Schrade 881 and Old timer 80t

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Hey guys i was wondering if there is any difference between the Schrade 881 and the Old timer 8ot. Thanks for all your help.
 
I think the 8OT is the economy/working man's 881.

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8OT on the top, 881 on the bottom. In this case, the Old Timer is considerably older and has a lot more miles on it than the 881.
 
Same knife, same pattern, different handle style, both are delrin. The 881 goes way back when the handles were jigged bone too.

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881 with jigged Delrin, about the same age as the 8OT with same stamping

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880, with bone handles and a sabre ground clip, but otherwise the same pattern
 
Hal, that's a GREAT 880 !
I'm still looking for even a beater 880. For some reason they made far fewer of these that the flat ground 881.
roland
 
I have a delrin version of the 880, but the grind on the blade is nowhere near as nice as Hal's above. Very nice acute grind.

Russell

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My take in sorting through the old Schrade materials is that in some way, they mirrored GM. They grew by acquiring several other names (e.g. Imperial, Ulster among others). Eventually they produced the "same" pattern marketed under different names. The only difference is that whereas GM kept the names of the old companies for their "line" names, Schrade introduced other line names, Uncle Henry and Old Timer being the most prominent.

In any event, it's very common to see the same pattern in the Schrade catalogs being sold with different names and different scale/blade material combos.
 
Kon-Kav was a Schrade name for the sabre ground blade, or Con Cave of sorts. As I mentioned above the grind on the earlier bone handled versions is far more acute than the later models of the 880.

Russell
 
Sorry to resurrect this one, but were the 881's a vintage model, or were they made up to the point the company went out of the business? I really like this one and would really like to find a jigged bone model. Thanks.
 
It's just a shame that schrade went under. They made excellent knives for the money. The 4 inch stockman was all I carried until the went under.
 
The Schrade USA 881 was stopped in the 80's sometime. There were jigged bone made until the late 50's. The 8813 originated pre-1946 as a Schrade Cut Co with peachseed jigged bone handles.

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Hal.... how do you do it my friend?.... that Kon Kav is a absolute superb knife....what a looker, in fact it has familiarities to a Camillus Blade doesnt it?
 
I have a sabre ground Camillus 72 here. It has mirror polished blades and a matchstrike. Older Schrades often do have a crocus finished front on the master blade. The Cami has quite an upsweep on the end of the clip. This one is from around 1946 or so. I have to say though, the 881 swedge on mine is pure vintage Schrade (swedge grind will start close to the beginning of the nail nick), Camillus did their swedges different, more like Ulster and Imperial (starting point is at the end of the nick...) This one is does have a nice long pull too. Quite a blade.

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Hal, that is the only mint example of a bone Camillus #72 i've ever seen. Beautiful knife.
roland
 
Roland, how can one not agree with you...I love this, and I also feel frustrated...this must be how a drug addict feels...you see these stunning knives... and yet another pops up-and Hal, Charlie are the suppliers of this feed!
For some reason we dont see enough of the Camillus' knives here on Traditionals-lets say compared to Schrade or Schrade Cut Co, Utica Case etc...and yet I personally feel they are a just as good-as knife, I think Hals lovley Camillus 72 backs this up
 
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