Stockman Sunday picture show

[bigfish64]

Wow, that a beautiful knife 315!

 

[315]

Wow, that a beautiful knife 315!

Thanks! That was a rehandled Ulster done by our very own glennbad . Couldn’t be happier with it.

 

[bigfish64]

Thanks! That was a rehandled Ulster done by our very own glennbad . Couldn’t be happier with it.

glennbad does nice work!

 

[JohnDF]

Very fancy and pretty.

 

[Invoice]

 

[black mamba]

 

[TheChunk91]

Paul, that’s a good looking crew right there!!

Thanks Jim. That’s a great looking ulster!

It was time for an updated photo of the bone 861’s. I could barely fit them all on the windowsill.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

I sometimes forget that this one is a stockman, but it is -- and a three spring one at that, complete with clip, spey, and sheepsfoot blades. Case 703 Colt from 1989, bought new by me in that year.

 

[Sventhelumberjack]

A couple of thrifty ones. Colonial USA Ranger in white composite, and an Imperial, Ireland small stockman in woodgrain brown composite. Just picked up in a pawnshop this weekend, $15 together. Both appear to be unused, but with the storage wear one would expect in an unboxed knife stored in a bin full of knives. Good snap and sharp blades.

 

[rockman0]

Paul, that's a very nice full windowsill

Thanks Jim. That’s a great looking ulster!

It was time for an updated photo of the bone 861’s. I could barely fit them all on the windowsill.

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[TheChunk91]

Paul, that's a very nice full windowsill

Thanks Rob.

 

[Bob Denman]

I know it's Monday; but I just found this thread...
How about a 1953 Schrade-Walden Stockman in it's original box, and never carried or sharpened?

 

[TheChunk91]

I know it's Monday; but I just found this thread...
How about a 1953 Schrade-Walden Stockman in it's original box, and never carried or sharpened?

That is a nice knife, but it’s not from 1953. Schrade uncle henry’s were not introduced until 1967.

 

[black mamba]

Paul is correct, but the first year the 885UH appeared in the catalogs was 1970, and the hinged box is the earliest example.

 

[Bob Denman]

This isn't an 885UH. It's a Schrade-Walden 885

 

[TheChunk91]

This isn't an 885UH. It's a Schrade-Walden 885

They are the same thing. Your knife is a schrade walden era 885UH. Any schrade with a UH is part of the uncle henry line, the earliest of which were made in the era of schrade walden.

This is from the 1971 catalog, you can see your knife in the top right.

 

[Bob Denman]

Nope...
The serial number on mine dates it to '53
The lack of the "UH" suffix also points to an earlier knife.
But if I'm wrong: you'll hear it from me...

 

[TheChunk91]

... Yup! Which became just "Schrade" in 1959
The Walden location burned down in 1958

Schrade walden didn’t change their name to schrade until 1973. Yes the walden factory burned around that time, it was the end of an era. I don’t recall the fire was before or after they moved to ellenville.

 

[Bob Denman]

Agreed...
But mine pre-dates the "UH" suffix"
That puts it before 1965 for sure
The bone scales confirm this as ell...

How to Date a Schrade Knife?

It is said that looking at the tang stamp and cover materials is ideal for finding the specific production year of a Schrade knife. However, there are some

www.knifeguides.com

 

[TheChunk91]

Agreed...
But mine pre-dates the "UH" suffix"
That puts it before 1965 for sure
The bone scales confirm this as ell...

How to Date a Schrade Knife?

It is said that looking at the tang stamp and cover materials is ideal for finding the specific production year of a Schrade knife. However, there are some

www.knifeguides.com

Your knife, the schrade walden uncle henry 885, was made from 1970 to 1973. Whether it has a UH suffix or not doesn’t change this fact, and no uncle henry existed before 1967. The handles are not bone but delrin, a tough synthetic material. Schrade called it staglon and it was meant to imitate real stag. Uncle henry knives were never made with bone handles.