Schrade Old Timer Lumberjack 858OT

Family picture as promised above.

From top down: Vintage USA. Off Shore OTB. Offshore OT.
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Blades open. As you can see, the offshore (OTB on top) has a slightly shorter Sheepsfoot, and the Spey is slightly shorter spine to edge, compared to the US made (center). I "think" this may be another feature to differentiate the much more valuable and rarer US made from the offshore Turner/BTI made.
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Besides the colouration of the Delrin, the offshore knives have coarser "saw cuts". I have not conted them, but my estimate is the U.S. made has roughly 25% more "saw cuts". They are much finer than the offshore knives ... and on my examples, (bought new) the saw cuts on the offshore knives are not as "clean".

Of the 3, the OTB has had the most carry time. I like the 9CR18MoV blades. 🤨
 
Awesome Steve!

Here’s my current family photo. 4 USA, 2 overseas OTB (top 2), 1 overseas OT (far right).

From what Ive seen, the sheepsfoot are typically much smaller on the overseas models. Also, the 9cr18 is nice. Still, just love the vintage USA models … have a special “feel,” like they just melt in your hand!

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What a great thread. I never owned one of these, but I did carry an LB-7 for many decades, wearing out several sheaths.

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Please, carry on…
 
Murphy Slaw said:
What a great thread. I never owned one of these, but I did carry an LB-7 for many decades, wearing out several sheaths.

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Please, carry on…
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I carried a 7OT (or a 6OT for my Sunday Go To Meetin' sheath knife) from roughly 1976, (when I misplaced my c.1968 110 at work), to 2015. The 7OT (and later the 6OT) cost less, My first 7OT had a Schrade's "god level" 1095 blade, was sharper and cut better with less effort (better edge geometry) than my Buck 110, held an edge "long enough" to do what I needed to do at work for a few days, and was much easier to sharpen than Buck's 440C on a Arkansas Oil Stone.
My later "Schrade +" 7 and 6OT's also had a better edge geometry than my old 110 did.

I really did not see any reason to go back to Buck, until my Schrades were showing a bit of wear and tear.
I stopped at the Wal Mart in Sivelle, OH., saw the 110's on sale for around $28.95 (plus the governor's kickback required to spend your hard earned wages on anything but the rent/mortgage payment ... if a mortgage the kickback is added to the purchase price & loan.)

I bought both the 50th Anniversary (lost during the move to Assisted living, along with my 2005 110, both my (US) 7OT and 6OT, and a couple fixed blades 😭) a standard production 110 ... and a 301, and a 389 that payday.

The offshore 7OT/LB8 are nice enough knives, but to me they are too skinny mark to pile side. At least 3/8 to 1/2 inch thinner than the vintage U.S. made are. ☹️
 
Murphy Slaw said:
I refuse to buy any offshore Schrade’s. Some things demand respect, actually I don’t buy any offshore knives.
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1) Does that include the pre-bankruptcy Made in England, Germany, Ireland, and Japan, Schrade knives?
2) "I don't buy any offshore knives." Does that include those made in Canada, South America, England, Switzerland, Finland, and the E.U., Japan, and Singapore?
 
Old Hunter said:
One I used to own, in fact did a GAW with it here in the Traditional Forum a number of years back. Whoever won it may still be posting, but I have forgotten who that was. Like the BF 2024 Stockman, I like these knives, but rarely carry one this size.
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I was the one who won your generous giveaway, Bruce. I have never carried the knife, as it is a bit large. However, it looks good in my display cabinet.
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