What Schrade is this?

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EZ,

LT knows alot more about schrades than most of us at this forum. However, based on my miniscule amount of knowledge, this is a H-15 knife. Because it is a 'Walden', it should date pre-'72. There were 2 or 3 versions of this knife IIRC, and I think this is the latest version. (newest)

Oh yeah, it should be carbon steel blades, I think.

As far as value, not sure. Is the blade full, or has it been sharpened alot? Does it have the original sheath, and is the sheath in good shape? How is the leather handle?

These turn up on ebay fairly often, so you can shop for a real nice one if you're choosy. Myself, I would pay 15-30 bucks for a nice clean one with minor use.

Just my .02, hope that helps a bit.

And stick around, sometimes we talk about ping pong balls :D

Glenn
 
.......He never had a chance folks, Glenn threw that one right past our visitor on the outside corner.
Oh My! :D

Just jokin', nice to see a Zombie up and around here. :eek:

Bill
 
I see you are an old timer in blade forums, welcome to the Schrade forum. Schrade has made nice and varied knives for a very long time, tradition and nostalgia are words that come to my mind when I think of Schrade, though being in Mexico I don´t get to see many, I have owned and used Schrades since the 60´s.

I´ve never seen an H-15, but did a web search and found a little about it here:

http://www.usmilitaryknives.com/knife_knotes_4.htm

The ping pong balls stuff is an inside thing, the original thread about it has been lost or made to disappear by some higher power. Left to be understood and appreciated only by the selected few who were there.
 
Civilian version post WWII . 10 to 30 dollars. There are about a zillion floating around. In fact the civilian version was inspired ( contracted to various companies Sears ect ) by the amount of parts left over after the war. These are great users they take an edge like most modern steels can only dream of. The classic leather handle and design give it a deserved retro look. These make an interesting study to see how many variations of colors and positioning of the spacers were used. To make them different various companies ordered them with these variations in the handles. Otherwise they are all pretty much the same. Later models had some other variations as well but in order not to berate a straight forward question I will not go into them. I hope this helps LT
 
Thanks for the information guys. I think I'll keep an eye out for a really nice one on Ebay. Is the blade of this knife likely carbon steel? (I have come to appreciate the qualities of a good carbon steel lately.)
 
Nevermind guys...found the answer...the blade is made of carbon steel. Thanks again.
 
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