Awesome! Y’all got the good knives up north.
Boy, that definitely has the "Schrade" look to it, doesn't it?Jacknifeben wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:46 pm I always thought Schrade made this JACK KNIFE BEN / SHOP. What do you think?
Gorgeous bones there. You scored, great pick ups and thanks again for the Western you put stag on. Beauty and great job on it. Great seeing you in Eugene.orvet wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:52 am I picked up a couple Schrade Waldens last weekend at the Eugene show. The top one is an 861 with nice peach seed bone. The lower one has no pattern number stamped on it, but I believe it to be an 833. It also has nice peach seed bone. The blades on the 833 are very shiny but they look dark in the photo.
The 861 is my favorite Schrade Stockman pattern and this one has been used, so I will probably carry it a little bit. The 833 looks better than if it had just rolled off the assembly line! It has one tiny pin crack at the rocker pin, which you wouldn't know is there unless you were looking for it.
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Wonderful add JohnR.JohnR wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 7:23 pm Added an interesting Schrade Cut Co etched barlow to the pile, etch is Wm. P. Walter's Sons, not and Sons. Found information that they were a tool supplier on Market St in Philadelhia that started in 1831 and supposedly went out of business around 1900. That does not jive with Schrade Cut history as they started 1904. My opinion is the plain bolster Schrade Cut barlow is an early knife, later had either a S or Schrade spelled out. You would expect this barlow to have an arched tang stamp but this one has the stamp that started around 1917 according to what I can find. Wonder if the tang stamp was used earlier than 1917 or Wm Walter's was in business much later than 1904 or so. Anyway's kind of shows how an etch can make things interesting history wise. Picture I found shows facade of building taken 1900.
Thanks for the information Eric, I had found a reprint catalog that dated 1888 but missed the later ones. Good to know you also feel the straight stamp was used before 1917, I've questioned that based on some of the knives I've handled.ea42 wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 4:00 pm Beautiful barlow John! Walters was definitely in business beyond 1904. there's an archived catalog online that dates to 1910 or 11 and I believe they existed even beyond that. From what I've been able to find the "S" bolstered barlows are the oldest as I have one of those with the arched stamp. That being said they did run the straight stamps right along with the arched ones initially depending on the pattern so dating can definitely be a challenge. I'm also not sure where they got that 1917 date as the date that the straight stamp was first used as that stamp was used long before that.
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JohnR wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 7:23 pm Added an interesting Schrade Cut Co etched barlow to the pile, etch is Wm. P. Walter's Sons, not and Sons. Found information that they were a tool supplier on Market St in Philadelhia that started in 1831 and supposedly went out of business around 1900. That does not jive with Schrade Cut history as they started 1904. My opinion is the plain bolster Schrade Cut barlow is an early knife, later had either a S or Schrade spelled out. You would expect this barlow to have an arched tang stamp but this one has the stamp that started around 1917 according to what I can find. Wonder if the tang stamp was used earlier than 1917 or Wm Walter's was in business much later than 1904 or so. Anyway's kind of shows how an etch can make things interesting history wise. Picture I found shows facade of building taken 1900.
Wooooooe. That would be Holy Grail in my house. Congrats on a fabulous find. I'm drooling all over the place. Man that is incredible. Thanks for showing, great there are still some out there like that. Damn.
