Schrade 5OT Old Timer

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Robert123

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Can someone tell me when the first Schrade 5OT Old Timer {Green and Brass} knife was first made?

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I can't answer that, but I can tell you where to find out.
Check out the Schrade Collectors section here at Bladeforums.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/732-Schrade-Knives-Collectors-Forum

Nice knife, by the way. I'm a semi-serious collector of the original Schrade Old Timers. Not only is the green an unusual Old Timer feature, only offered on a few models, but there were also only very few Old Timer models with brass bolsters.
 
I'm curious about my Schrade Sharpfinger as well. It was one of my pawpaw's first knives, so I know it's pretty old! Just don't know how old... I used it a lot as a kid... need to get around to cleaning it one day lol

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The Schrade 5OTG. Named The Green Bruin; 3-3/4"; drop point - lockback; has SS blade starting in 1993. Made from 1991 to 2003. Last sold for $43.95.

The Schrade 152OT. Named The Sharp Finger 7 1/4" w/Sheath. Made from 1973 to 2004. Last sold for $37.95

Information courtesy of All About Pocket Knives

You can see the 5OTG with carbon blades (SCHRADE vs SCHRADE+ stamping) puts yours in the 1991 to 1993 time frame. The 152OT a bit difficult to narrow down.
 
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The Sharpfinger you show was indeed one of the earlier ones, circa 1974-75-76. The font used on the tang stamp uses full serifs (152). Later production used no serifs (l52). Still later used half serifs and eventually a different grind and stainless steel, rather than the carbon steel that most of the production had. The sheath, if you have it and it is original to that knife, is another indicator of an early issue. It should hace a choil retaining strap with the male portion of the snap attached to the face of the sheath, rather than the later handle retaining strap. So early to mid 1970's is an estimate of age from what I can see.

Michael
 
JahRo225 said:
Man, thank you guys a bunch, I was really itching to find out an estimated age on it! Haha
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The best 'guidebook' for knife values today is eBay. Use the "Completed Items" search feature and see what knives like yours have actually sold for recently. I'm sorry to say though that given the used condition the value of that 152OT is probably very low. When you do the Completed Items search, compare the value of a used 152 to that of a new-in-box example of the same age. Careful though that you are looking only at original USA-made Old Timer knives for you comparison; the new Taylor imports are much less valuable than those originals.

There is no guidebook or appraiser on the planet though that can measure the value of owning a knife once used by your father or grandfather. :thumbup:
 
Codger_64 said:
The Sharpfinger you show was indeed one of the earlier ones, circa 1974-75-76. The font used on the tang stamp uses full serifs (152). Later production used no serifs (l52). Still later used half serifs and eventually a different grind and stainless steel, rather than the carbon steel that most of the production had. The sheath, if you have it and it is original to that knife, is another indicator of an early issue. It should hace a choil retaining strap with the male portion of the snap attached to the face of the sheath, rather than the later handle retaining strap. So early to mid 1970's is an estimate of age from what I can see.

Michael
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Great 152 deciphering info! Thanks Michael:thumbup:
 
Nice CSI work on the Sharpfinger Michael. The serif on the (1) clue is cool. Not hard at all for the well informed. :thumbup:
 
thawk said:
Nice CSI work on the Sharpfinger Michael. The serif on the (1) clue is cool. Not hard at all for the well informed. :thumbup:
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To clarify, the last ones had only the top serif on the "1", not the base serif. There are no clearcut dates when these changed, just that they did.
 
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