Schrade Old Timer Q

dePaul

dePaul

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Does anybody know what kind of blade steel is used? This particular Old Timer features brown Delrin scales with the Old Timer logo and it's a liner lock. The blade is 3,15" long flat ground and quite thin. Bought it recently on E-bay.

There was a box enclosed but it was in a very bad shape and the text was almost unreadable. The knife itself was in mint condition.

Thanks for your help,
~Paul~
 
The Old Timer knives were made with 1095 carbon steel. It's inexpensive and easy to machine in production knives. They don't hold an edge quite as long as the more expensive steels but they sharpen to a razor edge quite easily :)
 
>"The Old Timer knives were made with 1095 carbon steel."

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Slight correction: Old Timer knives are made with 1095 carbon steel. Schrade's still making these great, bargain-priced slippies, afterall.
 
What's the RC hardness of this steel? I guess somewhere around 56-57? Is it very much prone to rusting? Should I treat the blade in some special way?
 
That's probably the rockwell. I've never since it listed anywhere. 1095 will rust and discolor, but it will eventually get a nice gray patina. Just keep the blade oiled and clean and the knife will give you years of service. :D
 
A minor clarification: Most Old Timer slipjoints have 1095 carbon steel blades. As far as I can tell, every non-slipjoint Old Timer (fixed blade, lockback or other folder) uses the Schrade+ stainless steel for the blades. Now that I think about it, even the Bearhead and Buzzsaw slippjoints use stainless steel blades. The knives with stainless steel are usually stamped Schrade+ right on the main blade.
 
An even slighter clarification: the small, one-bladed SC-180T is a liner lock and it's 1095. My daughter got me one a few years ago. The brass liner lock does not inspire much confidence though (huge amounts of play), so I treat it as a slip joint.
 
post a pic if you can. (could use the pic from the auction)
 
dePaul said:
Is it very much prone to rusting? Should I treat the blade in some special way?
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I've had a Sharpfinger since the late 1970s. The blade quickly got a dark patina. The blade will rust -- a couple of times I put it away in its leather sheath without wiping it off and rust formed. :rolleyes: But it polished right off.

I equally abused my 180-T. It formed a rust spot that left pitting after I polished the rust off. Lesson: wipe these knives off and keep some oil on the blades.
 
Jeff Clark said:
The Schrade Sharp Finger is 1095. I think that's the one that dePaul is talking about.
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I thought the Sharpfinger was a fixed blade? dePaul said it was a liner lock.
 
dePaul,
There should be a pattern # on the tang. It sounds like you have a 194OT, single blade trapper with a brass linerlock. As far as blade steel, it SHOULD be 1095. However, some people have reported getting multiblade OTs where one or more blades are not taking any patina, or gray/black oxidization, as 1095 is known to do. Rumor is, maybe fewer and fewer Schrades with 1095. :( :(

There are several very knowledgeable folks here @ BFC in the Schrade Forum. Come and visit, and post the question there, if you like.

Bill
 
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