New Old Stock Schrade "Old Timer" pocket knife, Made in USA (pics)....

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My wife has taken up metal detecting again after a 20 plus year hiatus, she bought a cheap used detector and has been having fun using it. She heard about a little family owned country sporting goods store about 10 miles or so from us that carries metal detectors and accessories, and wanted to go look around.

Wife: "Let's go to the metal detector store!"

Me: "You go hun, I'll stay here"....

Wife: "I hear they have guns"....

Me: "I'll drive".

We get to the place, and it's a dark dusty maze of hunting, archery, trapping, metal detecting, outdoor clothing, hunting dog supplies, you name it. Place has been in business since 1967. Gun rack has a nice assortment of hunting rifles, including a Ruger "All Weather Rifle", 30/06 caliber with a boat paddle stock. Neat....

What followed me home though was a new in the box, old stock Schrade Old timer 770T, "Improved Muskrat".Found it in a display of Schrade knives, some newer, made in China, others "Made in USA". Seems the guy who owned the store bought a boatload of Schrade knives when he heard they were no longer going to be made in the US (around 2004), and he still has some for sale:

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Makes a nice companion to the other Made in USA "Old Timers" I've picked up over the years:

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All in all, a worthy outing with the wife, and a neat shop to explore again.
 
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Nice knife collection. I have a 'couple of the fixed blade drop points like you have in the pic.
I try to pick up old Case knives from time to time too.

(Far SW Va. is your location, my wife's people are from Lee Co. & you can't get much farther SW than that!:))

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Congratulations on your recent score and your collection. If they had any NOS Buck knives let me know please. I'll have one of my crews stop by and check them out.
 
Very nice pick-up and collection Canoeman:cool: my all time favorite slip joint is a 34ot love the carbon steel in those old timers:Dthese are my favorite hunting knives T to B 34ot,89ot and a 125ot liner lock for a replacement of a fixed blade.the pic came in sideways:eek:
 

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My few Schrades are all their better grade Uncle Henry line. I like the stainless steel better and the Staglon handles.


I have no experience with the new Chinese ones.
 
Not knowing any better, a few years ago I bought a 128OT. The pins were all proud, with a couple being real nail-snaggers. The scales and bolsters don't mate up at all, and the shield was in there kind of cockeyed, sunken on one end and proud on the other. The blades were stainless.

It didn't say USA on it anywhere, but it didn't say CHINA, either. This knife gives me no pleasure or pride in ownership, but it takes a decent edge and does everything I ever asked of it as an EDC. I have never run across a USA Old Timer, but I will grab one if I do.
 
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Been carrying an Old Timer for about 25 years.
Over the years we have had some fun together. Besides cutting open bales of hay each day, we have been expelled from the Washington Monument and my state Capitol.... all because we stick together!
 
I dug around and found these.

The little one is an LB1 Uncle Henry USA made. The biggest one is a Schrade+ USA SP3 Thast used to have orange handles. The pocket knife is an Old Timer 34ot. I think there are more in my tool cabinet but I ain't lookin forum tonight. These knives are used a lot and I have always liked the old Schrades. Gun forum picture included :rolleyes:
Peace,
Gordon
 

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I've owned a few US made Old Timers with their carbon steel blades
over the years and still have one. I recently picked up a blister pack of
two small folders that are now made in China at WM for a very good
price. Sorry folks, you may not like to hear this but the two I bought
with Stainless blades are simply better than the old ones. Very sharp
blades and very well fitted and machined. No doubt due to the marvel
of CNC machining. Time marches on.
 
U have and pics Alwslate?I've never seen a China Schrade with good fit and finish.
 
I just remembered something. If you were a fan of the old TV series, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, you may recall Prof. Challenger's stockman pattern pocketknife. I think this was in the episode where he had amnesia and saw his initials on the knife. I'm about 98.627 % sure that the knife was a Schrade Old Timer. The GEC initials were on the left scale and were well done; cleanly cut.


This knife didn't quite help Challenger remember his name, but Finn and Veronica showed up soon and took him back to the Treehouse and helped him to remember who he was and where.


That show had some nice knives. Finn had one that I think was either a Puma Cub or variant with checkered nylon scales or a very similar knife by Jos. Diefenthaler, both in Solingen.
Don't know if she brought it with her from New Amazonia or if it was in Challenger's lab.


The Bowies and Veronica's knives were also good, and sometimes seen in close-ups. I found some close-up pics of some on tne Net, confirming my ID.


But the identifiable knife that I've seen most on TV is Buck's Model 120.


Does anyone else watch for knives on TV and in films?
 
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Richard check your local antique shops you may find some.I find old Schrades,Case ,Camillus and Bucks near mint at those shops.
 
The REAL, U.S.-made Old Timers were splendid, economical working knives, my choice for many years.

My favorite was the 8OT, the four-inch three-blade stockman pattern.

I much preferred the fine 1095 carbon steel to the 440A stainless used in the Uncle Henry line. The 1095 took a better edge, held it longer,and was easier to resharpen.

I also preferred the sawn Delrin scales of the Old Timers to the Staglon. They gave a good grip when wet or bloody.

The Chinese "Schrades" I've seen were poorly made, and the hallowed OT's had stainless blades. Very disappointing.
 
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