schrade knives

ok so here are the pics i said id post if anyone is interested. i forgot how nice this thing is. sharp as heck and great springs with no blade play. good snap too, thus resulting in the cut on my finger:D hope ya'll like em.







i remember when i first got this knife and it started to patina. i nver knew what was happening. i just knew it was rusting. i was pissed. now i know its carbon steel, except for the sheeps foot?, and im loving it. has great patina and character i think.
 
Job Interview.

Used to be, a lady or gent might be asked by someone thinking about hiring them, if they carried a knife.
Everyone carried a knife, as one was not dressed without a knife.
Boys and girls, ladies and gents all carried a knife.
A kid had better have the pivots oiled , the blades sharp, and be able to hand it over correctly , when asked by a parent, mentor, teacher, anyone asked to see if they had a knife, and what condition it was in .

Job interview, and it did not matter if a teenager, or older, if a lady or gent, one still had to have a knife, present it correctly, the blades sharp, and pivots oiled.
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SM2, I never learned a specifically “correct” way to hand somebody a pocket knife. What I learned by observation was:

1. Close knife if necessary.
2. Hold in hand by one end.
3. Extend hand so the recipient can hold the other end.
4. Let go.

So tell me please. What’s the secret?
 
crbauhs said:


now i know its carbon steel, except for the sheeps foot?
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Yours is some sort of a factory mix-up. In general, all three blades (and backsprings) on these knives were carbon. Pretty cool looking knife. Thanks for posting the pics.
 
thawk said:
The 33OT is still one of the most affordable and plentiful patterns around. You can usually pick up a new one, USA made for less than 20.00 including shipping on Ebay. Just keep watching and within two weeks you can find one. Even less for a solid user.
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How do you know if they are carbon or SS?
 
thawk said:
The 33OT is still one of the most affordable and plentiful patterns around. You can usually pick up a new one, USA made for less than 20.00 including shipping on Ebay. Just keep watching and within two weeks you can find one. Even less for a solid user.
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My first Schrade!!!
And second...

I just got on a 33OT on eBay for just under 20, and a 1040T for 12.
USA made, NIB!
 
schrade still makes knives though right? it's now owned by taylor brands isn't it? i mean, they have a website and they did just come out with the OTF and some autos...What happened exactly?
 
schrade went out of buisness & closed its doors. The shcrade and old timer names were bought buy sombody else. I have not bought one of the new knives but I believe they are no longer made in the USA
 
basically nate, and anyone feel free to correct me if im wrong, schrade went bankrupt? or so i read in a knife magazine. it happened back in 2004. then taylor cutlery came in and brought the schrade knives to china. no longer made in the usa. and the quality has dropped too. once again if im wrong please correct me anyone. and this is what happened in a really small nutshell...really small.
 
bacman99 said:
schrade went out of buisness & closed its doors. The shcrade and old timer names were bought buy sombody else. I have not bought one of the new knives but I believe they are no longer made in the USA
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then that's really the difference...the fact that they're now outsourced...i didn't know that the old schrades were made in U.S...it's now owned by Taylor Brands...I bought their new OTF...not half bad at all
 
Schrade is no longer a company, it's just a brand that Taylor bought at fire-sale prices as the company was plunging over the falls. Purchasing the brand gave Taylor the exclusive, legally protected right to slap "Schrade," "Old Timer," etc. on whatever @#&%*&ola knives their Chinese contractors churn out. They might be @#&%*& or they might be reasonable quality and bang-for-the-buck. But they're not Schrade knives. I'm not angry at Taylor for what they did, but I do feel sorry for any consumer who buys one of these knives thinking they're getting a Schrade. If you want the real deal, shop carefully on an online auction and pick up a NOS piece, that's about the only way. Oh, you can probably find an honest soul here on BladeForums willing to make a swap too.

(Another option is to support a still-breathing American company and buy a 300-series, made in the USA Buck, or something by Case or Queen.)
 
:thumbup:For the noobs posting in this thread, If'in you want to take a good look at some really good ole USA made Schrade knives and other stuff go down to the forum jump and scroll to collectors area and go into the Schrade collectors forum and feast your eyes on what "REAL" Schrade's and Schradeaholics are all about!!!;):D
 
As one who's compared the Chinese/Taylor Schrades to the real thing, I can tell you there's really no comparison. The Chinese knives have no finesse, just stamped out parts assembled into a knife-like object. The steel is some cheap stainless, there are no swedges or interesting angles on the blades, and overall they just feel chintzy. I wouldn't want to take any of the Chinese knives I've seen (under any name), stick the blade in something, and twist. They all feel like they'd just come apart in your hands (if the blade didn't snap off first). Not that I regularly do anything like that with my pocket knife, mind you...

Real Schrade knives have unbelievable fit and finish for the price (even at today's auction prices), and look like there was some care put into their execution. They're rock solid and strong. It feels every bit as much a "real" knife as others costing several times as much.

-- Sam
 
Yosemite Sam said:
As one who's compared the Chinese/Taylor Schrades to the real thing, I can tell you there's really no comparison. The Chinese knives have no finesse, just stamped out parts assembled into a knife-like object. The steel is some cheap stainless, there are no swedges or interesting angles on the blades, and overall they just feel chintzy. I wouldn't want to take any of the Chinese knives I've seen (under any name), stick the blade in something, and twist. They all feel like they'd just come apart in your hands (if the blade didn't snap off first). Not that I regularly do anything like that with my pocket knife, mind you...

Real Schrade knives have unbelievable fit and finish for the price (even at today's auction prices), and look like there was some care put into their execution. They're rock solid and strong. It feels every bit as much a "real" knife as others costing several times as much.

-- Sam
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Thanks for your review. I suspected they were junk :thumbdn:
 
ok so i just remembered something. along with my 34OT, ive also got a Schrade U.S.A. made 6OT. I honestly forgot about this one cause it was so dull i jsut never used it. well i got around to re beveling it and whatnot, and lets jsut say...DAMN! slices as good as any knife ive got. the 6OT is gonna be seein some pocket time when i go out to the woods. Great knives. I figure a 34OT, the 6OT, and an up and coming 165OT and ill be set for anything:D
 
What I miss most is the 44OT. It was a nice little stockman with an extra wharncliff blade.
 
yeah THAWK, your in pretty good shape, especially with those 3rd gen's. My faves are the lb7, the lb5, 30t and sharpfinger. also my kentucky rifle knife. thats probably my favorite. unless its fake.
 
by the way, all you pining about the old schrades, many of their cutlers i believe work for CANAL STREET CUTLERY now, and produce some pretty sweet knives
 
Morablades said:
What I miss most is the 44OT. It was a nice little stockman with an extra wharncliff blade.
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One of my favorites as well. A great knife,I don't carry mine as often as I would like to,as a replacement would be hard to find and pricey.

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First knife I ever bought for myself was a made for Sears 194OT. Very sharp and locked up tight. Lost it over two decades ago and just recently replaced it with one found on ebay. Must be a popular model as NIB examples regularly go for over $40.
 
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