Strange new sample room knife?

I sent email asking about the bolster. I would really like to have it, but I would just put it in a box with my others, instead of having it out for display.
Seems like a waste to have things that never see the light of day, unless you get the urge to go thru all of your boxes and admire all of your "golden treasure".
 
MW,
The number 153 (as far as I know---there seem to be few absolutes with Schrade) was only used for the 153UH, Golden Spike- 9 1/4 in.- w/Sheath- fix blade. You can find a picture on Larry's site; http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/
So, we have a Sharpfinger name & blade shape (called a Wolverine in the Uncle Henry line) and the number of the Golden Spike on it.
What I find interesting as a person who has made many knives form Schrade blanks is that the 125 (OT & UH) are both full, exposed tang knives. the 153UH is not an exposed tang knife. I would like to see how this thing is put together and how well they did it.

Dale
 
It would not be hard to make the 152OT into a hidden tang knife, or to add a reprofiled 165OT/160OT guard to it A two-piece, remember? This knife looks like the 165OT Craftsman version I showed a while back.
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It is also a full exposed tang in it's production form.
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Codger (little_64)
 
His reply was "No holes or pins that I can detect.Good Luck in the auction!"
Orvet, if the bidding goes above what you want to pay, let me know as I will try, BUT I don't want to bid as long as someone here want's it. It's not a must have, just a want.
 
I'm out of the bidding at $35.00, so if any one else wants in....go for it. thanks.

Paul
 
I'll let youse guys (ya'll to the rest of us'n :p ) know when to stick a fork in me when I'm done. :o

Codger
 
Mountainwind said:
based on how bad someone wants it?
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Exactly. There is a stag case classic muskrat on ebay that I have been hunting for 5-6 years, This is only the second one I have seen, but it is at $152, more than I would pay, If i could find one for around $75 I'd buy it, but that isn't likely to happen :(. Not likely you'll see another one of those 152's either!
 
Dale got an answer back from the seller and it's apparent that the guard is covering the numbers at an angle and you can see the 1 and the top of the 5 and the tip of the 2 which he mistook for a 3. So it is a 152. I don't know about the sample room because it looks more likely to be a cobbled lunch box knife. Regardless of what it is, it's a very interesting piece. Kind of looks like it had a 165 Daddy and a 152 Momma.

Paul
 
You know what fellas, something just hit me like a ton of bricks. The handle on that "sample" knife looks identical to the handles used on Boker tree brand fixed blades that were made in argentina, this could definately be a cobble, since the model number is covered up ect. It wouldn't suprise me a bit.
 
Congrats Redshanks. :D :thumbup: :D

Please post some close-ups of this bad boy and satisfy our curiosity! Please!
I would love to see how that is put together as I have several 152 blanks. That looks like an interesting challenge to put a brass bolster & butt cap on a 152.

What do you think MM? Have you done many fixed blades with brass bolsters?

Congratulations again Redshanks. I am glad that a forum member got it. Now we know that it will be seen and loved by many.

Dale
 
Dale,
Haven't messed with bolsters or guards yet, but I'm sure that will change eventually. I think if you turned the tang down and did some trimming you could slip on a guard then make a handle of your choice, them maybe thread the back of the tang for a thick matching brass/nickle buttcap, top itr off with a nut, like the randalls. Just Ramblin'
 
Thanks Dale, I'll be happy to post photos when I receive the knife, but even the seller described it as having a rough black handle and a crude grind, so I don't know if it will be "loved by many," or even by me. I didn't recognize the names of the last minute bidders and hope I didn't trample on one of the regulars in this forum.

I was trying to figure out how this knife was made but the photo doesn't show enough detail. It looks like the blade has been cut down and isn't as deep as a regular 152.

The handle looks straighter too and if they used a regular production blank and reground it to remove some of the curvature of the handle, there may not be much left of the tang within the handle.
 
Redshanks, I think you are right. Sheathmaker & I had a long telephone conversation about this knife the other day when it came out. It our supposition that someone must have ground down the tang to put that handle on it, unless the tang is exposed, but from what I could tell on the one photo it didn't look like the tang was exposed on the bottom of the knife. I am anxious to see if the handle is a rubberized material, or black derlin, or something else entirely. When I saw it I assumed it was a rough black rubber type material, but Paul (Sheathmaker) thought it was possibly black derlin. I guess you will be the first to know. :D

As a knife maker I am curious if they pinned the bolsters to through the tang or if this was a perhaps all held together by epoxy. I can tell you form experience it is almost impossible to drill through the tang after it has been heat treated, without annealing the tang & re-heat treating the whole blade.

We are all anxiously awaiting your new treasure. :D

Dale
 
Well, I received the knife, but without X-raying the handle, I don't think I'm going to be able to shed much light on how this was made.

It is of course, a 152OT Sharpfinger, no doubt about that. The tang is hidden within the handle, which is a single piece of black Delrin. The Delrin is not sawcut or smooth, but has a rough texture and is a little grippy. The bolster looks like a single piece of brass and the "Uncle Henry" signature is stamped on the end of the bolster on the mark side of the knife. Try as I might, I can't see any seams or pins. The pommel is also solid brass without a nut or pins. The sample knife is a little heavier than a regular production 152, 4.2 oz. versus 3.7 oz., and a tiny bit longer. The extremities of the blade at the widest point have been ground down to give a somewhat slimmer profile.

All in all, this is a very interesting rendition of a Sharpfinger.












This a LARGE photo for comparison:

 
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