Schrade Identification

[Yossarian229]

Hello!

My wife's grandfather just gifted me a knife from his (extensive) collection but he wasn't sure where or when he obtained it.

I'd like to be able to talk to him a little bit more about it's history so any help would be greatly appreciated.

[ea42]

The handles appear to be the same as what was used on the '88(?) Duck stamp knife, which was a trapper with a gut hook secondary. They may have had some kind of special order where they used the same handles with the regular trapper blade layout but I think it's also possible that it was put together with spare parts and either sold at the factory store or as an end of days knife. Looks good!

Eric

[Mumbleypeg]

Eric, or one of several other Schrade gurus probably know when the SCHRADE+ stamp was first used. It was relatively recent compared to the long history of Schrade.

Welcome to AAPK.

Ken

[ea42]

In this case the handles date the knife more than the stamp. They're goncalo alves and as far as I know the only smooth bolstered trapper Schrade used that material on was the 1988-89 Duck Stamp knife with the bird hook secondary. The blades could have been from any time around that period. The knife was made after 1988 but when I don't know. Could have been anywhere from 1988 to 2004.

Eric

[Yossarian229]

Thanks everyone for your help and insights. Very interesting stuff.

If you'd like, I can try to get some pictures of some of his collection - He had a whole binder labelled "Schrade".

[ea42]

That'd be awesome!! Always great to see Schrade collections!!

Eric