Sunday Morning Antique Store Find

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ducks_and_bucks66

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I do believe this may have been my best work trip ever. On the way home Sunday morning, decided to drive a different way home. Took me longer but was it worth it. Found this unusual custom Schrade and got the owner to accept $50 for it. Got so giddy that I also bought a Case Sod Buster Jr that had customized stag handles as well. Then when I got home, found the Canal Street Stag Wildcat Driller waiting for me. Hope no one minds the pics of non-Schrade knives on here. Didn't figure on spending $100 on the way home but felt like I got my money's worth just for the Schrade alone.

The owner had no clue as to who did the customization. It's a SC524 with what I assume is real jigged bone (the knife is heavy). You can see from the pics and maybe tell me what the handle is made of better than I. I realize there are probably a lot of guys who do customization work. Was wondering if anyone recognized the mark on the backside of the blade as seen on the 3rd pic. Any ideas? Anyways, work was good to me this weekend!

Marc

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I dont know anything about the sc524 but it sure looks good. nice find and for $50 it seems like it was more that worth it. real neat custom work too. joel
 
Thats a nice custom. Not sure on the mark though, the handles look like white jigged bone, or possibly (big guess here) jigged micarta. I'll bet that whoever bought it to start with paid alot more than $50 for it, there is $50 worth of file work on it. nice find, very unique, just the way I like'em looks like maybe a repaired crack at the center pin on the pile side, or is that just something on the scanner?
 
Yea, that's the scanner. I really do need to clean the thing. I figured the work on the knife alone was worth more than $50 and I needed a SC524 for my collection anyways so it killed two birds with one stone. I've heard it said before and I think it rings true. The hunt is almost as good as the knife. This town I found the knife in couldn't have had more than 300 people in it. But they had about 9 case knives, a Cammilus (that I should have bought for $18) and some other knifes and all of them were in great condition.
 
What sort of store was it Marc..wish we had stores like that out here.That Canal Street is a beauty too I'm a softy for 51OT's and that sunfish blade really appeals. Hoo Roo
 
Larry,
Just a little old antique store. They're just stores that are filled with older things from years gone by. I never really stopped in one before I became serious about collecting knives. Now, I stop in them all the time. Not only good for finding knives, but lots of things that were around when I was a kid but not anymore. It's good for the soul actually.
 
ducks_and_bucks66 said:
Yea, that's the scanner. I really do need to clean the thing. I figured the work on the knife alone was worth more than $50 and I needed a SC524 for my collection anyways so it killed two birds with one stone. I've heard it said before and I think it rings true. The hunt is almost as good as the knife. This town I found the knife in couldn't have had more than 300 people in it. But they had about 9 case knives, a Cammilus (that I should have bought for $18) and some other knifes and all of them were in great condition.
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you did good, that's for sure. There is most definately more than $50 worth of work on that knife. I get $50 for a rehandle alone, with all the filework, someone may have paid over $150 for that knife depending on the embellisher. The cool thing is, that is probably the only one like it.
 
That is the same or nearly so to a 123OT my favorite Schrade, Congratulations on your find, that is a gorgeous knife.
 
Jenner 515 said:
That is the same or nearly so to a 123OT my favorite Schrade, Congratulations on your find, that is a gorgeous knife.
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I second that Jenner. The 123OT and the 124UH are awesome knives. I've been looking for a 123OT and finally picked one up this weekend. They come up on Ebay every once in a while, but usually went past my high water mark.

The filework on that one is really nice Marc.:thumbup:
 
Marc,
That is a nice looking knife!!!:thumbup: :thumbup:
I would say it is a keeper!
Check inside the liners and see if you can find a name in there. I think I heard once that is where Herman Williams marked some of his knives.

Dale
 
thawk said:
I second that Jenner. The 123OT and the 124UH are awesome knives. I've been looking for a 123OT and finally picked one up this weekend. They come up on Ebay every once in a while, but usually went past my high water mark.

The filework on that one is really nice Marc.:thumbup:
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I'd love a 123 as a carry knife, but even used ones run way over $50. Sad, really.

Nice set of knives, though. :D
 
Marc, Sweet finds. Sounds like your on a treasure hunt every time your on the road. The thrill is in the hunt.
Dave
 
Thanks guys. Didn't see anything inside the liner but I thought I heard someone say Hoo Roo every time it opened. Must be an Aussie owned knife :p . In my job, I put about 60,000-70,000 miles a year on my SUV. It now is programmed to stop at any antique store, hardware store and flea market along the way. The thrill of the hunt is almost as magical as the knives we find. Plus, I don't have to wait the the final five minutes to see if someone will outbid me.
 
Sword and Shield said:
I'd love a 123 as a carry knife, but even used ones run way over $50. Sad, really.

Nice set of knives, though. :D
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I have seen the 123OT go over $50.00 for months and months. Usually way over. I finally landed one Saturday for just under $40.00. Lucked out!

Same thing happened with a 124UH and 127UH a while back. I've bid on dozens and dozens on the hunter patterns, and diligence and patience finally pays off. That guy from Sonora Texas usually buys all of them.

Ebay Item 300090142212 New, but no box.
 
The fun is in the hunt, buying them is just icing on the cake! I enjoy doing roadtrips through small towns, almost all of them have old hardware stores that sometimes have treasures.

John
 
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