Schrade 4" knives - Post them here.

[koldgold]

I wanted to show this one (probably again?) because of some unusual characteristics. I believe it to be one of the very first 8OTs ever made. It has milled liners and the shield appears to be a prototypical shield that never was adopted in the final decision to run the bone 8OTs, which are generally assumed to be confined to the 1959-1961 period.Sanders bone 8 OT001.jpgSanders bone 8 OT002.jpgSanders bone 8 OT003.jpgSanders bone 8 OT004.jpgSanders bone 8 OT005.jpg

Hi Cal, The first 8 OT is listed in the 1960 price list. Photos of the very early knives had that shield.
Hawk has a mint early 8 OT in the original box, with all the bling [early shield]
A New Zealand collector, sold an early Black 8 OT, with a larger shield [in brass]
Most of the 2 OT's and some of the very early 8 OT's, had the milled liners.
My 8 OT is a later version, shown in the wrong box.

The Black very early 8 OT, looks to have the same size shield, as the First Buck Stockman [made by Schrade in 1966]..Ken

[jxr1197]

I'm drooling over here - you guys got some rare birds on display.

R8833, 822 and a sparkly 8814 made for Shapleigh

Primble 935 (Ulster)

935 and 8OT

[KnifeSlinger#81]

Nice ones Ken. I always enjoy your fine collection of schrades. I've looked for one of those black 8ot's but have never seen one besides yours.

you guys got some rare birds on display.

Well, so do you.


I think I've shown pretty much all of my old four inchers. Here's my early walden again, showing all the blades.

I keep these two in a cedar box on a shelf amongst other schrades of similar condition, so I can get at 'em easy and put in my pocket. The bottom 881 has nickel silver liners and pins, the first I've seen like that. I prefer nickel silver liners to brass so I really like that one.

[tongueriver]

I'm drooling over here - you guys got some rare birds on display.



Primble 935 (Ulster)
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935 and 8OT
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Those are two rare birds for sure!

[koldgold]

I have never seen one of those Primble 935 Ulster knives.
All my Primble Old Timers, were made by Schrade.

[jxr1197]

I have never seen one of those Primble 935 Ulster knives.
All my Primble Old Timers, were made by Schrade.

It's the clip blade that has me thinking Ulster, it's the same as the 98. During that time Ulster was also making the 934 but I think the 933 was always Schrade. I have one of the Delrin 935s (but not the match strike - those two you have there are nice!) and that one's a Schrade too.

As long as I'm here....

Early 8OT oddity. This is one of the experimental plastics. Under a magnifying glass it comes alive - the brown plastic is filled with gold and copper flake. I like the brass shield too.

[koldgold]

I have never seen one of those Primble 935 Ulster knives.
All my Primble Old Timers, were made by Schrade.

It's the clip blade that has me thinking Ulster, it's the same as the 98. During that time Ulster was also making the 934 but I think the 933 was always Schrade. I have one of the Delrin 935s (but not the match strike - those two you have there are nice!) and that one's a Schrade too.

As long as I'm here....

Early 8OT oddity. This is one of the experimental plastics. Under a magnifying glass it comes alive - the brown plastic is filled with gold and copper flake. I like the brass shield too.
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I have a 933 made by Schrade also.
I think that 8 OT was made about 1961-62 and called "Meerschaum Bone".

[tongueriver]

I used to have one of those with the gold flake embedded in the (whatever!) but I sold it to someone here; I don't remember who. Eric has said that in the 1958-1959 range they were experimenting with handle material in the wake of the loss of a reliable bone supply. Meanwhile, remember that Schrade also moved into the Ulster buildings about this time so from that time on Ulster and Schrade were joined at the hip in almost every way.

[jxr1197]

Ken it's amazing how many of those old beauties you have in the box with all the bling! I've seen pictures of just a couple other 8OTs with that sparkly brown plastic and somewhere in my pile I have a Primble 934 covered in that too. The meerschaum bone term has always been hazy to me. It's been used in catalog descriptions for delrin knives too so I thought it was a reference to color - like an old meerschaum pipe.

I sold it to someone here; I don't remember who.

Cal that was me - that's your old knife in the pic!

[tongueriver]

Yeah; I think their 'meerschaum bone' was marketing playing around and trying to come up with something in that transitional era. Could describe anything EXCEPT bone.

[KnifeSlinger#81]

I almost forgot that this one is also four inches.

[jxr1197]

^^Sweet Muskrat^^

8OTGB & 8OTRB - Not a catalog item. I've been told these were assembled in the 90s to use up old Heritage parts. Seems about right.

[tongueriver]

I almost forgot that this one is also four inches.

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Yum! Single spring?

[KnifeSlinger#81]

Yum! Single spring?

Yes.

[tongueriver]

Me do like muskies.

[tongueriver]

French ivory.

[KnifeSlinger#81]

I like those.

[Mustanger]

Some odds and ends.....
The 4" Texas Stockman was so popular that it was produced in many forms, over many years.

[ozzie marie]

Here's a Schrade Walden 733 Greenskeeper's Pride
Spear & Weeder blades 4" closed 1953-58

Keith

[JAMESC41001]

Kieth, you always bring the goods. Great knife. Always wanted one.

[tongueriver]

That's a minty beauty! Great Show!

[black mamba]

Here is a pretty clean Schrade-Walden 881.

[KAW]

Silly me... thinking I had nothing much to post to this one... turns out I have more than I thought...
Starting off with the stockmans... oldest to newest...
this one is one of my pride and joy...


...and here it is again along with a Schrade Walden 879...


next is the Founding Fathers series plus the one of the 13 Colonies series I have...


a Parker-Frost in the green bone along with my favorite etching... a bison...


and then there is the Schrade / Wostenholm I*XL stockman on the left side of this photo...


after the stockmans... my Grand Finale is a pair of custom Muskrats by Herman Williams...

[KnifeSlinger#81]

KAW I can see why that cut is your pride and joy, excellent old knife. Technically it should be an 8804, the 4 indicating the celluloid, bone is 3.

[tongueriver]

Some real lovelies, there, KAW; thanks for showing them!