
 
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