Very sad about Schrade

Very sad to loose them. It is pretty hard to picture no more Old Timers and Uncle H's being produced.
 
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Can't beleive the news about Schrade. I am a collector with over 400 knives in my collection including many customs but I have always loved and used Schrades particularly Old Timers and the Uncle Henry LB3 is one of my alltime favorites. To hear this news is almost like the death of an old friend. My love for knives began by coveting the 8OT my Pop Pop kept in his desk when I was little.Inow have that knife and the Shcrade electricians knife he carried every day.I posted earlier but I'm not sure it went through and this issue strikes way to close to home to not share my thoughts with all of you.
I miss my granddad very much even though he's been gone 11years now .
I guess thats why I will always have a soft spot for Old Timers. I can't even look at an Old Timer without thinking of one of my heros.
Didn't mean to get mushy ,but they don't make men like that anymore.
I'm sure thers a few more ol country boy and girls like me out there that realize a knife can be much more than just plastic and steel. It's an October morning with a good Brittany,or the sping woods coming to life with the sound of an old longbeard or the sound of the drag singing when a brookie hits that fly you tied last winter.
Thats what Shcrade means to me, wish I, of said something sooner.
I'm gonna miss em.
Skip Fryling the Pa Knifeguy
 
Schrade, is /was the most popular knife in rual Texas (Case's cost too much)
Most people, farmers, workers carried a small old timer three blade from the local hardware store. My first knives came from a drug store that had "schrade seconds" they had the stamp ground off the tang. If I recall they were around $3.00. each (from the mid 70's) I had three or four, had one survivor, a single blade liner lock type. I broke the tip off using it for a screw driver. After I started making knives i took it apart. Very inovated pivot and handle asemblly. (if you have took one apart you know what I mean)
Became wantabe biker in the early 80's and read all about the Buck 110 as bikers choice. Went to real knife store in big city :) Eyed over the buck 110, price was kinda steep :rolleyes: Bought a large Uncle Henry single blade, locking hunting knife. Carried it for years, wore out two leather belt sheaths. Knife was lost on week long camping trip in the rockies several years ago (I blaim it on the kids)
I think I will go find that old "Schrade second" and put it back together again. It has got to be out in one of those cigar box's somewhere.
 
How long before ALL the knives at Wallyworld are Chinese now that Schrade is gone? I'm sure gonna miss 'em.
 
Aw, jeez, you gotta be $hittin' me. Schrade went belly up? What's next, Daisy B-B guns, Tonka trucks, Levis? What the hell is this country coming to?

Bill
 
Well said, PA. You oughta be a poet, some of the things you've said really brought some good old memories flooding back in. Thanks!
 
very sad also. grew up using their knives. the first oine my dad gave me was a 77ot muskrat, 1975, or 76 I believe. I remember using the waldens, old timers, uncle henry's and the heritage ones, not too mention the new cigar ones. I have to admit I was not a very good supporter for a number of years. I think I bought three of their cigar box knives, only one in the last 7 years?



They will be sorely missed :(

I remember 15 years ago, or so, when one-handers and tactical were new, and unpopular tot he knife scene, sj's still "ruled the roost". with the changes in market, people's desires, it all started to change. Schrade made an n-expensive "working man's" knife, and did a pretty good job of it.

Kudos to schrade!!!!
 
yobbos, not long!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

The walmart near my house (we have 6 where I live) has been seeling of, clearancing all the amercian made bucks, schrade, etc. Im not sure if there are any left. What is left are the SAK'S the taiwan made bucks and gerber's and the knockoffs. :(
 
If Schrade could have maintained the quality of the Old Timer/Uncle Henry lines and then injected 1/10th of the creativity of the folks over at W.R. Case, they'd have lasted another 100 years.

Very few collectors get enthusiastic about contemporary Schrades, yet very few demanding knife users would care to tote a contemporary Case. So, imagine if we had the option to purchase an Old Timer handled with any of the different good-looking materials that Case uses. I know Schrade was hell-bent on keeping the OT/UH line affordable, but they could have kept those and then expanded to include more exotic options too. They could have created products that appealed to both the user AND the collector (not to mention those of use who'd buy a bone-handled OT to use as an EDC). Let's face it (and it pains me to say, because I prefer USER knives to fancy pocket jewelry), Case's business model was better ..... they're still here, Schrade's all gone. :(

Meanwhile, in all this talk about Schrade, let's not forget that Queen is still making a line of gorgeous slipjoints with top-quality D2 steel and natural handles (plus delrin too). Better get one now as I fear good slipjoints are a dying breed.
 
mnblade, I agree. You know the cigar ones they put out, were outstanding quality as good as the heritage models from the 80's, or the early walden. the problem was those were made as collector itmes and not mainstream sales. You are right though, I completely agree if they could have made some changes and still maintained the old lines, I think they may have been fine. Its hard to say as im sure there is much more involved then either one of us knows. I do know, well in my opinion, the attempt they made at making modern one-handers, etc. I thought were kinda crummy. The clip hanger was one good example of a bad tactical/one-hander. The high-end ones they made were nice, but there was no good "middle ground".
 
Damn shame about Schrade.

I have two Old Timers, one is over 35 years old, and is valued more for its history than its quality, but its always hard to see an old friend ride off into the sunset.
 
My very first decent pocket knife was a Schrade Old Timer stockmans knife. That carbon steel main blade is still my personal standard of what makes a great user. It tarnished real bad but would easily take a razor edge. I carried that knife for many years, dozens of other knives have come and gone and I still have it. When I read that Schrade closed I felt like I lost an old friend.
 
Hey WilliePete, I think Levi's recently moved production out of the country... either Mexico or China now. :( :mad: :grumpy:
 
Levi's has had factories in other countires for years now. We had one south of little rock when I lived in Arkanasas. the day of truly made american products is really coming to a bad place. You can pick up almost anything and find that the american made label, does not neccessarily mean coompletely made in USA.
 
The last US Levi's plant closed this past spring. All Levis are imports now.
 
I think we have to face the fact that as consumers we are partly responsible for some of the decline in amercian made products. We all like to shop at places like wally world and we like to save money. Truthfully, we may not be able to stop it, but we can be concious of the knives we buy, where we buy them from and where they are made. We cannot stop it, but we do not have to contribute to it. I have not bought a knife in wally world for a very long time. personaly I have nothing against them. I do buy things from there (still guilty), but I will not buy knives there.
 
I think we're past the point of having an effect as consumers. If we were to boycott everything foreign, we'd starve, naked, in the dark. :mad:

Bill
 
Bill,
I dont think we are of "no affect" when it comes to being consumers. Marketing, no matter what business still takes costumers very seriously, but what outweighs much is cost-effectiveness". it still does come down to, is "supply and "demand". Most people I think, in my opinion, myself included to a certain point, want to save money!!!
 
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