Slipjoint newbie questions

EMT_Lee

EMT_Lee

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Hey guys. This is my first post in this forum, as I'm pretty new to slipjoints. I had some when I was younger, but I didn't care as much about knives then. My only other slipjoint is a Victorinox Farmer. Anyways, my friends dad passed away, and my friend brought me a couple knives his dad had (my friend doesnt like knives, and didn't want them).

One is a Case XX Canoe knife. It's got Chrome Vanadium blades, according to the box. It's got a picture of an indian in a canoe on the main blade, and it's got pretty cool looking red bone scales. I guess it's been used, because the blades have some scratches on them. But, I guess it wasnt stored properly, and it's got quite a bit of rust on the blades, and the action feels gritty. Is there anyway I can clean this up? Or, just do the best I can with scotchbrite/fine-grit sandpaper and use it in good health?

The next one is a Schrade Scrimshaw. I think this one is brand new, since it was still in a plastic baggy inside of the box. It's a three-blade knife with ducks on the handle. The box is numbered "505SC". I really like this knife, but the main blade had what I assume was dried oil on it, but I cleaned it up and it looks good except for one big black patina mark. The action on this knife is really "crisp" feeling. Is this knife worth anything? Should I put it back in the box, or just use it?
 
You should be able to clean that Canoe up with oil and maybe some Flitz or Simichrome polish. I would not use sandpaper unless it was really, really, really bad. If you oil and work, oil and work, and clean out the pivots, the action should improve significantly. There may be a bit of crud in there making things gritty. Once you get 'er cleaned up, that knife should make a fine user. If you can post images of the tang stamp, we should be able to tell you when that knife was made. Since the box says "chrome vanadium" on it, my guess is that it's probably not very old. Does it have one backspring or two?

I don't know much (anything) about Schrade, so I can't say much about that one. I don't think either knife would be particularly valuable in the sense of being worth a lot of money, but they should be good, solid knives.
 
DennisStrickland said:
ditto to moonwilson. the schrade sounds like contempary production. a good user not real valuable.
dennis
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Apparently, they made several different ones with that model number, all with different pictures of ducks. It's back when Schrade were made in the USA, and it's got the carbon (1095 I assume) blades. It's from the 80's or early 90's, from what I can gather. Some of them are selling for around $135 NIB. Not sure what you define "contempary production", but it's not one of the Taylor brand knives. That should have been obvious, however, when I named it carbon steel in my original post.
 
Moving this from "Traditional" over to the Schrade Collector's forum for the experts to peruse (since the OP doesn't seem satisfied or to have gotten the answer he is looking for...)
 
The 135.00 selling price is an Ebay version of "Physhing" and eventually someone might pull the trigger. The Scrimshaw series NIB going price is probably more like $35.00 to $45.00 for a nice stockman or trapper, but $50 or $60 is not uncommon. I've noticed certain animals appeal to different collectors. These knives will appear in both stainless and carbon versions. In my opinion, the collectors value of a knife like this will steadily increase, and they do make a great knife to use. The scrims were as well made as the Old Timers or Uncle Henry's. Only difference is the color of the handles.
 
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Blues said:
Moving this from "Traditional" over to the Schrade Collector's forum for the experts to peruse (since the OP doesn't seem satisfied or to have gotten the answer he is looking for...)
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Thanks for moving it. I wasn't aware this forum exsisted.
 
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