Unidentified Schrade 834

[kbc71]

Hey guys, I found your site while trying to identify this knife, and I was hoping one of you could help me. I'll hang around and maybe after I learn a little bit more I'll actually be able to contribute.

My brother bought me this knife for Christmas from an antique store, and I've been trying to figure out how old it is sense. I am yet to find a picture of a similar knife. It is a three blade pocket knife. On the large blade there is

SCHRADE
WALDEN
NY

on one side and in larger text 834 on the other side. If there was anything following the 834, it has been rubbed off by the opening and closing of the blade. The handle appears to be of wood. The handle is smooth unlike many of the Schrade's I've seen. Most notably, the handle does not have a Schrade shield on either side, the only indication on the blade. From the condition of the knife I'm assuming it is either very old, or was used quite a bit. Any help is appreciated, I'm really just aiming to learn how old it is.

Thanks,

Kyle

I can email a picture if that would help

 

[thawk]

Kyle:

With the stamp you mention, I would put the date around 1950, give or take a few years. Schrade changed from the Schrade Cut Co stamp to the Schrade Walden NY stamp in 1946. At first, most of the Schrade Walden knives had that stamping on all blades. Sometime in the early 1950's they added USA to the stamp, and only stamped the master blade. Around that time they began to put the three number pattern stamp on the back of the master blade too. None of the subtle difference was necessarily the same for each particular pattern.

Out of curiosity, what color is the wood, and is the wood pinned or just glued on to the frame? Also curious if this 834 has the sheepsfoot-pen, or spey-pen secondary blade configuration. There was also a propwood handle back then, but it was the 832, and it had a shield.

Hal

 

[kbc71]

Hal,
Thanks for the help. The handle is pinned, with three on one side and four on the other. Also, I believe it's actually bone-handled. The secondary blade is a spey point. The third blade looks like a spey point but is much thinner

Kyle

 

[tongueriver]

Sounds like bone which has been worn smooth, or a re-handle. The lack of a shield might suggest a re-handle? Did the 832 come in propwood? I know it came (later) with a unique wood-look Delrin. The 823 also came (exclusively, I think) in propwood.

 

[thawk]

The 832 came in Wonda-Wood before Delrin:

I'm not sure what this one is, but it is as hard as glass. It is marked 832.