Wood Handle Schrade Fixed Blade Variations.Photos.

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When you think about it the majority of Schrade Fixed Blade handles were in Leather, Staglon/Delrin,Micarta,Stag etc and not that many were produced in timber or wonda wood etc.
My photos show some variations. Schrade made a few handles in wood of their regular production lines. e.g. Schrade+ 140OT,Uncle Henry 168 Fillet knife,Schrade 14OT. There is the small 173 with the sheepfoot blade which seems to get overlooked in discussions. There is the proto green timber handle Schrade Walden with the 'cutlass' crossguard, similar to the Buffalo Bill SW 166 which is also shown.
 

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more Schrade wood handle fixed blades.
 

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Is the sheepfoot blade USA Schrade 173 Fixed blade, shown on top right photo,the smallest fixed blade ever made by Schrade?....its certainly smaller than the 142 being discussed. Compare the first photo for idea of size.....
 
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Larry303 said:
Is the sheepfoot blade USA Schrade 173 Fixed blade, shown on top right photo,the smallest fixed blade ever made by Schrade?........
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Ummm... No, the 174 was smaller. The 173 grafting blade was 2 9/16" long and the 174 budding blade was 2 1/8" long. Not really sure what that is in metrics since I am metrically challenged, but in our measurement that is 7/16", almost 1/2" shorter. The 156OT Little Finger was in between those two with a 2 3/16" blade, 3/8" shorter.
 
Re-birthed to provide stimulus to further discussions and hopefully more photos!.....Hoo Roo
 
The width and breadth of your collection is always a wonder to behold.

With regards to wood handles I do always find it interesting that more phenolic compressed veneer woods also known as compreg were not used more prolifically used post WWII. Especially given the rapid development and usage leading upto and during WWII.

I used to collect piano tuning tools focusing on midcentury Compreg handled tools that used exotic wood veneers long before all the import restrictions in the later half of the 20th century. Many of those handles would have been gorgeous on knifes.

Anyway awesome knives Larry303, as usual.
 
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