schrade schf9

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Is the schrade schf9 a good knife? I don't own any schrade knives and it is made in Taiwan but it is full tang. Are schrade knives heat treated well?
 
I've had good luck with Schrade's 1095, FWIW. As far as I can tell they're doing just fine with their heat treatment, the blades do as well as my other 1095 knives.
 
Can't speak to the heat treat, but the 8cr13mov isn't terrible. I'd rather have 1095. I have a couple Schrade fixed blades and they are decent for the money...good knock around knifes.
 
specgrade said:
Can't speak to the heat treat, but the 8cr13mov isn't terrible. I'd rather have 1095. I have a couple Schrade fixed blades and they are decent for the money...good knock around knifes.
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that knife is said to be 1095...not chinese stainless? was there an older version made in 8cr13mov?
 
jbmonkey said:
that knife is said to be 1095...not chinese stainless? was there an older version made in 8cr13mov?
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I don't know, but I'm sure the one I bought was 1095. I gave the SCHF9 to my cousin Steve in a care package of goodies, but I liked it for the money when I had it here. I've used two of their other Schrade 1095 + micarta handle blades quite a bit, though, and the 1095 performs just as well as anyone else's in my experience.
 
jbmonkey said:
that knife is said to be 1095...not chinese stainless? was there an older version made in 8cr13mov?
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I could be wrong...knifecenter.com lists it having stainless.

Well, their (Schrade's) youtube channel video has it as 1095, so I am wrong.
 
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specgrade said:
I could be wrong...knifecenter.com lists it having stainless.
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Looks like there are two versions. The one OP is asking about, that I previously bought, the SCHF9 in 1095, and the stainless version, the SCHF9N in 8CrMoV13 or somesuch.
 
It's a great beat around knife. Can't beat the price. The only complaints I really have are the somewhat aggressive recurve blade. It's a bit of a pain to sharpen properly. The blade is also really thick. Not that the thickness is necessarily a positive or negative. But it's a heavy beast of a knife.

If I were to buy another Schrade around the same size. I'd probably go with the SCHF52 SCHF37, or the SCHF3 next time.
 
The SCHF52M is the bigger of the two I ended up using a bunch, and the SCHF56LM is the smaller one (both micarta handles on coated 1095 blades).
 
Its funny that the old Schrade company used to us 1084 for some of its carbon steel knives. I still have a little pile of that steel that was bought at the bankruptcy sale.
 
Some of their models and variants have jimping that is overly aggressive for longer use sessions.
 
SALTY said:
Some of their models and variants have jimping that is overly aggressive for longer use sessions.
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When I encounter overly aggressive jimping I just grind or file the edges off of it. Of course, I have a tendency break the edges on more blade spines for comfort too, so I may just be fond of filing and grinding this just because.
 
I pulled a bicycle inner tube over mine and it's much better.
Though its been a beater/loaner around camp (SCHF37)- it's holding up just fine.
The SCHF9 has a handles design that covers more of the jimping and did not require the inner tube trick.

Both are holding up well and despite not being my first choice (or even second choice), the knives have performed decently and provide good value.
 
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