Schrade Bolsters?

I have seen in the past on Ebay a number of Schrade slipjoints with burgundy red delrin handles and brass toned bolsters (I doubt that they were solid brass)...blades were etched Heritage Series or something like that - not to be confused with the bone handled Heritage Series knives circa mid 80's. These red handled knives were a mystery to me, a lot of them were for sale in the years before Schrade closed up, but I don't think that they were a catalog product line.
 
Other than the well known LB7 lockback, I've seen brass bolsters in Ducks Unlimited models (see second picture here) and in the late Xtimer series (here's one that sold on ebay).

Luis
 
This is the knfie that I am not sure about, it is a Sears Craftsman, that the owner was told was a Schrade, but I am leaning more towards Camillus. Model number is 95235.

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Are they really brass, or have they "turned with age"?

Many of my nickel silver bolstered knives do that after awhile in high humidity.
 
A quick look around the room. The 8OT for Cope has brass as well as the 3 slips in my DU set. The 55 & 53 OTG (linerlocks count?) have brass, 3 of the GDOT's from 74 are brass as well.
TTYL
Larry
 
Can you see a pin in the bolster of that Craftsman ?, if it is a Schrade it would probably have keyhole construction (see picture) with no visible pin in the bolster (just my guess though).

Luis


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I would have to say Camillus. I have a second of that exact same knife, without any markings.(Don't have a pic handy)

I had bought a Camillus grab-bag years ago from SMKW, and that was one of the knives included.

Glenn
 
Don Luis said:
Can you see a pin in the bolster of that Craftsman ?, if it is a Schrade it would probably have keyhole construction (see picture) with no visible pin in the bolster (just my guess though).
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I can't say for sure on hte one in the photo, because I haven't held it, but it is a Craftsman 95235, and I have a Craftsman 93135 which is identical except a different size, and it has easlily seen pins coming all the way throught the solid brass bolsters.

I also have a Camillus Trapper with these same laminated hardwood scales and brass bolsters that have the pins coming through the bolsters also.
 
I don't think that Camillus used the keyhole, I've heard that the old Buck 300 series were originally made by Schrade but they changed to Camillus because they considered that keyhole construction was complicated for repairs.

Here's a thread from another forum that shows a knife that can be taken apart, looks to me very much like the Keyhole Schrades.

http://allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_forum/about1363.html

Luis
 
Don Luis said:
I don't think that Camillus used the keyhole, I've heard that the old Buck 300 series were originally made by Schrade but they changed to Camillus because they considered that keyhole construction was complicated for repairs.

Luis
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That's what I've read in a detailed history of Buck 300 series knives.

I've checked all the Schrade slipjoints I have here at my house, which isn't many, but none of them have pins coming through the bolsters, instead they look like nickel silver "caps" like the picture Codger_64 showed.
 
Does anyone know if the Imperial Frontiers used the keyhole construction?
I don't see any pin in the bolsters of my Frontier slipjoints.
Phil, do you know?

Dale
 
I have a Craftsman 95235 that I bought new, still have the paperwork from the clamshell. It shows a Camillus sharpening kit as a recommended accessory, which would make me lean toward Camillus as the producer. Identical knives were shown on the Camillus website while these were in production for Sears. The placement of the pins and shape of the blades is the same as the recent Camillus made "Schrade Walden" stockman.
 
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