Schrade Uncle Henry

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I like the Kersaw Chive which I bought from Walmart so much that I went back to Walmart to purchase some more!:p This time I seclected the Schrade Uncle Henry with StagHorn handle and single blade. The knife is well made and for the price ($28 tax included) it is a great buy.

I carry a Sebanza or Strider AR for an EDC but prefer to have a nice utility knife for simple cutting tasks. I think the Kersaw Chive or the Schrade Uncle Henry fit right into that catagory. I also carry a Letterman Wave but I personally think that the Kersaw or Schrade makes a better blade.

Anyone have any feed back on the Schrade Uncle henry as a second EDC?:p
 
While Schrade doesn't get much press here on the forums they make
a lot of very good knives for both pocket and hunting.

Sure, Schrade has a low eye candy value it doesn't matter as they sell
more knives to more "ordinary" folk's tha most other makers. The
few Schrade knives I own are among my best "users" bar none.

I've got a limited production Schrade "flat grind" drop point lock
back hunter that is meat cutting fool. Don't look fancy but a deer
ain't got a chance come skinning time. All for $15 from e-bay:D :D
Such a Deal;) ;)
 
I don't use the bejeebers out of my EDC or the left front pocket knife which right now is a Schrade Uncle Henry mini stockman (897UH Signature).

Today I seriously thought of buying a Kershaw Double Cross for that pocket. But since I shouldn't spend that money, and this UH hasn't done anything wrong so far... I did not buy the Kershaw.

I do think a locking blade or two would be good, but for a fairly cheap and darn decent knife I'll take this Uncle Henry.

Last thing my EDC did was cut fuel lines on a machine. Last thing my UH did was stripping back several wires.

I haven't decided what the long slender blade on the UH is good for yet. But I love that little Wharncliff!!!!

Joe Shmoe
 
Have ya seen some of the current Schrade's rather high end if ya ask me.:cool:





Photo from AG Russel's on line catalog

A.G. Russel's Online Catalog
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Schrade sometimes gets the short end of the stick, but one of my first knives was a Schrade Trapper, I can remember when as a kid my only choices were Schrade, Buck, or Case, the Remingtons, and Robesons were for my Dad.

That being said I was very happy with my Schrades and when I got a Schrade Sharp Finger, I was beside myself.

These were quality knives at an affordable price, back then people were lucky if they made $8-$10 dollars an hour, my parents mortgage was $250 a month, and my Dad worked 2 jobs to pay the bills.
When I got a $25 knife it felt like I got a $300 William Henry, or a CRK Sebenza.

With all the high end, high dollar knives we've become accustomed to, we tend to lose sight of the fact that the simple pleasure was in owning a good knife to cut with.

Sometimes I feel sorry when I read about the collections some of these younger guys have,(2 or 3 BM's, a couple of Spydies)they have 6 knives and already they've invested a couple of hundred $, when I was a kid we could buy a car for that kind of money:rolleyes: . Than again some of the kids starting out today already have knives I dream of getting, what with a Wife, a preteen Daughter, house payments, and car payments, you get the idea.

I guess what I'm tryin' to say in a round about way is that Schrade, and all the other knife companies that have been around for almost 100 years or more, are still around cause they made a GOOD KNIFE!

There's no sin, or no shame in buying a knife from these companies, bottom line is, with a sharp edge they will get the job done, hell they have for 100 years.

:D
 
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