Schrade parts knives

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No doubt since Schrade closed their doors more than 20 years ago, there have been countless thousands of knives assembled from the parts that were sold off at auction. I obtained a box of those parts from a friend a while back, and among the items in the box were two sets of handles for the Schrade 6 OTX, one aluminum color and one black, the 6 OTXB. After some work locating the additional pieces needed, I was finally able to assemble 2 knives from parts. Are they authentic to the Schrade originals? No. Are they useful knives for EDC ? Of course. I located original pocket clips online, obtained a 6 OT blade and lockbar from Dale ( orvet), a 6 OTX blade, lockbar, and springs from Kaleb ( muskratman), and screws from online sources. These are really neat, light weight pocket clip knives with the same blade size as the much heavier 6 OT, 7 OT, LB7, LB8 and so on. The 6 OTX blade is somewhat different than the ordinary 6 OT in that it is a drop point with a built in thumb flipper. Since there was no flipper on the blade, I made one from aluminum and press fitted it to the blade.
A big Thanks to Dale and Kaleb for their help.

[Gtrclktr-351]

Nice!

[227UH]

They look like brand new Schrade USA knives to me. You have done a fine job of gathering the parts and assembling them.

[doglegg]

OC, you are a craftsman.

[tongueriver]

Looks like you had a great time with that project!

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Looks like you had a great time with that project!

Cal, it was for the most part. The original pins and screws of the correct length were not available, so I found some online that were slightly longer and had to shorten all the pins and the #2 - 56 screws that retain them. A very time consuming and fiddly project. But on the whole they turned out great.
Thanks to all for the comments.

[LRV]

Great job.
Whats next on your project list?
Best
Larry

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Great job.
Whats next on your project list?
Best
Larry

Well let's see, I have a frame for a 5.5" Bicentennial clasp knife with scrolled bolsters, no blade or spring ( could make those). Also have 2 new blades, springs, liner lock, and bolsters for Schrade 225 OT. I have located saw blades online, would make the liners and missing bolster parts. Got plenty of stag on hand too.

[orvet]

Jim,
I have a bunch of parts for the newer Schrade knives. SMKW sold Schrade parts in 5 lb lots, many years ago. I bought several lots of them. I probably have some you could use. Let me know what you're looking for. It will be a few days before I can dig through my parts because I'm in the hospital right now but I'm hoping to get out today or tomorrow. Just had another shoulder surgery so it will take me a little time to recover before I can do much in the shop, but I know I've got quite a bunch of Schrade parts out there.

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Jim,
I have a bunch of parts for the newer Schrade knives. SMKW sold Schrade parts in 5 lb lots, many years ago. I bought several lots of them. I probably have some you could use. Let me know what you're looking for. It will be a few days before I can dig through my parts because I'm in the hospital right now but I'm hoping to get out today or tomorrow. Just had another shoulder surgery so it will take me a little time to recover before I can do much in the shop, but I know I've got quite a bunch of Schrade parts out there.

That's fine Dale, hope you get well soon. I have had shoulder surgery before and know it can be slow going to recover. I'll send you a PM later.

[glennbad]

Great work, OC! Kind of like putting a puzzle together, once you find all of the pieces!

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Another project I mentioned above, the 225 OT. The list of Schrade parts used is the master clip blade and saw blade, both springs, and the center divider/liner lock. The parts I made included .032" brass liners, 4 bolsters, and stag handles. Not an authentic factory 225 OT, but will be a fine user. I have marked it inside the liner with the word "parts", my mark, and date. The piece of stag was split with a hand saw to take advantage of the curve and it almost looks book matched. It's a bit thicker to give a better grip for using the saw blade which cuts on the pull stroke. Note dome headed pins.
Schrade parts used

Liners and bolsters made

bolsters soldered

Stag attached

Finished product

[tongueriver]

What a great job; I love seeing your work. A few years ago I purchased one of the 123OT folding hunters that had been customized. Schrade made these four inch folding hunters as an Old Timer and an Uncle Henry, the 123OT and the 124UH. Smaller versions of the big folding hunters. A fellow added a cut-down brass linerlock to this OT and got rid of the Swinden construction and put on Micarta covers. What a swell knife! I am not hijacking your great post; just thought I would chime in with a related project. Those sawblade hunters are really something and deserve to have an upgrade like you have done! I have also seen a 227UH with a sawblade swapped in. Good stuff! Thanks again for a great post!

[1967redrider]

They look awesome, gents.

[doglegg]

OC, always a work of art. Useful and beautiful. Don't stop

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What a great job; I love seeing your work. A few years ago I purchased one of the 123OT folding hunters that had been customized. Schrade made these four inch folding hunters as an Old Timer and an Uncle Henry, the 123OT and the 124UH. Smaller versions of the big folding hunters. A fellow added a cut-down brass linerlock to this OT and got rid of the Swinden construction and put on Micarta covers. What a swell knife! I am not hijacking your great post; just thought I would chime in with a related project. Those sawblade hunters are really something and deserve to have an upgrade like you have done! I have also seen a 227UH with a sawblade swapped in. Good stuff! Thanks again for a great post!

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Cal, thanks for showing the 123 OT. I have 3 of them to work on next. As seen in the photo, these 3 are not Swinden pinned. I will make 3 different handle materials, and have to make 3 springs. If you look closely at the finished picture of the 225 OT above, you can probably see the mistake I made that makes the saw less than ideal to use. I am probably going to have to disassemble it and fix it.

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I finished one of the Schrade 123 OT knives. I had the blade, liners with bolsters attached and made the spring and bloodwood handles. First one of these 4 inch Old Timers I have had.

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[doglegg]

I finished one of the Schrade 123 OT knives. I had the blade, liners with bolsters attached and made the spring and bloodwood handles. First one of these 4 inch Old Timers I have had.

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That's a hand full OC! Great work.

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Another 123OT in stag.

[tongueriver]

Nicely done to a great pattern!

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Nicely done to a great pattern!

Thanks Cal. I discovered that I have some parts for a Lake & Walker lockblade. I have never actually seen one. Do you have one?

[tongueriver]

Those were available 3 different ways. The original run was quite limited and serialized. It was in BG-42 steel and the blade was not serrated. The first 100 were part of a plastic display with an Alton D'Holder Schrade collaboration fixed blade in stag. I had one of these and sold it. The rest of them were seeded into the market. A bit later another run came out in ordinary stainless steel and with the serrated blade. I have never had one. I don't have any version of them anymore. There are flyers for these knives on Larry Vickery's website. I found the one flyer for year 2000 (I think) but I must have missed the earlier ones.

[doglegg]

Nicely done to a great pattern!

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