Your newest addition:traditionals of course!

Just in today finally, it was shipped on the 8th .

ZOEd2BK.jpg


Cd0HIAN.jpg
 
Hey peanutsxx, please tell us a bit about the knife. I like the looks of it. That's my favourite blade compliment and layout, the spear/pen jack.
 
Cutfinger said:
Hey peanutsxx, please tell us a bit about the knife. I like the looks of it. That's my favourite blade compliment and layout, the spear/pen jack.
Click to expand...

Cutfinger Cutfinger to be honest I should have done some homework first but your request prompted me to dig a bit today.:p

I found a couple of posts/threads here that mention this model (2693BCT):
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/new-schrades.1121981/page-3#post-13229787
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/modern-schrade-waldens.777846/

This thread on the "65th anniversary" series states they were made for Taylor in China:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/taylor-brand-schrade-walden-65th-anniversary-knives.841269/

It came in a plastic wrapped tin complete with a desiccant package inside the can. The tin has a thin border at the top stating "Schrade Walden Cutlery Corp". The tin claims the knife to be a "Gunstock Trapper". The tin also claims the knife to be "warranted" but there is no warranty information or how to contact whoever made it. :rolleyes:



An image search turns up a variety in the series:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q="schrade+walden"+"65th+anniversary"&t=lxle&kp=-1&iax=images&ia=images

...and there are a number of threads over at AAPK that discuss them. It seems these "65th Anniversary" editions may have been "better made" when compared to other Chinese made Taylor Schrades. Whether that is true or not I don't know. One of the commented concerns is the heat treat. I suppose I could attack some cardboard and see how it fares (I'm not really a hard user).

All of that said it is nice looking in my opinion. The fit and finish are good for the $25 (maybe I overpaid!). The bone is pretty well dyed. Main blade is centered; the pen is slightly off but does not rub the liner. The pen blade was gritty/rough past the half-stop but flushing the joints mostly smoothed that out. Blades are flush at closed and open, and nearly so at half-stop. Pen is maybe a 6 pull while the main is 4-5. Pen snaps nicely and the main snaps open/closed but lazy at half-stop.

Last note is that I didn't find a gunstock pattern at all in the old Schrade catalogs (admittedly only spot-checked a handful of years so I could have missed it).

That's about all this rookie has on it this morning.

EDIT to add: shield is not pinned that I can see.
 
Last edited:
This arrived in the mail about 30 minutes ago and instantly became the coolest knife I own. 62 pattern splitback and tomato, just amazing. I’m mindful that some of the knives I acquired this year may have been sold due to others misfortune so I try not to crow too loud.
356E7F4D-83DC-4423-B6ED-4F447CBA47F7.jpeg
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top