All About Pocket Knives

Hello everybody...I'm obviously hooked on AAPK(with out dropping any names i've been to other"Blade"fourms&this is by far the best!!!) site!, as i have been searching for all my knives(mostly vintage pocket)with out too much luck but i found this Schrade fixed blade #493 but what has me baffled is the stamp on the butt looks like an anvil beside a flag,like a nautical looking flag.(triangle cut at front < )gaurd&some of leather/plastic stacking is loose...My question is or thought is:Did someone cutomize this knife&thank is their mark?,first thought was SCAGEL but not his mark(scagel-squiggel!)right?,it feels real good,handle finger grooves fit well.that mark was one of the reason i aquired it so does anybody have any thoughts(or ???'s)on this mark? knife it's self?? any and all info. will be greatly appreciated!,Thank's all!!!

the knife looks factory those are just the hallmarks put on the buttcap by schrade for the 49ers series knives I'll move this to knife lore and LT can shed some more light

muskrat man wrote:the knife looks factory those are just the hallmarks put on the buttcap by schrade for the 49ers series knives I'll move this to knife lore and LT can shed some more light

Thank You i appreciate this!

From what I can recall of what was posted in another forum, the anvil was the cutlers mark. It signified that it was "bench made." A throw back to the old English Cutler's marks.
The first mark is a date code, indicating the year it was made.
Perhaps LT has the key to that code. He is the only one I know who might.

That is about all I know about it.
Dale

Mamoth, scroll down to page 8 on the PDF link below, it'll show you everything you want to know about the hallmarks (Dale hit the nail on the head). It's from an excellent research site

http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/ ... 5-CATS.pdf

Eric

Thanks Eric.
I knew it was around, just couldn't find it.

Dale

ea42 wrote:Mamoth, scroll down to page 8 on the PDF link below, it'll show you everything you want to know about the hallmarks (Dale hit the nail on the head). It's from an excellent research site

http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/ ... 5-CATS.pdf

Eric

Thanks all great info. but i couldn't find a date code on p.8! one on mine is shaped like flag&the gaurd and butt are hammared in a arts&crafts style&read its called"nugget look",i'd love to date it!,again thanks all!!!

Mamoth,
If you will email me next week (I am busy this weekend & will forget) I think I can come up with a pretty close date range on our knife.

Dale

orvet wrote:Mamoth,
If you will email me next week (I am busy this weekend & will forget) I think I can come up with a pretty close date range on our knife.

Dale

Will do!!!,thank you dale!
Darrin(mamoth58)

I have the same knife except mine is bone handle with the same mark on end. Did you find out anything on it?

pzgcrose wrote:I have the same knife except mine is bone handle with the same mark on end. Did you find out anything on it?

Welcome to AAPK! This thread is about 8 years old. My suggestion: start a new thread and post pictures of yours.

Yes, please do start a new topic, this topic is 7 years old, I don't remember what I found back then.