All About Pocket Knives

I've been researching this Schrade Walden Old Lunker Fish knife and have read it was made in 1972 and 1973 only. Does any one else have one?

I have had two and seen a number of others. Some have the fish on the shield and others say LUNKER on the shield. I think that I have also seen them without a shackle.

tongueriver wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2025 6:56 pm I have had two and seen a number of others. Some have the fish on the shield and others say LUNKER on the shield. I think that I have also seen them without a shackle.

Thanks Cal. I think their pretty cool.

woodwalker wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2025 6:46 pm I've.....

Kevin, that is a VERY G@@D L👁👁KING piece of pocket cutlery.

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2025 10:37 pm

woodwalker wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2025 6:46 pm I've.....

Kevin, that is a VERY G@@D L👁👁KING piece of pocket cutlery.

Thank you Skip!!

Handles are cool as is the knife

woodwalker wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2025 6:46 pm I've been researching this Schrade Walden Old Lunker Fish knife and have read it was made in 1972 and 1973 only. Does any one else have one?

That's a good looking fish knife, woodwalker.

doglegg wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2025 11:54 pm Handles are cool as is the knife

Thanks Floyd!!

FRJ wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2025 12:12 am

woodwalker wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2025 6:46 pm I've been researching this Schrade Walden Old Lunker Fish knife and have read it was made in 1972 and 1973 only. Does any one else have one?

That's a good looking fish knife, woodwalker.

Thank you Joe!!

I have one of each. I can't say which year they each were sold. The sheath is from an Ulster fish knife.
And a picture of one that came with a sheath/pouch.

Mustanger wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2025 4:48 am I have one of each. I can't say which year they each were sold. The sheath is from an Ulster fish knife.
And a picture of one that came with a sheath/pouch.

Knice.

In eighteen years of collecting Schrades I have never seen that SCHRADE WALDEN shield on your knife. My example does have that same curved sheath. Some of the very early SW folding hunters had a curved sheath also, with embossed game scene.

tongueriver wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2025 5:59 pm In eighteen years of collecting Schrades I have never seen that SCHRADE WALDEN shield on your knife. My example does have that same curved sheath. Some of the very early SW folding hunters had a curved sheath also, with embossed game scene.

Here is another picture I saved off the net of one with the sheath that some came with, (I guess)
It is my understanding that the name "Lunker" or "Ole' Lunker" came from a promotion from a retailer named Olsen.?? (see tang stamp pic) I don't believe that Schrade ever referred to the knives as that. I don't think. ?
I am just guessing that since these were only made and sold for two years, that the different shields represent one from each year?? Notice the different tang stamps.
I also came across one with a blank shield.
I only have the two in the first picture with the Ulster sheath and I used to have another one with the fish shield.

Interesting variations. I suspect some of such are "end of days" knives that the employees scrambled to cobble together out of the barrels bins, crates and floor sweepings the summer of 2004. I don't think they sold well back in the day and there was inventory of them still in the plant years later in various stages of discontent.

I have several, including one made by Schrade for Olsen Knife Co.

I've got one of those, missing the bail though...