Schrade "musts"?

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OK, simply -
which knives would you consider "musts" in a Schrade collection?

"every one" might be valid......
as long as you can list them in the order of preference,
and it is every single one they've ever made :D -
I'm sure there are plenty of experts here that will check on your list........ ;)

Otherwise, please suggest up to 3 in order of preference,
and a short explanation why, would be very helpful ........

Thanks,

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8OT first, the basic 4" stockman. Great worker, and looks decent. I've a dehandled one on my desk that's just waiting for a set of grips.

125OT- the one that eludes my grasp. 5 1/4" clasp hunter, linerlock, sweetest cutter God ever blessed humanity with. Rare as hens' teeth, but a fantastic knife. I'm still kicking myself over passing up a NIB example at a show in '03.
 
1... An Original Geo Schrade Switchblade. Almost any model.
2... A Schrade-Walden 912 Anhauser Busch Cloissne bartender's knife with stanhope lens to display the photo of Adolphus Busch
3... A Schrade/Loveless hunter with white micarta handles.

Thee somewhat exotic knives to represent the three main eras of Schrade.
Phil
 
Here are my three picks:
OLD TIMER 8OT. Just one hell of a good pocket knife.
Orange handled 165 deerhunter. My favorite fixed blade.
Uncle Henry 897 another great pocket knife.
 
Picking out three exceptional knives and saying they're "Schrade" doesn't accurately depict what Schrade was about. Here are three Schrade knives that best represent the company's overall range of products:

PH1 or PH2.
34OT, I always think of the 34 as ~the~ OldTimer knife
Imperial Barlow

-Bob
 
For collecting If your going for OT and UH's than I would say in order of musts
1) 123OT/124UH
2) 2OT
3) 5UH
For collecting Schrades in General.
1) 75th Anniv Gold
2) D'Holder
3) 124UH
4) any of the old Springers.

IMHO
TTYL
Larry
 
I have been pondering about this, not an easy question.

I´m a user not a collector, I've EDC a Schrade stockman along with a SAK since the 60's, I guess I'll suggest:

1.- A stockman, 34OT, 8OT in the Old Timer line and/or 897UH in the Uncle Henry line. Because I am a fan of the stockman, it is a classic pattern and a very useful one.

2.- A hunting fixed blade, Sharpfinger or PH1 or Golden Spike or maybe one of the 49ers. Because they are truly Schrade, you see one and you don´t have to look at the tang marking to know it´s a Schrade, and they are good useful knives.

3.- A single blade lockback, LB7, or 5OT or similar models in other size. Because I just happen to like these lockbacks, sort of a transition design between the traditional and the modern so called "tactical", single locking blade, tough and useful, you can even add a thumb stud if you want.

Most of these are modern knives that can still be found new, truth is I am not too familiar with older Schrades.

It´s too hard to list only 3, there´s the old automatics, the boy scout knives, the military knives, the scrimshaw series, the trappers, the Barlows, the wire jacks ..., not that I have any of these but as I said I am not a collector.

Luis
 
Bob W said:
Picking out three exceptional knives and saying they're "Schrade" doesn't accurately depict what Schrade was about. Here are three Schrade knives that best represent the company's overall range of products:

PH1 or PH2.
34OT, I always think of the 34 as ~the~ OldTimer knife
Imperial Barlow

-Bob
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Tip of the boonie hat to ya Bob as I politely disagree. The knives you list are American Classics, all three of them. But do we want to celebrate our favorite knife company's greatness by such simple, everyday products? Well, yeah, maybe we do. I'm no elitist, it's perfectly honorable to provide excellent quality, low priced knives for the masses.

But I chose three that I felt would celebrate the greatness of the company in way of :
1--Innovation (and the genious of George Schrade)- the switchblades.
2--Pure class and beauty (and a celebration of another great company)- Anhauser Busch.
3--The very first factory-custom collaboration- the Loveless, which made his classic dropped hunter affordable for the aveage guy.

This is fun.
Phil





But
 
the Uncle Henry 897 first. This is because my own 897UH has cost me a ton (or perhaps tonne?) of money. A few months ago I'd lost (actually misplaced) this knife I've carried for more than 20 years and it felt like I'd lost a good friend. When I went on the net to find a replacement I was very surprised to find that Schrade had "gone under".
That was when I decided to gather a few as sets for my children and grandchildren! Of course I wanted a 'few' for myself too!
Needless to say, the rest is a truly pathetic story!!!!
Next, I'd nominate the LB7 - a design that I like a lot.
And in third place, I'd choose the Loveless design - clean, very comfortable and highly useable.
Honourable mention goes to the Schrade Wostenholm stockman (aptly lauded above by the esteemed LT).
 
No question about it, I responded differently to the poll than most. Since the company is out of business, I thought it worthwhile to discuss "Three knives most representative of Schrade." All three of mine are good quality knives, commonly available, and affordable to any customer.

You've chosen "The very best that Schrade could produce, but rarely did." Or perhaps you picked "Three highlights of Schrade's history." All of these are valid ways to address the original question. Yep, this is a fun topic.

Best Wishes,
Bob
 
textoothpk said:
1... An Original Geo Schrade Switchblade. Almost any model.
2... A Schrade-Walden 912 Anhauser Busch Cloissne bartender's knife with stanhope lens to display the photo of Adolphus Busch
3... A Schrade/Loveless hunter with white micarta handles.

Thee somewhat exotic knives to represent the three main eras of Schrade.
Phil
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You took the choices right out of my head :mad:
 
Well, I guess I am a "late blooming" collector, and prefer fixed blades, so my definative three piece collection would be:

1. A George Schrade Stagbrand...a "roots" knife pre WWII, well made in traditional style with leather washer and colored spacer handle, aluminum butt, much copied by many companies before and after the demise of Geo. Schrade Cutlery
2. A Woodsman 165.....a 1960's design Old Timer as useful today as in 1967 when they were first presented to the hunting public. Rugged 1095 blade full tang, grippy sawcut delrin handles, effective guard. More than one found it's way to Vietnam, and other conflicts around the world where it served soldiers as well as civilians at home for a quarter century before being discontinued in '92
3. A Limited Edition SDH01 D'Holder.....a knife representing the highpoint of tasteful colaboration with renowned custom knifemakers. Desert Ironwood, polished 440c, integrel blade and bolster with inset bronze grizzly bear insert. Simple, but beautiful
 
I gotta agree with Phil that the "Schrade-Walden 912 Anhauser Busch Cloissne bartender's knife with stanhope lens to display the photo of Adolphus Busch" is a thing of pure beauty.

Lt keeps telling us he really has no favorites but I think if he's pressed he just might come up with a top 5-10 list.

We all have picked great knives.

My reasons for my selections (If anyone cares)

I gotta say the first time I took my D'Holder out of its sheath, it sang. I never hear another fixed blade knife do that. I thought only swords sang.

The 2OT cause its the first.

The 123/124 cause it fits my hand and pocket like it was made for me.

The Gold 75 What a piece of art.

The 5UH's Well Ive said a lot about them before.

Keep the lists coming.
This is fun
Larry
 
Well here goes.

1) Uncle Henry Golden Spike
2) Uncle Henry Bear Paw
3) Uncle Henry Trapper


I always preferred UH to oldtimers, and didn't find out about the companies demise before it was too late for me to get my hands on any of the fancier stuff :grumpy: However, perhaps in time Taylor will sell off "Schrade" to someone like Camillus, Ka-Bar, Buck, or even dare I say whoever owns Case at the time (someone who knows how to make a knife, like Schrades used to be made).
 
What...no one likes the UH 171? Thats one tough fixed blade...try to wear one out...and the 227UH...as traditional and useful of a SJ Folding Hunter as there ever was....EDC has to be a 885 UH King Ranch....boy I am going to miss Schrade...
 
I'd like the UH-branded knives better, except the plastic stag is totally fakey. The Delrin plastic on the OldTimers feels more solid and not as cheesy. Sure, some Schrade knives were natural materials, but usually only the overpriced 'limited' editions. There's no reason why cow femur or solid wood should add more than a dollar or two to the overall knife price.

Just my thought,
Bob
 
Not knowing all the cool options available, I would have to pick:

The 8-OT, because it's my favorite stockman knife.

The Bearhead trapper. This is such a handy trapper, with a pick and real nice tweezers in the handle. Makes a nice hiking knife.

And the Sharpfinger. I'll bet they clean more deer than any other knife ouside of the 110.
 
textoothpk said:
the "reasons for the selections" is exactly what makes this fun.
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I couldn't agree more :thumbsup:

and the reason I didn't post my own choices was because I wanted to read other people's choices and explanations first :D

My 3 (and I am not as experienced as many here) -

Uncle Henry Signature Stockman 897UH -
because it was the first Schrade I ever bought (early 90's - I read glowing things about it in a knife book)

shown here with a typical Case Stockman:
Case_Schrade.jpg


Then there's this:
Schrade100.jpg

100th Anniversary Middleman 34ot -
said to be the most popular Schrade.
Being the 100th anniversary model makes it somewhat "special" -
and also rather poignant and ironic - since Schrade closed its doors in its 100th year......

I know that's 2 Stockmans - but what the hey - they are the ones I think of when I think of Schrade.......

The third is harder - I guess I wanted something more "modern" to show the direction Schrade was attempting to go -
perhaps also because it's new to me may have had some influence -
SLW2_4.jpg

Lake & Walker SLW2 -
a collaboration of 2 of my "heroes" in knifemaking - on an innovative design and manufacturing process -
BUT unfortunately flawed in execution and perhaps even in design.......
see my more detailed "review" in the "modern" Schrades thread (linked)
perhaps the types of combination of things that caused Schrade to go out of business.....

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Here is a photo of the knife I listed as number 2 in my choices as 'must haves'. It just sold on Ebay for $650. I didn't wanna call attention to it until the auction was over, in case someone was bidding on it. It is a beauty. Too bad the seller took down all the other detail pics. Even has the Stanhope lens with the photo of Adophus Busch and gold plated corkscrew. Great enameled finish.

The seller was the 'Knife Princess', aka Cindy Robb. She's a real trip to talk to and her knife writings have a certain attitude to them.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...1219&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT#ebayphotohosting

Here's a link to some other corkscrew knives, I think Don Luis first posted this:
http://www.bullworks.net/daily/04feb21.htm
Phil
 

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