Schrade Walden Auto

[DixieRanger]

This little knife was carried in pocket of my Grandmother's bib apron worn each day. Each blade has button to open and slide to lock open or closed. Think neat for Mammy, (1881-1963) as we called her, to carry a switchblade. Made best biscuits ever tasted.

 

[30-30remchester]

Even though not asked, I will give some unsolicited advice. Been a collector of antique knife for 50 years so I have some experience. Don't touch it or spiff it up. In my youth, every antique knife I got, I felt needed to be brought back to new condition. I ruined hundreds, literally. What you hold, and the condition it is in, IS your Mammy. Enjoy the bumps and nick and think of her when you do occasionally use it. Lastly, write a short history of your Mammy and the knife and store them together. So often memories fade with time and things get changed and completely forgotten for the next generation and future owners.

 

[desi2358]

A nice family heirloom! I like it!

 

[sceva]

That is neat. Those were actually quite popular with normal everyday people. Your story is proof that for most people a switchblade was a tool and not the wicked weapon of wild out of control teenagers as portrayed as a reason for banning them.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Neat knife.
And it's a predecessor to the WWII Paratrooper Knife.

 

[DixieRanger]

Breaking news...FBI foiled plot placing IEDs in NY. Can't put clip here but looks like shotgun shells with? Look it up. Looked up federally banned explosives. As mentioned in a recent thread about things boomers did as kids.We did lotta things that are no longer allowed, like riding a bike without a eggshell bicycle helmet. Below is something now banned by federal law that we played with and still have our fingers...well most of us do.