Schrade Walden Slip Joint Hunter

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I have pictures, but haven't figured how to open them up yet. I will post pictures later, but in the meantime.....It's about 5 to 6 inches long closed. Yellow handle, clip and skinner blades like the trapper. nickle bolsters and pins. Tang marked on the main blade "Schrade Walden" NY and on the spey blade "225". I bought this knife I think in about 1957 or 1958, maybe a year or so later. The price at that time was $9.95 retail, or at least that's what I paid. It did not come with a sheath. I bought it at La Pryor, Texas in a combination drive in grocery/bar during hunting season. It has dressed countless White Tail bucks and a couple of years ago my daughter claimed it as a keepsake. It is in amazing condition considering the constant and repeated use over the years. I'll post the pictures just as soon as I can.

Paul
 
You have me intrigued, Paul. Can't wait to see those pics. Do hurry, please...

Glenn
 
Some catalog prices on the 225 and 225H Hunter. Where the H stands for Hole
These are MSRP.
1955 225/225h 4.95
1957-1966 225/225H 5.95
1967 big jump to 6.75
Havent found a 225Y from that time frame which would make it a "special"
If you can email the pictures to me I can post em for ya.
TTYL
Larry
 
Here are a couple of 225 models The one in the tube is a Schrade Walden in delrin. the Cell is a Schrade cut which was the same pattern but had several different numbers. 21043/8 M. I also included 2 of the original dies used to make the body of the knives. I have them in jigged bone but this should give some idea and I did not have to dig them out of display cases. LT
 
I just emailed the pictures to Codger a few minutes ago so he should have them up for me before long. The handles are really yellow so I guess they are Cell. I am the first and only owner of this knife not counting my daughter.
I may have paid less than 9.95....it was in the 5.95 time frame and that was a long time ago.

Paul


Edited to add: Larry I just emailed the pictures to you also as I'm not sure they got through to Mike>
 
Paul,
I think I got them before Codger. He is still on dialup.

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Hard to tell but from the shadows around the pin I would guess on cell. Still looks in great shape. LT's older Cut is a beauty. The style/pattern goes way back even before LT was a pup.

TTYL
Larry
Here is a pict from the old reprint of the catalog in the 30's. Note the different handles offered. Oh to be able to travel back in time...
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Thanks Larry. I finally figured out why Codger didn't get the pics. Duh! You have to get the email address EXACTLY right....close doesn't count. I also went way back in my memory bank after I read the prices you posted. Two of those kinves were purchased that day for in the neighborhood of ten bucks. My father-In-law bought both of them and gave me one and he kept one which later went to my son from his Grand Dad. Boy, that WAS a long time ago, but the memories of the good hunts and good times with that knife seem not so long ago.

Paul
 
I am new to Bladeforum so I hope I don't make any mistakes.
I have a 225H that my Father bought in the late 50'S or early 60's. It looks like the one Lt posted in the tube, except it had a lanyard hole in the rear bolster. That checks with the time frame Irv posted of 1957-1966 including the H for the lanyard hole.

Dale
 
To be sure what is the tang marking. but it would seem you are right on. Mistakes heck we are a cluster grouping of mistakes and I am the major malfunction welcome aboard . LT
 
Dale, welcome!. We're flattered that you chose the Schrade forum for your first post.

That big old folding hunter is a beauty knife. I refer to this pattern as the one old Mr. Buck blew out of the water and made obsolete when he designed the 110. The 224-225 models have held their price well, note what they get on ebay.

Phil
 
The tang says:
SCHRADE-WALDEN
N.Y. U.S.A.
225H

Thanks LT & Phil for the welcome.
 
Post 46 pre 73 approx. I believe it is 60tys or late 50 tys ( whoops that is when you said you got it so I guess that was not such a tough call. ) Your handles are the yellow translucent plastic that was used on mainly the Ulster and Schrade fish knives. Having one in this pattern and material is rare and quite sought after. I could see your knife bringing 150 or more because of this factor. LT PS by this time of production they had stopped using celluloid. In fact this would have been made in Ellenville after 56 . The Walden Schrade plant had a celluloid house ( building where this highly flammable material was kept.) As I have mentioned in the past the roofs of these buildings had hinges and would float in the wind to allow the gas buildup ( that occurs naturally with this material ) to be blown out by the wind. However here is the sickening part of this story some of this cell was the most beautiful handle material ever made rare old patterns that will never be duplicated. However like I said it was dangerous stuff when Schrade moved from Walden to Ellenville they just gave ( most of it ) away or threw it away. Today it would be a gold mine. Cell is made today however in very few patterns and any collector can usually look at the handles and see if they are original or replacments. Just one 4 foot sheet of a rare original pattern would be an amazing find. Sorry there I go rambling again. I guess since I have this cold and am locked down with the two cats and no one to talk to ( I am so horse I cannot talk anyway ) that this is my alternate form a babbling. I will be home if anyone wants to stop by don't bother if you are not of the femine gender and between the ages of 21 and 65. The exception to this would be if you come bearing medicine of an alcoholic nature.
 
LT or Codger; Along about the same time I got this 225, Queen Steel had a similar, no it was almost identical pattern to this one except for the scales. It seems like they were imitation stag looking, and may have had stainless blades. All of us young hunters had to have one or the other of those two. Do you guys remember the knife I'm referring to?

Paul
 
Most companies made this model ( ie Hunter pattern ) I am attaching a pic from a 1980 book of the winterbottom version from Queen. I have not included the price since it is 25 years out of date. I also included a pic of the only 2 models of automatics made by Queen . It is a toothpick style and the only difference is that the later version has a lock. This was not the greatest mechanism ever devised and had a lot of problems. Over the years there has been a lot of controversy over these knives. First of all since the handles are an early plastic ( comp ) that are impossible to duplicate ( exactly ) so people have rehandled these knives in Pearl and cell and sold them as special editions. Also over the years parts keep popping up and many of these are put togethers. These knives do not lock in the open position another point that uninformed buyers often question. Any kind of continuous use seems to really screw these up. However as with most things that are delicate they are one of the prettiest knives of this style ever produced. This pair is mint. See how I got around talking about the hunter. Jimmy Sargeant has a great reference to Queens in most of his editions. LT
 
Yes, LT...that's the one I was thinking of. The winterbottom. The 225 and that Queen were really popular down here with the deer hunters in the late 50's and 60's and in fact until Buck came out with the 110, they were the knife of choice. I've had several 110's and in fact sold them in my gun department in my Western Auto store, but I wouldn't trade that old 225 for a dozen 110's. It would hold an edge forever and the one in the pictures above is still scary sharp.

Paul
 
I love old paper and the old western auto catalogues were and are dream lists. Just amazing. I love the old handguns that were sold like bags of potato chips. Most of those western models were German guns with names like frontier marshall, years later I got tied up with the fellow who bought all the remaining parts. It was immense. He put together some of those old westen style revolvers I was amazed the first time I saw them just like 1950 but pristene. These hand guns were originally inexpensive and everyone had one in the glove compartment of there pick up. So to find one like new with that solid steel barrel and pristene action was rare. in the 90 tys most had been beat to death. I kept one in 357. It is as nice as any high ender bought today. Some times I carry mine in my old pickup. which is just as nice as my pistol LT
 
LT,
Did you get a new pickup truck? Last one of yours I saw was 3 leg-ed.
Collecting old paper seems to be a natural outgrowth of knife collecting.
Books, catalogs, ads, flyers, brouchers all seem to get my attention when one of the Schrade companies are named.
Western Auto in the early 60's was a great place to go and browse.
TTYL
Larry
 
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