What is your opinion on SCHRADE?

In all honesty, save your $$ and get something else. I had a chunk of .23 1095 schrade and after batoning and a pry (yes I know - dumb...but it was .23 thick 😕), it snapped...
Maybe it was a lemon or maybe it is as I suspect...cheap crap. Either way, never again.

If you dont have much of a budget to spend, I suggest basically any cold steel that you like or even a gerber strongarm (certainly not all gerbers, but that one is solid).

Or better yet, here is bladehq website set at under 100 US which should meet your 50 CAD budget. If you see something you like the look of, name it and ask and I am sure people will let you know their experience of it 🙂

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XtianAus said:
In all honesty, save your $$ and get something else. I had a chunk of .23 1095 schrade and after batoning and a pry (yes I know - dumb...but it was .23 thick 😕), it snapped...
Maybe it was a lemon or maybe it is as I suspect...cheap crap. Either way, never again.

If you dont have much of a budget to spend, I suggest basically any cold steel that you like or even a gerber strongarm (certainly not all gerbers, but that one is solid).

Or better yet, here is bladehq website set at under 100 US which should meet your 50 CAD budget. If you see something you like the look of, name it and ask and I am sure people will let you know their experience of it 🙂

Fixed Blade Knives

Shop the top fixed blade knife brands and get the best price on thousands of fixed blade knives for sale. $99 = Free Shipping.
www.bladehq.com
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I appreciate the recommendation, but I was just asking about SCHRADE and whether or not it was a respectable manufacturer, as I didn't see it listed on that one section of this forum. I was contemplating getting that SCHF59 knife, but I didn't. I instead ended up ordering this SOG Pillar
 
sharpknives23 said:
As an amateur who's planning on buying my first real knife (and I'd like this thing to last me a lifetime and not ever fail me), I was considering the Schrade SCHF59, for $50 CAD. I was a little skeptical of the price, however, being that I felt it wouldn't meet the needs I desired, as the price seemed a bit low.

I'm thinking I was right to assume this and made the RIGHT decision to not pull the trigger?
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Well, it won't work on ghosts so I'm not sure why you'd be interested. Just kidding of course.

But seriously, if this is going to be your first real knife and you are balking at the 50 CAD price tag ($25 here in the USA) what exactly was your last thread on the $400 D2 Spyderco Tomahawk about? Just blowing smoke? Wasting (our) time?

If you really want a quality lifetime piece of high carbon cutlery, you are going to need to spend a little more and buy from a better company. Look at Becker and Esee. In my oh so humble opinion, they are at the top of the list of budget conscience, high carbon survival knives. I mean, how much is having a forever dependable survival tool you'd bet your life on worth to you?

Last, I get that you are new. I'd advise that you read a lot more and post a lot less until you have been able to more inform yourself on some of the basics of this hobby. It will make for a much more enjoyable experience.

The Grendels said:
You could probably have an entire forum just dedicated to Schrade Old Timer knives. There's a lot of them out there and they do have a following. Of course when they were making those Old Timers in the 1960s they were also making Buck 110s, so they had a lot of heavy competition right out of the gate. I still have an Old Timer Gunstock Trapper 194 OT from long ago.
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There is such a place dedicated to the old schrade: https://www.bladeforums.com/forums/schrade-knives-collectors-forum.732/
 
craytab said:
Well, it won't work on ghosts so I'm not sure why you'd be interested. Just kidding of course.

But seriously, if this is going to be your first real knife and you are balking at the 50 CAD price tag ($25 here in the USA) what exactly was your last thread on the $400 D2 Spyderco Tomahawk about? Just blowing smoke? Wasting (our) time?

If you really want a quality lifetime piece of high carbon cutlery, you are going to need to spend a little more and buy from a better company. Look at Becker and Esee. In my oh so humble opinion, they are at the top of the list of budget conscience, high carbon survival knives. I mean, how much is having a forever dependable survival tool you'd bet your life on worth to you?

Last, I get that you are new. I'd advise that you read a lot more and post a lot less until you have been able to more inform yourself on some of the basics of this hobby. It will make for a much more enjoyable experience.



There is such a place dedicated to the old schrade: https://www.bladeforums.com/forums/schrade-knives-collectors-forum.732/
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I was simply trying to have a discussion about why SCHRADE wasn't featured in that section. After all, that is what forums are for, public discourse on a wide variety of topics.

I wasn't balking at the price, it seemed too good to be true, for what it claimed to be. Therefore, if you scroll two messages up, you'll see that I decided to go with the SOG Pillar instead, as my first real knife. I paid just under $280CAD for it. Do think I did okay in choosing that knife? Why or why not?
 
Having had many friends who worked for the OLD Schrade (the Company died in 2004?): they used to make some very good knives. My only complaint was that they never held an edge. (But you could sharpen them with just a sharp glance!)
They hold a piece of Americana in their history, but that time has passed...
 
sharpknives23 said:
I was simply trying to have a discussion about why SCHRADE wasn't featured in that section. After all, that is what forums are for, public discourse on a wide variety of topics.

I wasn't balking at the price, it seemed too good to be true, for what it claimed to be. Therefore, if you scroll two messages up, you'll see that I decided to go with the SOG Pillar instead, as my first real knife. I paid just under $280CAD for it. Do think I did okay in choosing that knife? Why or why not?
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I think it is a pretty good knife. My take: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/sog-pillar-usa-s35vn.1652346/

Like I just posted in this thread in the SOG subforum: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/does-anyone-have-the-sog-pillar-blackout.1828956/#post-20954131 , I don't think the SOG Pillar is a great option for the uses you stated in that thread. It will work though and is of top quality. It is much more of all round military and/or utility knife.

I think you will like it. Be sure to post some pics when you get it! We love pics here!
 
craytab said:
I think it is a pretty good knife. My take: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/sog-pillar-usa-s35vn.1652346/

Like I just posted in this thread in the SOG subforum: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/does-anyone-have-the-sog-pillar-blackout.1828956/#post-20954131 , I don't think the SOG Pillar is a great option for the uses you stated in that thread. It will work though and is of top quality. It is much more of all round military and/or utility knife.

I think you will like it. Be sure to post some pics when you get it! We love pics here!
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I read and reacted to your review, I think I'll be satisfied with my purchase. It's somewhat frustrating to hear you describe it as NOT being a bushcraft knife though, when I know of at least two videos on YouTube describing it as such, and even demonstrating it being used to baton with. I'm sure there are more videos, but I digress. You seem to know your stuff about knives, you actually dismantled and took it apart LOL (you must be a serious knife enthusiast) That pommel can be used to pound logs into the ground, yes? What else can the pommel serve to do? Or what is a pommel on a knife for?

I did try and do my research on this knife, it checked all the boxes that I wanted: North American made, quality steel, full tang, aesthetically pleasing to look at (you and I ARE somewhat similar in that regard), and can withstand use and abuse in the tasks I put it to. Overall, I just want a knife that is going to last me a lifetime, one that I can use repeatedly and enjoy for a very long time. I think it will compliment my Silky saw very well.

Do I know much about steels? No, absolutely not. You guys all seem to have a 'favourite steel' and this I do not understand, to me, metal is just metal, I do not know the difference in different types of steel. Maybe one day I will, but for now, I think S35VN is a good starting point to get a feel for what a good (decent?) steel should look, feel and perform like.

And I most definitely will post some pics of the knife when I get it. I made sure to buy it NOW before it goes up in price due to inflation. House of Knives here in Canada is providing free shipping and even gave me a free shipping warranty to cover the product in the case it gets damaged, lost or stolen in the mail. Stoked about it.
 
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My opinion? Great old knife company who has resorted to making budget knives overseas to stay in existance
 
Do you know what actually killed Schrade?
Walmart...
Schrade was struggling, and was approached by Walmart; with a VERY lucrative contract.
So they expanded the plant, and hired more people.
Walmart then threw a bomb into the room...
"If you import from China, and put your name on it: we could all make a lot more money.
Schrade refused, and Walmart pulled the contract.
R.I.P., and thank you: Walmart!
 
Bob Denman said:
Do you know what actually killed Schrade?
Walmart...
Schrade was struggling, and was approached by Walmart; with a VERY lucrative contract.
So they expanded the plant, and hired more people.
Walmart then threw a bomb into the room...
"If you import from China, and put your name on it: we could all make a lot more money.
Schrade refused, and Walmart pulled the contract.
R.I.P., and thank you: Walmart!
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It happened anyway.
 
sharpknives23 said:
As an amateur who's planning on buying my first real knife (and I'd like this thing to last me a lifetime and not ever fail me), I was considering the Schrade SCHF59, for $50 CAD. I was a little skeptical of the price, however, being that I felt it wouldn't meet the needs I desired, as the price seemed a bit low.

I'm thinking I was right to assume this and made the RIGHT decision to not pull the trigger?
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Save up your money to buy nicer knives.
 
90% of there current line up is junk, I have a couple and even when you find one with acceptable steel the HT is suspect. I think your better off with Kershaw, Buck and Kabar for budget folders and fixed blades for not a lot more.
 
Bladeforums has a forum for discussion of vintage Schrade knives. There are a lot of those old USA made ones still floating around if you're interested.

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They also began having some of their knives made in the United States again, apparently. The knives are from the “Generational” series.
 
It's not just that they went to overseas production, they did it in the Walmart style of using the cheapest possible OEM.
 
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