Schrade Walden 153 SN # 00220

Jakeboy

Jakeboy

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I'm a new member. I just spent a lot of time on an introduction of myself, complete description/history of this knife, etc. For some reason, my 1,000 word description disappeared upon try to post it up!! I'm not going to try that again!
I'm running a new Apple MacPro, too (best for forums, IMO). I'll cut to the chase: I have a Shrade-Walden 153, SN 00200 w/original sheath. I've owned it since 1973.

I'm interested in selling it.
 
did you have any pictures?
i am not sure the best place to sell?
i think you have to be a paying member
as well.
did not notice if you were.
you can ask bernard levine about value?
or you can post on the for sale by individuals?
really am not that knowledgeable in what and where
to post.
hope i could help just a little though,
jd
 
Jakeboy said:
I'm a new member. I just spent a lot of time on an introduction of myself, complete description/history of this knife, etc. For some reason, my 1,000 word description disappeared upon try to post it up!! I'm not going to try that again!
I'm running a new Apple MacPro, too (best for forums, IMO). I'll cut to the chase: I have a Schrade-Walden 153, SN 00200 w/original sheath. I've owned it since 1973.
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I'd like to see the knife too. Hope you get back on. If you would email me a picture or two of the knife, I'll post it for you. Or, if you would sign up for a PHOTOBUCKET account at:

http://register.photobucket.com/

Then you can upload the pictures of your knives to your new PHOTOBUCKET album, then cut and paste the link PHOTOBUCKET provides that is wrapped with IMG codes.

You can send me an email at halbrandenburg@sbcglobal.net

Welcome to the forum, we all like to read here too, but a picture is worth 1000 words. :D
 
Hi Jakeboy and Welcome to bladeforums

Sounds like you've got a gem there!

Please do find a way to post many pictures of your Schrade Walden 153UH with the box and papers. Then we can compare to the pictures Larry has posted.

It's very exciting for someone that doesn't own one to find out there's more than just one out there. Gives a guy something to look forward to!

Howie
 
I don't have a box or papers for it. I found it in 1973 or 74 in a storage shed for an apartment I rented when I was going to school in AZ. I've used this knife for deer hunting over the years, so it has some miles on it. I have a photo bucket account and will post up some pics here this morning.

I've been buying, selling and gifting knives most of my life, but most do not have any collector value other than a nice M1, uncut bayonet from WW2, a Navy Kabar from 1943 with the fiberglass sheath and a Benchmade Emerson CQC7, which I use a lot. Most of what I have I've bought because I liked them and some I've bought because I had a specific need for them at the time. I do love buying knives and will probably pay more attention to this forum going forwards now that I've found it.

Thanks to all for the welcome messages and replies!
 
Here are the pics. I have done my best to portray this knife with all of its flaws. This knife has been used by me on numerous deer hunts over the years. It has never been pounded on its back to split bones, joints, etc. on deer. I borrowed a hatchet or a friends Bowie for that duty. The cracks in the handle were existing when I found this knife. It appears as though it may have been dropped on a hard surface or the screw was overtightened. It looks like it could be repaired or possibly replaced with a new one. To me it was never a problem as it was a "working knife". The stitching around the sheath opening was frayed when I found it, so I used a stiff wire to hold the edges together. This could definitely be re-sewn. I just never found the need to do so.

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Jakeboy - Thanks for posting the pics -- Congrats :thumbup:

Well the gem has certainly lived as the tool it was intended to be.
Again, real glad to see there's more than a single one out there!
I've heard tell of a third but haven't seen any pictures of it.
The Schrade mysteries continue .........

Howie
 
Well, we know at least 220 of the blades were made. I think you ought to hang onto that one. It looks like it's had a lot of love. :thumbup:
 
G'day Jakeboy and thanks for showing us your beloved knife. It is the real McCoy with identical tang stamping and the distinctive staglon handle colors of this earliest edition 153UH,all the same as mine....<the later editions had far less cream color on the handles>.It would also have had the earliest UH paperwork and the distinctive gold sticker on the box it came in...<I just whispered to mine he has a long lost brother found after some 39 years apart and is no longer an orphan>.....
Its appropriate to put your knife now in the back paddock to eat the grass and see out his days in peace and sunshine IMO....he would seem to be one of the very few survivors of very limited number made..as per lrv's notes in my original posting on the Schrade Walden 153UH Golden Spike.. somehow it got out of the factory same time as mine...perhaps they were given out by Schrade to folk to actually 'test' their new design in the field during the transition period of Schrade Walden becoming just Schrade Corporation in 72/73....<and the owner of mine squibbed out and put it away and it remained Mint for which I'm thankful>.....who ever really knows with Schrade...?
You have a very scarce knife with that tang stamping..thanks for showing and welcome,we'll make you a Schradeaholic too if you stick around...Hoo Roo from Oz.
 
Welcome Jakeboy! You've solved an ongoing riddle as to the "one of" status of the elusive Schrade Walden stamped Golden Spike.

You may not know it but for "Uncle Henry's Lost Souls" (nice one Larry) this kinda thing is epic. Nice contribution, nice pics. Hope you post some more fine Schrades and you've certainly come to the right place to learn all about them. :D
 
Thanks for all of your replies! I'm going to retire this knife, as Larry303, has suggested. A knife that has some historical value shouldn't be put through any more than this one already has been. Even with all its warts, it's still a beautiful piece of work and I can testify that it performed beautifully in the field. There are very few knives that are so clean in design and feel so good in the hand. Many fine white-tailed deer were field dressed with it. I think I'll hang on to this one (and put it in my safe)! :)

I know I can have the sheath re-sewn by a good leather person and possibly have them refurbish the sheath itself, but is there anything you guys think could be done in the way of repair of the grip?

I'll start a thread tomorrow on another knife (a dagger), I came across, it's a real odd ball, I think.
 
jake,i really don't have the authority to say this.
there are guys who can restore that knife to new
condition.
question is,should it be restored,or left alone>?
i don't know the answer,but i don't think it will
hurt the value.
but i really don't know.
someone will give you some good advice before it's
over.
i am sure of that.best group of guys on the net
here.
jd
 
....as Bernard Levine says....you would then have a knife that has been lovingly destored and restroyed....your knife has all the character of its many years of faithful service..I personally love it just like it is....no glues, no polish,no steel wool,..just like a faithful old hound you just let it be with you....thats about as sentimental as this old war horse gets.....Hoo Roo
 
only having a 153UH with the serial number of 236091 so am envious of yours. my humble vote would be to leave the knife as is. it got there by being used in the fashion it was designed and to change would be to erase all that great history stored in it and earned by it. the knife looks great the way it is!
 
Larry303 said:
....as Bernard Levine says....you would then have a knife that has been lovingly destored and restroyed....your knife has all the character of its many years of faithful service..I personally love it just like it is....no glues, no polish,no steel wool,..just like a faithful old hound you just let it be with you....thats about as sentimental as this old war horse gets.....Hoo Roo
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Thanks jdracing, delmas2nd and Larry303! I'm the owner of two fine dogs, one of which is getting on in years, so Larry303's comments really got to me. I think you're right Larry303. The flaws give it character.

I remember looking at an incredible firearm collection one time, and the owner (a woman), had a very well worn, Henry rifle that had Native American decoration on it (old glass beads carved and sunk into the stock, brass bits, etc.). I commented that it was too bad the rifle wasn't in better condition and she said that she acquired the rifle "because", it was so well worn and came to her through a close Lakota tribal friend. She also said "Can you imagine the stories this rifle could tell, if it could talk? The Warrior that lovingly decorated and used it? It's priceless to me!" She was around 70 years old and had her extensive collection of firearms on display in St. Augustine, FL. This was almost 20 years ago, so she's probably gone now. I'll never forget her saying, with a coy kind of smile on her face, "You wouldn't believe what I had to do to get some of these." That gal had the right stuff, and I would have proposed to her on the spot, had my wife not been with me! ;)

I'm understanding what you've said, now. Those dings and cracks, etc., are badges of honor that allow this knife to say "I've served and served well".

I'm thinking I should do a write up on this knife and tell its story (how it was found and used over the years), have it notarized, and keep it with the knife. It may add more value and interest after I'm gone.

I'll post up my write up when I've finished it. I've got to put some thought into it, so it may be a little while.
 
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Jakeboy You have been given SOUND advice IMHO "Badge of Honor" those are powerful and perfect words for the old girl;) you have there!! I am not sure if you have kids or other significant folks to pass her on to BUT you are on the right track to documet your thoughts and some of her History!!:thumbup:

I have some OLD family pieces and notes in baggies attached to them :confused: !! who bought or how the object was aquired and year If know as well as other pertinent (as I see it) info to be dessimenated by later generations!!:eek:

Good luck and Take care!!
 
6.0stroker said:
Jakeboy You have been given SOUND advice IMHO "Badge of Honor" those are powerful and perfect words for the old girl;) you have there!! I am not sure if you have kids or other significant folks to pass her on to BUT you are on the right track to documet your thoughts and some of her History!!:thumbup:

I have some OLD family pieces and notes in baggies attached to them :confused: !! who bought or how the object was aquired and year If know as well as other pertinent (as I see it) info to be dessimenated by later generations!!:eek:

Good luck and Take care!!
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Thanks, 6.0stroker! I guess one of the ways we can be remembered is to leave something of personal value to our surviving family. Maybe that's why human beings are natural collectors of things. The best of what we collect (or treasure), is left to our loved ones. The rest of our "stuff", matters very little.

At first, I wanted to sell this knife to raise some cash, but it's one of the very few objects I have remaining from my entire adult life. The bows and rifles I used to take the many deer are all but gone, yet this knife was there all along. It was with me on numerous camping and backpacking trips, always doing its job.

I must have been crazy to even consider selling it.

I owe a debt of gratitude to all the guys that chimed in on this knife.

Jakeboy aka Dave
 
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