Craftsman 95041 -- Schrade Peanut from the late 70s

[UnderDawgAl]

I wish I had never found AAPK.

Now I waste time scouring the auction site. Here's the result from last week: a probable Schrade-made Craftsman 95041, for sale between 1977 and 1981 or so, per the Sears catalogs scanned and uploaded on a site dedicated to vintage machinery.

Peanut 95041

Here's another shot, similar to the one above.

Same Peanut 95041

And here is a pic of it with its larger sibling, the Craftsman 95044 of the same vintage--essentially a Schrade 8OT/881. I've got a grand total of $32.01 invested in the pair, and they're both for carry and use. I've gently hand sharpened both to 7000 grit on all blades. No safe queens here!

Peanut 95041 and Stockman 95044

[XX Case XX]

Maybe you wish you'd never found this site, but we're glad you did. Those are very nice. I especially like the Stockman. Thanks for sharing, and nice photos by the way. Looks like late afternoon...

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Mike

[tongueriver]

Think Camillus. Just sayin'. But first, make sure that you cannot under ANY circumstances see evidence of a pin through the blade pivot. If you can't the frame at least is Schrade, but the blades could be Camillus or Imperial. Schrade, Imperial and Camillus in the later years were joined at the hip and shared everything you can think of. The Schrade building is reputed to be the only place where the Swinden pin machinery existed (no visible pin through the bolster), at least until the 2004 Schrade bankruptcy, upon which date the Swinden pin machinery MAY have moved to the Camillus cutlery, whose own bankruptcy was soon to follow. Where is that machinery now?

[oldprof]

I have a peanut like yours,that I bought from Dale(Ovet) a couple years back.It was like new.Like you,I sharpened it and carried it
for a while.I consider this pattern to be a small jack.I have an attachment to Craftsmen knives.In the 50's and 60's this was a common
and appreciated birthday gift.

[tallguy606]

I bought this exact knife a few years back off the big auction site for not much. Brand new in bubble pack. Guy said, I have two, you want the other one? Sure, I took it. Not long after, I saw a nice article in Backwoods magazine about pen knives. I enjoyed it so much I sent the second one to the author for his collection.

[UnderDawgAl]

Maybe you wish you'd never found this site, but we're glad you did. Those are very nice. I especially like the Stockman. Thanks for sharing, and nice photos by the way. Looks like late afternoon...

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Mike

Thanks. It was indeed late afternoon today, and I used my 6-yr-old cell phone to take advantage of the afternoon light.

I'm partial to the Stockman as well, but I've been carrying the little jack around the last couple days. Honestly, the little one suffices for about 95% of my needs when I'm not working outdoors.

[UnderDawgAl]

Think Camillus. Just sayin'. But first, make sure that you cannot under ANY circumstances see evidence of a pin through the blade pivot. If you can't the frame at least is Schrade, but the blades could be Camillus or Imperial.

I just looked closely at the bolsters through a 10X loupe, and I could see no evidence of pins going through. The blades, however, have that swedge in the clip blade that seemed common with Imperial knives. Maybe Sears spec'ed these knives this way. I agree that the parts and pieces could have come from any of the three.

[orvet]

I have a peanut like yours,that I bought from Dale(Ovet) a couple years back.It was like new.Like you,I sharpened it and carried it
for a while.I consider this pattern to be a small jack.I have an attachment to Craftsmen knives.In the 50's and 60's this was a common
and appreciated birthday gift.

Welcome to AAPK!

[orvet]

I just looked closely at the bolsters through a 10X loupe, and I could see no evidence of pins going through. The blades, however, have that swedge in the clip blade that seemed common with Imperial knives. Maybe Sears spec'ed these knives this way. I agree that the parts and pieces could have come from any of the three.

Camillus made a lot of parts and even complete knives for Schrade and Imperial. I have copies of a purchase order where Schrade ordered I believe the number was 10,000 sets of blades for the 8OT from Camillus.
It is fairly easily documented if you do a little research, that the Imperial Frontier line was made by all three companies! Some models were made in Providence in the Imperial factory, others were made in Camillus at the Camillus factory and others have the Swinden key system which can only mean it was made in Ellenville New York at the Schrade factory. It was pretty weird how much things got swapped around and subbed out between those three companies, but then again they were all owned by the same person so I guess he figured it only made sense.

[TwoFlowersLuggage]

Sounds a lot like General Motors in the mid 1970s, when you could get a Buick Apollo, Chevy Nova, Olds Omega or Pontiac Venture, and no matter what the badge said, nearly all the parts could be mixed & matched.

[mrwatch]

Sounds a lot like General Motors in the mid 1970s, when you could get a Buick Apollo, Chevy Nova, Olds Omega or Pontiac Venture, and no matter what the badge said, nearly all the parts could be mixed & matched.

I changed the oil on a full size Olds that had a Pontiac 5 quart engine from the factory. Dad asked me four qts. of what kind, and I said five. You don't put five in a Olds. Take a look, well i'll be darned. Plus one for the filter, and now some are small and take half a quart. These new cars, open hood=close hood. can't even see the spark plugs and the battery is under the back seat. Like the old VW Beetles.

[tongueriver]

Sounds a lot like General Motors in the mid 1970s, when you could get a Buick Apollo, Chevy Nova, Olds Omega or Pontiac Venture, and no matter what the badge said, nearly all the parts could be mixed & matched.

I changed the oil on a full size Olds that had a Pontiac 5 quart engine from the factory. Dad asked me four qts. of what kind, and I said five. You don't put five in a Olds. Take a look, well i'll be darned. Plus one for the filter, and now some are small and take half a quart. These new cars, open hood=close hood. can't even see the spark plugs and the battery is under the back seat. Like the old VW Beetles.

Times have changed I had a friend back in the day with a Packard straight eight. He could stand inside the engine compartment alongside the engine. We would occasionally put a 24-can case of beer between the radiator and the grill and drive away. No cup holders of course, but plenty of real ashtrays, which usually held one or two church keys. Wide whitewall tires and pin-striped wheels with little hub cap. Wing windows. Enormous curb appeal with those old cars, but, of course, compared to today's automobiles, they were functionally a POS. Extremely poor reliability and longevity and forget comfort. But talk about ROOM! Fun stuff.