Unknown Schrade knife (any clues)?

Ok worky now.

Always nice to see one I've never seen before.

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As a landscaper I can really appreciate the industry specfic knives Schrade produced.
 
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It is a budding/grafting horticulture knife. The early ones have ivory on the ends, later was Delrin.
 
That's a horticultural knife, the white object sticking out of the back is used for grafting buds. Nice knife.

Ooops! Sorry Michael, I must have been posting the same time as you LOL.

Eruc
 
Eruc (heh!), I always look forward to your input here. I hope things are going well for you and yours!
 
Ha! I didn't even notice that! Can't even spell my own name :D

Doing OK, still job hunting but I'm holding my own for now. Should have a shop set up by Spring to start doing some of my own work, I'll keep you updated as things progress.

That may be ivory on that knife, I know they used it at least for several years into the Schrade Walden era.
 
ea42 said:
Ha! I didn't even notice that! Can't even spell my own name :D

Doing OK, still job hunting but I'm holding my own for now. Should have a shop set up by Spring to start doing some of my own work, I'll keep you updated as things progress.

That may be ivory on that knife, I know they used it at least for several years into the Schrade Walden era.
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It is hard for me to say without the knife in hand, but it does look like ivory in the photos.

I would very much like to see you set up shop and make a go of it. I haven't a clue as to what machinery that would require, but suppose it would depend on your goal. I know that Herman has done well with his retirement income embellishing Schrade knives, a limiting factor being scarcity of base knives and now proper stag. You might even get skeletons from other cutleries unless you are going the full custom route. I have no doubt that you will succeed whichever you decide to do.
 
Good on you Eric...I ditto Codger's remarks above.....we've all been a Schrade family for quite a few years now....and like most family's we have a few squabbles however never stop having best regards for one another....'Albers USA' has a great ring to it mate...and I'm certain would meet a niche market... or perhaps 'Alberschrade USA' Quality Cutlery...not a hint of Chinee or Taylor or............Hoo Roo
 
Seems like this knife was also offered in bone stag pre Schrade Walden, based on the catalogs on COS. That would be a nice one to see as well.
 
Hi All, yep Budding knife,
As a nurseryman , plant propagator this is the tool of my trade,
the tongue on the back is a bark lifter, you cut the bark layer with the blade flip the knife around and pry the bar back to slip a bud in.
these type of knives are ambidextrous and were used a lot in rose and fruit tree budding, these days for speed we use a knife that has a bark lifter incorporated in the front , back of the blade, this saves flipping the knife around, and predominately left or right handed.
ive got knives and grafting tools that have used ivory, bone, plastic. some have incorporated the end bark lifter as part of the scales and ran them to a point.

regards
paul
 
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