What's your latest Schrade? START DATE 8/12

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I have posted my knives Schrade had made in China before 2004, time and time before here.
These knives were very good quality, Taylor should have used the same supplier in China.
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These are the first Buck 301 knives Buck sold in 1966 to 1969, they were made by Schrade, and Schrade collectors like to see these knives on this forum.
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Saddlebum said:
And I was just using your comment as an excuse to post the the picture. :D
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Well of course you did.

Well Ok

Heres a few Ive picked up in the last year.

1893/95 Simson & Co Suhl Bayonet, 1972 171UH, USA BT01, USA BT01 BTV. With their various scabbards and sheaths.

The Bayonet I tossed in there for scale, Maker has similar S name, German roots and its cool.

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Some may wish to perceive my earlier post(s) as a personal rant against Stewart Taylor. Such is not the case. Some may wish to perceive my earlier posts as a personal rant against the quality of his Chinese (and other) knives. This is also incorrect. My hardly humble opinion has to do with the direction our Beloved Country has taken. Ever since the advent of the industrial revolution there has been a tug-of-war between labor and entrepreneur. Both have always, naturally, sought to improve their economic position. Really, when we discuss this, we are speaking of degree. The worker wants a working wage, to support a family and to have some toys, and, if possible, to do even better than that. He will push. On the other hand is the entrepreneur. Some are Mom-and-Pop small businesses who tread a thin line between disaster and profit. However, there is another altogether different cadre of the super-rich, the multi-millionaire/billionaire/trillionaire entrepreneurs who are not concerned with taking care of their families and playing with some toys. These are the guys who live in obscene wealth, wealth which is never enough and which is never any more satisfying to them than the satisfaction of a lower-middle-class family in the suburbs. To gain additional shocking wealth, they lobbied in Washington for decades to be allowed to outsource labor to other countries, mostly in Asia. They finally won, primarily with the Ronald Reagan administration, but he is certainly not the ONLY moral criminal. The result of this historical change of direction for our country is many-fold. First of all is the visual easily seen results with a drive-by in the northeast quarter of the United States. Death, death, on all quarters. The industry is gone. The jobs are gone. More frightening, the buildings, the machines are gone. The machinists are retired or dead. None are being trained; the knowledge is gone. The best analogy is the advent of the dark ages and the fall of Rome. Now, I want you to tell me, if the jobs are gone, and the knowledge is gone, and the buildings, and the machinery, who is going to pay the taxes which support the infrastructure of our country? Who is going to buy the product? At some point the corporate greed is going to bite the big boys in the arse. And… all of us. So, if you approve of this trend, by all means continue to vote Republican and continue the process of crushing the American worker into poverty, destroying the tax base, kiss your Chinese products which fill your homes, and bask warmly in the knowledge that you saved a few pennies on such. But I would caution you to be careful; you may just get what you ask for.
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Cal, that deserves to be framed and hung on the wall. :thumbup:


Eric
 
I suscribed to this thread to gain more knowledge about vintage Schrade knives. Not to read political rants.
 
You're right Ray, point taken, here are a few to get back on track, picked up over the last few weeks. The gauge pictured is a marline spike end gauge, which measured the round end of the tang after it was adjusted. The gauge is dated 1934 which would have made it a Schrade Cut Co gauge used for the non-locking spike, however the spikes attached to this gauge are of the newer locking variety, which was introduced I believe in the very early 1960's. Likely there was very little difference in the diameter of the tang, so the older gauge could still be used with just perhaps a slight modification to the "on gauge" marks:

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A couple of pipe smoking knives, top one's a Schrade Cut. Co., bottom one's a later K. Woodie manufactured by Schrade Walden.


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Eric
 
koldgold said:
I have posted my knives Schrade had made in China before 2004, time and time before here.
These knives were very good quality, Taylor should have used the same supplier in China.
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These are the first Buck 301 knives Buck sold in 1966 to 1969, they were made by Schrade, and Schrade collectors like to see these knives on this forum.
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Nice.
Picked up a Schrade made buck 309 this morning at the flea.
 
Wow! That gauge is the coolest. As an old machinist that kind of stuff fascinates me. Great to see how they were built and tested. I can just imagine being the machinist or QA guy trying to figure that out and then the Eureka moment. Rtmind
 
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Eric is this an 856 or is it a big Cattle Knife? I think the larger ones were Cut Co only and had a different shield. I have and carry an 856 but this one of yours has a longer pull. That is pretty bone on that one.
 
Went to gunshop, came back with an 89OT nib. Saw an old Schrade Old Timer white and black Made in USA box and had a look. Asked if the tag was right? (yup! That it is.) without hesitating and without dickering paid immediately and placed in pocket. Thought I got a fair deal even though really good deals don't come my way often- this one pleased me. I know it's an early 90's model with 1095 steel. My curiosity is with that wicked sheepsfoot, is this model a collectible or a really nice new old stock edc?
I know it's mine and my choice but preserve it or add to the rotation?
tia

:o my bad. Will look for another more appropriate location to ask. As is it an awesome knife and I now use it a lot.
 
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Saddlebum said:
Is that an 856 Cattle knife? It is really fine!
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Hal and Saddlebum, Yep it's an 856, just about 3 3/8" I believe, marked on the pile side of the clip. Still have the big cattle knife in my wish list, where it will likely stay for the foreseeable future, hehe.

Eric
 
Picked this up off the bay on a couple of bad pictures and actually made out pretty well. Has a few patina marks along the spine but otherwise the crocus polish on this 294 is in great shape.

The jigging on this one is a bit different from what I have seen. Almost looks like peach seed but this is some sort of composite material. I have a shot against my 861 for comparison.



 
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