Schrade Walden 880 KON-KAV

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New look to the forum, new knife in the mail. a Schrade Walden 880 KON-KAV. Red Bone Handles, but not peachseed. Master blade mirror polished on the mark side. All other blades glazed finish.

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Nice job on the shield. Not pinned, but flush with the handle surface. Great action, no wobble. Touches of pepper spots here and there. Guessing it was made in the time right before 1958 when the switch was made to Delrin.

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Delrin may of been a good thing business wise, but looking back what a shame that had to happen. How could they!! Especially when you look and feel a knife as nice as that in the hand. Good find Hal!! Even the grind on the main blade seems much more acute than ones on later KON-KAV blades. :thumbup::thumbup:

Russell
 
Fantastic knife Hal, beautiful swedges! You sure have been picking up some nice ones lately:thumbup::thumbup:

Eric
 
Hal that is a beautiful knife. I am looking for one also, it doesn't have to be bone just new condition.
Harold
 
thawk said:
New look to the forum, new knife in the mail.
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Yeah, I noticed that. Had to go advanced to find the smileys or preview my post. :p
PS, What's the new knife?
thawk said:
a Schrade Walden 880 KON-KAV. Red Bone Handles, but not peachseed. Master blade mirror polished on the mark side. All other blades glazed finish.

Nice job on the shield. Not pinned, but flush with the handle surface. Great action, no wobble. Touches of pepper spots here and there. Guessing it was made in the time right before 1958 when the switch was made to Delrin.

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Nice find Hal! When you say "not pinned", I take it you are referring to the shield? I don't recall seeing any that were? (Pinned, that is.)
-Bruce
 
Bruce:

No, the shield is not pinned. They pined them after 1946 (and before of coure) but I do not know when they stopped. Sometimes you can see the pin showing through the surface of the shield (like a bolster pin)

Hal
 
thawk said:
New look to the forum, new knife in the mail. a Schrade Walden 880 KON-KAV. Red Bone Handles, but not peachseed. Master blade mirror polished on the mark side. All other blades glazed finish

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Hi thawk,
I have some mint Schrade Walden 881s and two 880 KON-KAV knives in their tubes. However the handles look to be Delrin. When did Schrade change over to Delrin from Bone...Ken
 
Ken - I think around 1957-58 they switched to almost all composite materials (they had always done some), but before they used Delrin, they used a few others. If you look at the catalogs from the late 50's, they started using the term "stagged" rather than bone stag. I'd like to know what pattern got the first Delrin handles, and when that was.
 
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