Vintage Old Timer Ad

[JM2]

Old Timer knives were a big part of my childhood. Case XX knives were unobtainable as a young'un, but an occasional Schrade Old Timer was within my grasp. I carried one for many years, doing the things kids do with knives; Whittling, playing mumbly peg, swapping, carving trees, and building forts.

Notice the description for the 8OT and 34OT are reversed.

 

[kyhunt]

I love old ads. Whether they be knife ads or other vintage ads.

 

[Old Hunter]

Great ad, glad you posted it. I also credit much of my love for pocketknives and hunting (sheath) knives on advertising. Buck resonated with me when I was a boy, but I remember liking them all (a fun part of reading Boys Life and Outdoor Life). Buck got me with the knives being able to cut a bolt in two.

 

[glennbad]

I like the tree carving...Henry Baer Loves Old Timers...LOL.

 

[Murphy Slaw]

Being raised by bikers and having them around the house as a kid, I was always drawn to the Sharpfinger and the Buck 110 or Schrade LB-7. My love for Traditionals didn't happen until later in life.

I, too, love the old ads.

 

[pa knifeguy]

One of my earliest knife memories is of coveting the 8Ot my grandfather kept in his desk

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

That's cool. I have a distinct memory of seeing Schrade Old Timer displays in the sporting goods section of a department store at the mall when I was pretty young - maybe pre-teens or early teens back in the early-mid '70s. I'd accompany my Dad when he was browsing there and always drooled over what was then unobtainable for me. That memory drove my desire to eventually own a few of them, like an 8OT, 108OT and two or three 25OT Folding Hunters, one of which is an older Schrade-Walden version.

 

[hsherzfeld]

One of my earliest knife memories is of coveting the 8Ot my grandfather kept in his desk

One of my earliest knife memories is asking my grandfather to cut things with his 108OTThis very knife, in fact.

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

One of my earliest knife memories is asking my grandfather to cut things with his 108OTView attachment 2828629This very knife, in fact.

That picture^ reminded me of the one I've got. Not an heirloom like yours. But these still kind of take me back, every time I look at them. I think this 108 OT is the first Old Timer I acquired, once I was able to buy one with my own money.

 

[hsherzfeld]

That picture^ reminded me of the one I've got. Not an heirloom like yours. But these still kind of take me back, every time I look at them. I think this 108 OT is the first Old Timer I acquired, once I was able to buy one with my own money.

That’s a real beauty!

 

[sceva]

I have seen that ad many times but never made the connection with the carves heart. H.B L O.T. Henry Baer loves Old Timers

 

[Lesknife]

The first pocket knife I purchased with my own money was a 34ot 1970. I was so proud of that little knife. I think about half the kids in school who carried a pocket knife had a 34ot. The other half was a mix of sak, Boy Scout knives and a few case. I lost it out in the field about a year and a half later. And then I stepped up and I got a 8ot around 1974. I was in the big boy group then .

 

[STDK]

Old Timers got my love pocketknives started back in the 80's. Been through a couple hundred knives since and they still hold a special place in my heart,

 

[waynorth]

I don't have any paper, but I used to have an OT store display!! It's moved on to another collector!!

 

[JM2]

Talk of the 108OT brings back a memory. I was 10, I got a 108OT for Christmas. I was using it top open other gifts, and I promptly stabbed myself deeply in the left hand. On the "heel" of my hand. I still have the scar and remember the pain 30 years later. I don't know what happened to that little knife.