schrade's 'third generation" C648

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i have beaten the bushes for all of my 'reliable sources' and they all just shrug their shoulders when i ask where to start lookin for a model C648, made in 1982-3 and then the line was discontinued..........any help would be great...........thanks in advance....hal
 
Ive never seen one and have been looking for a while. Its the last in the series I'm in need of. If you run across a pile of em please let me know.
This is a copy from the catalog. The knife is 3 1/4" closed and has a rosewood handle. Original retail was 30.00. See my previous posting on the LB4 and C641 for coloring.
There is a SS648 which is as the SS denotes all Stainless Steel which has been re-released without the 3rd generation stamping and can be found on E-Bay.

Thanks
Larry

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hi irv, in the april 1985 natl. knife magizine they have a good article on the third generation and a pic of c648. i have the mag, and just re-read the article which got me going on this project. any others after one of these knives? hal
 
Guys... is this congress-like (sway back) pattern typical of all 'third generations?

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Phil
 
Phil ,
There were 7 knives in the series. All had the same curve as the 2 you showed. 2 of the 7 were Stainless Steel (SS).
Ill post a picture of em all (missing the 648) in a little while.

Seems my wife downloaded a new version of AOL and her system doesn't work like it used too any more. Dad to the rescue.
TTYL
Larry
 
Phil,

3rd generations. 1983-1984
minus the C648

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IXL's
Minus the BS60. BS60 is a 3 bladed stockman similar the the 8OT. 1981-1982

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Hope this causes some of you to look in the junk draw and find me a missing knife! :D
Thanks
Larry
 
Wow Larry, those are nice......if I ever find the C648 or the BS60 I promise I'll come here for you to take a shot at it. Hell, I'd give either one to you just so there were no gaps in your collection.

Man, you guys have some nice stuff. :)

Bill
 
Here are a couple of IXL editions done while Schrade owned that company. The large one is a Pat applied for ( possible prototype ) of a large stag lockback which IXL offered into the market in competition with Bucks ect when they were the rage in the late 70 tys and 80 tys. Notice the round rear bolster. Also no rivits on the handles in real stag. This one is etched Pat applied for since it was the one sent here from England to market them. In the end I only know of a couple of special editions ( out west like a centennial for some city or something similar ) where these were the model used for the issue. They were expensive and to well made to compete also the adhesive for the handles had not really been perfected at that time so sometimes they fell off. The final straw was production problems in England. Still it is a rare IXL and one the collector of these items should look for since there were so few made. The other knife is a smoothbone ( real bone ) IXL canoe . I had this one custom hand etched with a whaling scene. LT
 
Always a pleasure to see those fine knives LT shows us. I can understand the use of glue to affix stag handles. No danger of cracking them during construction. But I guess the glue has to be a good one. That is a special lockback.

Thanks Larry for showing off those neat third generations. OK, as in the past, I have your model number saved among my own 'must haves'. Long list.

Phil
 
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