Schrade 1725

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Hi - I am trying to find information on a knife that a friend inherited.
It's a big honkin' fixed blade knife with Schrade 1725 stamped on the blade. It's about 10 - 12 inches total in length. The handle looks like antler but it may be fake. Anyone ever heard of this knife?
Thank you!
Tiff
 
Four numbers denotes a Schrade Cut Co ( pre 46 ) however if it is just marked Schrade that denotes post 72. What is the entire tang marking? A 171 UH is the large bowie model Schrade produced. ( the 172 leads me to think it might be a releation or you may have misread it). So some more info is needed. If it is Staglon ( plastic made to look like stag ) it is post 1968. If it is the material made to look like stag prior to the late 60tys ( you would know it was plastic. ) If it is real stag and 4 digits the tang marking will have more than just Schrade. Chance are a pic would answer the question. LT
 
Thank you for responding! You are correct, the entire thing reads:

SCHRADE
U.S.A. 172S

Now that I look at it really closely I think the 1725 is really 172 S.

I think the handle must be some kind of manmade substance because of the look of the seam and the coloring, but it does not really feel like plastic. It smells kindof funny also. It scratches like a resin.

Here is a picture. I could not get a good closeup of the marking.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-7/789473/DSCN2830.jpg

Thank you again for your help.
 
Ah the picture sure helps it is like a laxative for the mind when trying to answer one of these it sort of clears things up and makes you feel lighter. OK your knife was made after 1974 sometime in the mid seventys. I believe the S means it is stainless. This handle material was used during this period and was brought into production with Schrades accquisition of Imperial I have attached a pic of a similiar knife with I believe similiar handle material in the same pattern, it is an Imperial Kit Carson edition marked Imperial Providence RI. The blade pattern under the Schrade tang is usually called a 148 and was made in several handle materials including leather wrap. This material was used in the late 60tys and 70tys under Schrade Walden pre 1972 and just Schrade post 1972. I have included a pic of the 148 Schrade Walden in the early Schrade plastic. ( on the left ) also the Kit Carson (on the right ).

The plastic handle on you knife was another attempt at finding a material to simulate real stag. This was less expensive than staglon but not as nice ( weight, feel, ect) and was not used for long. Strangely enough a couple of years ago Schrade started using a delrin stag material which is quite visually similiar to this style of handle. ( I have not included a pic since this is complicated enough. ) The Kit Carson has no model # so I guess the 172 was Schrade designation for it. Like a lot of Schrades this limited attempt into the retail market while being fairly rare is not worth a lot of money but, would be invaluable to someone attempt in to find unusual issues. LT
 
Thank you! I truly appreciate your information and your time. My husband really likes the knife and my friend has offered to sell it to him. What do you think would be a fair price to offer her? We'd like to pay her what she could get for it on the open market.
 
I understand that in answer to Tiff's question the handle is plastic.
My question is if a handle were real bone or antler would it be porous
under a magnifying glass?
(Not that it wouldn't be without magnifying it but the pores would show up clean?)
Thanks
Ed
 
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