A head scratcher for me. 2 blade serpentine
- Meridian_Mike
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A head scratcher for me. 2 blade serpentine
I just bought this one online because it looks a little different.
The seller didn't mention a number for the model, only "Schrade Walden" which is easily seen on the mark side tang.
With a fat bolster on one end and a skinny one on the other end, I just thought it looked cool.
Can any one expound on this guy?
(sellers pics)
The seller didn't mention a number for the model, only "Schrade Walden" which is easily seen on the mark side tang.
With a fat bolster on one end and a skinny one on the other end, I just thought it looked cool.
Can any one expound on this guy?
(sellers pics)
"Life is tough.... but it's tougher if you're stupid."....John Wayne
- tongueriver
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Re: A head scratcher for me. 2 blade serpentine
Is it this one? The very early Schrade Waldens did not have a pattern # stamped on the blade and they did not say U.S.A., either. Shown is a catalog cut; the SW # would be 766.
Re: A head scratcher for me. 2 blade serpentine
That is a very attractive knife.
Re: A head scratcher for me. 2 blade serpentine
I think Cal's got it. I had slightly later one just like it with the model 766 on the tang:
Eric
Eric
Re: A head scratcher for me. 2 blade serpentine
Nice knives, guys.
I've got a whittler in that frame.
I've got a whittler in that frame.
Joe
Re: A head scratcher for me. 2 blade serpentine
Great little knife; Congrats !
Seems odd that the catalog calls it a "Wharncliff pattern" with a clip and pen blades ...
Just a different era in time, I suppose
Seems odd that the catalog calls it a "Wharncliff pattern" with a clip and pen blades ...
Just a different era in time, I suppose
Chris
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- Meridian_Mike
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Re: A head scratcher for me. 2 blade serpentine
Yep... by golly I believe you nailed it! Thanks Cal.tongueriver wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 11:38 pm Is it this one? The very early Schrade Waldens did not have a pattern # stamped on the blade and they did not say U.S.A., either. Shown is a catalog cut; the SW # would be 766.
When I saw the description, I thought the same thing....
I guess a "Wharncliff pattern" is different than a Wharncliffe blade.. (?).
That is a beautiful knife you have Eric. Yours does look longer and more slender. Maybe an illusion.
The seller did not mention the length of my knife. The seller did say in the description, that the covers are celluloid. BUT....
Maybe I am just letting my imagination over come my common sense but in this close-up of the shield, there appears to be the "canals" of wood grain you see in wood. I was thinking cocobolo but, NO matter, the covers fit the bolsters nicely. No shrinkage.
I am pleased.
"Life is tough.... but it's tougher if you're stupid."....John Wayne
- tongueriver
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Re: A head scratcher for me. 2 blade serpentine
I believe that the term Wharncliffe in its first usage in the cutlery world referred to the frame, not the blade, but the characteristic wharncliffe blade soon followed and dominated the understanding of the term. Wharncliffe is obviously a proper name and I wonder how it came to be associated with the knife? I suspect that information is lost to the ages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wharncliffe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wharncliffe
- Meridian_Mike
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Re: A head scratcher for me. 2 blade serpentine
Well.....
The thing that drew my eye to this knife was that there was a large bolster at one end and the smaller bolster at the other end.
That teamed up with the SEXY curves of the serpentine shape and I just couldn't resist.
Maybe those were the characteristics of a "Wharncliffe" pattern.... (????)
I know one thing though.... I LIKE IT!!!
The thing that drew my eye to this knife was that there was a large bolster at one end and the smaller bolster at the other end.
That teamed up with the SEXY curves of the serpentine shape and I just couldn't resist.
Maybe those were the characteristics of a "Wharncliffe" pattern.... (????)
I know one thing though.... I LIKE IT!!!
"Life is tough.... but it's tougher if you're stupid."....John Wayne