I found an ODD Old Timer tang stamp.....

[Meridian_Mike]

My son gave me a gift card for my birthday for the bay. SO...... yesterday while cruising for a victim, I see this odd looking 34OT tang stamp on an Old Timer.
While looking at it, it hit me.... no pattern NUMBER under the "Schrade N.Y. U.S.A." stamp on the mark side of tang.
Then, when I flipped to the next picture, I see "34OT" on the pile side of the tang....
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SO..... I figure this must have been a transition blade that was stamped right after the "WALDEN" was dropped from the mark side tang.
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What do y'all think?


Here it is....(Sellers pics)

For reference.... Here is the tang stamp from the 1st Old Timers...

And then the tang stamps went to this 2nd one, after the "WALDEN" was dropped from the stamp...

My new one seems like a mixture of the 1st and 2nd tang stamps.

Thanks for looking everyone!

[kootenay joe]

Mike, it is not an odd stamping. It is how most of the Old Timer knives were marked in the first few years after Schrade-Walden became Schrade. At some point, no one seems to know exactly when, but perhaps around 1976-77 the marking became: Schrade/USA 34OT.
kj

[Meridian_Mike]

Mike, it is not an odd stamping. It is how most of the Old Timer knives were marked in the first few years after Schrade-Walden became Schrade. At some point, no one seems to know exactly when, but perhaps around 1976-77 the marking became: Schrade/USA 34OT.
kj

OH..... OK...
SO.... the pics I said were the 2nd tang stamp were actually the 3rd tang stamp.

AND SO, there are more of these out there. This is the first one I have ever seen.

Thanks Roland!

[kootenay joe]

Basically when you see "Schrade N.Y." you know it is an early Schrade, 1973 to about 1976-77. If no "N.Y." then it is later than about 1977.
This is how i think it is, but let's have a few Schrade collectors either confirm or correct. Then we all will know for sure.
kj

[Meridian_Mike]

Yep, I was hoping some other Schrade collectors would chime in.
All the .....Schrade
with.......N.Y. U.S.A.... tang stamps for Old Timers
Had .........34OT..... model number stamped all on the mark side of the blade tang.
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I have never seen.... Schrade
with...................N.Y. U.S.A
and the the model number
.... 34OT ....stamped on the pile side of the blade tang.
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I hope some of you guys have another one you can show us....

[kootenay joe]

Mike are you speaking of Schrade, N.Y." knives in general or just the 34OT ?
I have a knife in front of me marked "Schrade/N.Y. U.S.A." on the mark side and "218" on the pile side. This one is "Open Stock". I will look for Old Timers with pattern # on pile side.
kj

[kootenay joe]

I only have one Schrade N.Y. Old Timer and it is a 34OT and Mike you are correct. The "34OT" is on the mark side.
I still have a few Schrade N.Y. Open Stock knives and these have the pattern number on the pile side (back side).
kj

[Meridian_Mike]

Thanks Roland...
I am sorry if I didn't make myself clear in saying that this tang stamp seems to only show itself with the Old Timer knives.
(Old Timers and Uncle Henrys are my specific area of interest in collecting)
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I searched rather deeply yesterday, and I found ONE OTHER Old Timer that has this specific tang stamp.
This thread on our forum shows an 8OT with this tang stamp....

viewtopic.php?t=39953

There really must have been only a VERY FEW of this tang stamp in existence.
I am not sure if the knife shown is in the possession of Shearer in the Land Down Under or if his photo was borrowed from the net.

Here is an abbreviation of his pictures......

Mark side...

Pile side....

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Hey.... Old Timer Owners......
Any more of these out there?........ ANYWHERE????