Woohoo! First slippie! Schrade 80T stockman

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Someone posted in a previous thread about one of the inexpensive knife brands that you could get vintage Schrade USA-made knives for the same price on eBay. I'd been looking for a budget slipjoint and considering Rough Rider, et al. but I wasn't too excited about a cheap, chinese-made knife just to have a slipjoint. So, I headed on over to the 'Bay and won me a Schrade 80T stockman with delrin handles and the OLD TIMER shield. It arrived today in the mail and I must say "Woohoo!"

It's a very solid piece of knife and those three blades are really squeezed in there. It's snappy still, no rust and no broken blades. I'm sharpening it right now (three blades take a while compared to one new-ish Leek) and it's going for a ride in the pocket tomorrow. I have to say that the quality and price available in these non-collectible but totally fantastic knives is awesome. Bet ya never seen someone so excited about a totally ordinary knife before!

Thanks to this subforum for the advice to go out and get one of these classics. Any advice on how to clean it up and take good care of it?
 
Congrats on your first, it won't be your last..
Sharpen, put a little oil on the joints and enjoy...
 
Originally Posted by nmb Bet ya never seen someone so excited about a totally ordinary knife before!
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Thomason said:
Around here you would lose that bet. :D
Congratulations on that Schrade stockman.
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Case and point. I have another one around here somewhere too.
 
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:thumbup:Good on you for the score! Now I am not sure on the "non-collectability" thing :confused: you have to understand that "NO MORE" and I quote pre JULY 2004 Schrade knives will "EVER" be made by the ISC (Imperial Schrade Corp.) again as they are GONE the name has been assumed (purchased) by an individual now using the name as a "Nostalgia" mark :grumpy: lest I digress, nmb you have bought yourself one of the most reasonablely priced in their time "Working mans knife" IMHO ever produced in mass quantities!;)
 
Hi,

The 8OT maybe the pinnacle of the production Stockman type in my opinion. I've owned enough of them. It was the knife of my youth. I really need to find one that I can keep for myself.

This first slippie won't be your last! Next thing you know you are going to need a whittler of some kind. Then maybe a Canoe, oh, don't forget to get a Peanut too! It's a long road down hill now!

dalee
 
dalee100 said:
This first slippie won't be your last! Next thing you know you are going to need a whittler of some kind. Then maybe a Canoe, oh, don't forget to get a Peanut too! It's a long road down hill now!
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True-er words never spoken. Money flies out the door and knives fly in the door.
 
Ah Schrade.....the knife brand of my youth too.

As many have said before, my favorite activity as a child was running up to the display and eyeballing the Old Timers and Uncle Henrys.

The thing for me about those knives were the high quality of each one that I bought. Even now as I collect as many as I can afford, I am amazed at how all of them are tight fitting and how snappy the blades are. Each time I get one in the mail, I try to find a defect of some sort. Somthing not fitted that well or bladeplay or whatnot. Seldom do I find anything.

It's a testament to those men and women who worked in that plant in upstate New York to just what kind of pride they took in their trade. Pride that you can't find now in your local discounter store. You can hardly find anything made in America, much less as well made as the older Schrades.

Congratulations on the purchase of a fine piece of Americana. A tool that if taken care of and not mis-used, will last you for the rest of your days.
 
A broken-in bargain from the Bay. Notice how much more the scales are faded on the mark side than the pile side. Knife was probably lost for a couple of months out in the sun on top of a fence post . :D

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