Schrade damascus

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Ballenxj

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Is this steel as good as Schrades 1095? Anybody got one, and if so, how would you rate it?
-Bruce
 
The only Schrade I have with Damascus blades is the Schrade 'Kious' SJK1. Beautiful ladder pattern Stainless Steel Damascus Blades. Reverse Congress pattern 4 blades..The blades are among the sharpest Schrades I have ever seen, however as I have never used it I cant "rate" the knife apart from its sheer beauty with its 50 year old jigged bone handles and nickel silver threaded bolsters and genuine leather pouch with 'authentic ostrich hide stylings'........Hoo Roo
 
delmas2nd said:
photos anyone?
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Not yet. The reason I've asked the question is that I've been keeping my eye on one that has been for sale for quite a while. The seller is asking premium price for it though, hence my question here. I don't recall seeing any of them, and was wondering why? Are they rare, or are they someone's put together (Taylor?) knives.
-Bruce
 
...the only genuine Ellenville N.Y. Schrade I know of with genuine damascus blades is the Schrade collaboration knife,the Schrade Kious SJK1 I mentioned above.
For anyone interested I set out the Schrade heading from the 'Owners Manual' for the Schrade Kious.Excellent marketing stuff and should have been more of it in those crucial years leading up to their demise..hard for the Chinese to compete on quality on any basis, as sometimes but not often enough, price without quality is not the sole determinar of a purchase decision..
"Schrade President Walter A Gardiner was searching for a custom knife maker who was comfortable being referred to as the consummate gentleman of knife making,someone with the ability to blend materials and design a knife that could actually become part of the owner. A knife for the eye to behold,the hand to grip,and the function to be flawless. After extensive research,it became obvious to Gardiner that we welcome Joe Kious to the Schrade Custom Collaboration Family... with the Schrade Kious SJK1 knife,..limited to only 1,000 pieces.".......'Joe Kious of Kerryville Texas........
I made a post no so long ago showing the whole family of Schrade Collaboratives together...apart from my putting them all together I have never seen any other Professional photos or flyers of the the whole Schrade Collaboration Family together..has anyone else?...Hoo Roo
 
Hey guys, I'm quite certain there was a damascus bladed knife in the LB family as well. If I recall correctly it came decked out like the SCM7 and SCM5's did in the "Custom" box with scrolled sheath. Possibly from the very late eighties to the early nineties. I name those dates only because I believe Jim Parker or someone in the business had gotten a decent size shipment of damascus at the time, I believe Case also had a few damascus knives out as well in that period. The dating is all guesswork on my part though, I don't have any hard facts, but I do know the knife itself exists.

Eric
 
If I had a Kious or an LB with damascus, I would never know how good the steel was. :)
 
ea42 said:
Hey guys, I'm quite certain there was a damascus bladed knife in the LB family as well. If I recall correctly it came decked out like the SCM7 and SCM5's did in the "Custom" box with scrolled sheath. Possibly from the very late eighties to the early nineties. I name those dates only because I believe Jim Parker or someone in the business had gotten a decent size shipment of damascus at the time, I believe Case also had a few damascus knives out as well in that period. The dating is all guesswork on my part though, I don't have any hard facts, but I do know the knife itself exists.

Eric
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Eric,
You are tight, they did come out with a damascus lockback, I believe late 1980's. I keep thinking it's about the same size as the LB5, but not quite the same frame. It's a very nice knife, though not quite on para with the Kious knives. I have one at home, but am out of town, so will have to search the flyers section of Larry's site to try to find any info and pics. Will post what I find, if anything.

Dave
 
Ballenxj said:
Is this steel as good as Schrades 1095? Anybody got one, and if so, how would you rate it?
-Bruce
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Was there a specific Schrade you saw with damascus blade/blades? The ones I've seen recently were shown in a SMKW catalog. USA made Schrade branded knives with damascus. These are the ones I was referring to when I said they were made by Bear & Son.
 
morrowj_98 said:
Was there a specific Schrade you saw with damascus blade/blades? The ones I've seen recently were shown in a SMKW catalog. USA made Schrade branded knives with damascus. These are the ones I was referring to when I said they were made by Bear & Son.
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It's a Barlow Knife that appears to be new, and I can't tell any more than that about it. If the new Schrade USA are made by Bear & Sons, this one probably is too.
Like I said, it's on one of those famous auction sites, and I'm sure the seller is not telling the whole story. ;)
Thanks for your input.
-Bruce
 
PS, I'm sure posting a link to it here is a big no, but can I send a link to one of you guys that might know about it via personal massage?
-Bruce
 
Ballenxj said:
It's a Barlow Knife that appears to be new, and I can't tell any more than that about it. If the new Schrade USA are made by Bear & Sons, this one probably is too.
Like I said, it's on one of those famous auction sites, and I'm sure the seller is not telling the whole story. ;)
Thanks for your input.
-Bruce
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Those are the ones I saw. Those are new...last year I think. They are USA made and the damascus is "Alabama Damascus" the same used by Bear & Son for their knives. It's decent steel.
 
morrowj_98 said:
Those are the ones I saw. Those are new...last year I think. They are USA made and the damascus is "Alabama Damascus" the same used by Bear & Son for their knives. It's decent steel.
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Thanks, That's what I wanted to know. ;)
-Bruce
 
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