Old Timer 225 OT Son-Of-A-Gun

[313 Mike]

A friend of mine that knows I "accumulate" knives and have a fondness for Old Timers, found this one for me. A friend of his had it in his tackle box for years, and only used the saw blade as a fish scaler. He doesn't fish anymore and had no use for the knife so he passed it on to my friend, who passed it on to me! It was pretty rusty when I got it, but I cleaned it up a bit and now she looks alright. Still solid as a rock, saw blade locks up tight. No wobble and plenty of snap on both blades. I was pretty excited to get it!
Notice that there is not a nail nick on the saw blade, instead, the saw blade itself extends out just a hair past the bottom bolster, allowing you to lift the blade out of the handle with your thumb or nail.
I haven't seen one like it pictured elsewhere on the site, but found it listed in the Schrade Old Timer research section, then found it in the catalog on the Collectors-of-Schrade site as well. According to what I've found, it was the highest MSRP of any Old Timer they ever made...anybody else have one like it to share? Any idea as to why it was only made for such a short time?

Schrade USA Old Timer 225 OT
"Son-Of-A-Gun" 5 1/4" closed
Clip blade and locking cross cut field saw
produced 1990-1992
MSRP $59.95

[glennbad]

Wow, that is a beauty! I've never seen one of those either.

Thanks for sharing.

[orvet]

Nice one!
They are hard to find seeing as they were only in production for 3 years at max.
I would love to find one.

[313 Mike]

Thanks Glenn and Dale...I was pretty fortunate to have it fall into my lap..quite unexpectedly at that. It seems like quite the functional pattern, can't imagine why it was in production for such a short period of time though...maybe the cost was too high? or it just didn't sell? For me, I would think the locking saw blade is a much better choice for a secondary blade than a skinner....

[jerryd6818]

Mike -- Are you going to Janesville this Saturday?

[313 Mike]

No can do, Jerry....I will be celebrating my 12 year wedding anniversary with my lovely wife.....and she wasn't big on the idea of spending it at a knife show for some unexplicable reason....

[jerryd6818]

Another plus for the single life.

Right now it looks like I'm taking the same crew that was with me at the Badger show.

[tongueriver]

As a matter of possible interest, Schrade made two versions of that knife. The second one was called the 226OT instead of the 225OT. It had a stainless steel primary clip blade, marked SCHRADE+ over U.S.A. 226OT. The secondary blade was identical to the sawblade on the 225OT, and was not stainless steel. And here is the odd fact: The blades were switched in the frame, so they are set into the frame just the opposite to the 225OT (viz. The clip blade is on the same side of the knife as the OLD TIMER shield, if this makes sense to you. This knife came in a box that was largely black, as I recall, and was destined, I believe, for the European market, along with another small grouping not sold in the U.S. I can't remember what those other knives are, now. Meanwhile, the reason I know this is that I have one. Since it otherwise looks the same as the 225OT, I am not posting a picture of it.

[313 Mike]

Very interesting toungeriver! That is all news to me! Wonder why they would make such small changes to the 225 OT, and then market it overseas instead of stateside...good info, thanks for posting it.
Mike

[orvet]

That is one of the things that makes collecting Schrades so interesting, you never know what is going to pop up.
Just when you think you had them figured out, something like a 226 shows up on the radar!

Cal,
Could you PM or email me, (or post here), the details as to approximate production dates and any other info you might have on the 226, like the fact it was made for the European market, etc.?
That is one I need to add to the Schrade list. I emailed Bryan an update some time ago, but for some reason it did not get posted.
I have added things since the last update and they need to be posted.
As several of you have pointed out the 7OT is missing from the list in the Schrade Research section.


Mike,
There were a number of knives made for the European market that did not show up in the US catalogs.
Since most of my research is based on the US catalogs, non-catalog knives do not appear in my lists unless I have gotten the information from somewhere else.


Something to remember about Schrade:
Nothing is carved in stone!
A few things are etched in Jell-O.