Schrade 125OT

[tongueriver]

Glock, you will really enjoy that knife. Others who are interested should know that in addition to the 125 OT and 25 OT in carbon steel, the Schrade line included the scrimshaw versions, dozens of them, nearly all of them being stainless. The tang stamps on these have a "plus sign" after the word "SCHRADE." Also, the two blade model also appears as an open-stock, jigged Delrin instead of "sawcut" (these are called 225 H if it has a lanyard hole, and 225 without a lanyard hole). If you go back farther in time (earlier than 1960), you start seeing these in bone, celluloid and a black jigged composition. Many of the ones in the '40's had saberground blades rather than flatground, and the earliest ones had handles pinned on with 6 pins per side.
Here is a picture of a 225H with a Wonda edge secondary:

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[woseyjales]

In 2007 A Case dealer had a big Christmas advertisement in the local paper.
They were a feed store located about 20 miles away.
I hadn't even heard of them before so when I got the chance I rode up
for a recon.
Most of the Case displays were current production.
One display case looked older and just had a few knives left behind the glass so I asked what was inside.
Clerk opened it up and my attention immediately went to the leftover Schrade USA items and two Queen boxes inside.
One was a tarnished 125OT with tattered box flaps and missing sheath.
Bought it, cleaned it up, patched the box, and waited for the correct sheath to show up in the 'Bay which took a few months.
Not too bad of a cutlery project imho.
Also acquired a loose 93OT, and NIB 705 & 706UH.
Both Queens NIB but both had multiple pin cracks.
Almost felt guilty for not buying a Case...but not quite.

 

[glocktenman]

In 2007 A Case dealer had a big Christmas advertisement in the local paper.
They were a feed store located about 20 miles away.
I hadn't even heard of them before so when I got the chance I rode up
for a recon.
Most of the Case displays were current production.
One display case looked older and just had a few knives left behind the glass so I asked what was inside.
Clerk opened it up and my attention immediately went to the leftover Schrade USA items and two Queen boxes inside.
One was a tarnished 125OT with tattered box flaps and missing sheath.
Bought it, cleaned it up, patched the box, and waited for the correct sheath to show up in the 'Bay which took a few months.
Not too bad of a cutlery project imho.
Also acquired a loose 93OT, and NIB 705 & 706UH.
Both Queens NIB but both had multiple pin cracks.
Almost felt guilty for not buying a Case...but not quite.

That's a good find! When you find something like that in a store you don't want to act too excited but deep inside you're saying to yourself "man, oh man, I just hit the gold mine." It sure is fun finding a great knife like that. Good to hear about it.

 

[Mack]

That is one knife that I am patiently waiting for the right one to come along. I had one in my pocket every day I went to school. I keep hoping my mom will say she found it at the house I grew up in and give it to me but so far nothing.
Those are certainly some nice examples.

 

[cultivateitnow]

I have purchased 5 new Taylor made knives this month to see what type of quality they are producing. One of the knives was a Uncle Henery 5" two balde hunter. I was pleasantly surprised as the knife real was perfect out of the box. Fit, finnish, walk, talk, and the edge on both blades cut hair, all great. If you're just looking for a user Hunter pattern it is hard to beat for $20.

 

[xNoQuarterX]

The Schrade 125ot got me hooked! After my father passed a year ago, I was looking at some of his knives he left to me. Found the 125ot and the more I looked it over the more I liked it. Hardly used and tight and almost a nail breaker. Man o man schrade did it right back in the day! Well I now have 7 different usa old timers with that sweet brown delrin and more on the way from the 'bay. Glad I found schrade, but now I want them all!

 

[meako]

He'd probably like it better if a pile of cash appeared in its place

I too am in the market for a nice 125OT.

My late grandfather left me and my brother, among other nifty things, two mint folding hunters. This would have been in about 1982. Mine was a 125OT single blade linerlock w/sheath, my brother got a Buck two blade folding hunter w/sheath that is very much like the Case models. My brother played sports, was (and is) very athletic, went to college and lives in the city. I fished and drank allot when I should have been going to college and live 40 miles outside the city. His Buck knife remains exactly as he received it (maybe he wouldn't miss it if it disappeared ) while I used up my 125OT years ago.

So I am partial to the 125OT since I am very familiar with the excellent steel they used. Mine was made in the 70's or very early 80's, it was easy to keep very sharp and you can use the snot out of it year after year and as long as you don't abuse it, say chopping down small trees to build a lean-to (guilty ) it should easily last a lifetime