First is a Schrade single blade trapper without a tang stamp. Another interesting thing about this knife is it was made without a Swinden key. So, if it is indeed a Schrade, it was made prior to about 1961.
My apologies for losing the pictures of the second knife, this one that donated the handles and back spring. I've had this knife for some time, so I'm sure I have photographed it at some point but I cannot locate the pictures. The tang stamp is illegible, there's enough left to see that there was something there one time but I have not been able to read. But I love the bone on this knife, perhaps someone can identify it by the jigging. It would not surprise me if this was a Schrade Cut Co. pattern and early Schrade bone.
One picture I have of this knife before it was completely revamped is of the parts that were left over after I put it back together.
These are the left over parts, the blade in the liner. Anyone recognize the blade?
The knives were pretty much the same shape and same length. The spring out of the newer knife would not fit the old knife because the rocker pin hole was off by about 3/16". I used the spring out of the old knife and just put the newer blade in the old knife. It was not quite as easy as it might seem, getting it apart without breaking the bone beyond repair was an accomplishment.
There was one or two pin cracks even before I started working on it. I put the knife in my knife vise to compress the Springs, and it was going great. Then I took the tension off of a vise and let the knife support the full weight of the back spring. When I released the vise, it had allowed the spring to tension the blade and we heard a crack and a piece of bone about half an inch long broke out on either side of the rocker pin. At that point I was committed so I epoxy the chip back in, and used CA glue on the pin cracks.
I still don't know where the donor knife with a beautiful bone came from but I would like to get a lot more of it, I think it really looks great.
This is the new composite, combination or Franken knife knife. It makes a very nice EDC!
I thought it was worth the effort to save it!
