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Comment by Clint Thompson on October 4, 2013 at 17:14

The blades were never made to sharpen.  The knife is mainly made for stabbing.  It will clean up well.

Comment by Philip Slagter on October 4, 2013 at 13:03

Hi,

I have a Latama 13" stiletto that my grandfather gave me 50 years ago. I am 66 now. It has never been sharpened and is in excellent shape. It has never been cleaned and has no pitting or scratches. In photo number 5 that is not a crack but a build up of dirt. I do not want to clean it as I have ruined antiques in the past by refinishing them and it seems most people want the historic patina on antiques nowadays.

Please let me know if you are interested in this knife.

Thank you,

Philip Slagter

philipslagter@philipslagter.com
406 381 3568

Comment by Bill DeShivs on September 21, 2013 at 2:15

There is nothing wrong with the knife.

Comment by peter force on September 14, 2013 at 23:47

i will agree that im sure the ad is wrong.. AND THE BLADE MIGHT BE CORRECT..but not the etch or the tang stamop. as now that i have looked at a few more of these knivs i have seen no pull. but regardless the etch on the blade is not original. every single letter on the etch looks different. if you actually look at the etcdh you will see some letters are tocuhing why others are to far aprat...the R and the A right next to each other in CRAFTSMAN both look like A the the M has the left side of the M leaning into the rst of the M you almost.then you have the GAINT T in the middle and even worse is the line under CRAFSTMAN. is not straight at all.

from what i can see of the tang stamp.. im going to get into what letter but just look at them...you have whre some of the letters are toudching one another why others that are flaoting away from each other.   and the NYUSA is just a bad job.

regardles if the blade is real... and even if im wrong about the tang stamp.  prsonally i have taight myself i only need ONE THING THAT IS 100% wrong and im walking away. in this case it would be the etch... 

 

Comment by Bill DeShivs on August 10, 2013 at 23:28

The blade in the Craftsman knife is perfectly original. I have never seen one of these with a nail pull. The ad is actually wrong.

Comment by peter force on August 10, 2013 at 23:25

AND HEY RON!!!! the link you show ,the second batch of knives down..the blade in that craftsman looks like the swedgeless flat blade from the ad!

Comment by peter force on August 10, 2013 at 23:22

is the knife in the ad suppose to be the knife in the pics? the model number etched on the blade mathcs the modle number on the ad so i will assume so...

... see this is where an ad is great...and why i collect and preserve them!! ....first things first...WHERE IS THE PULL?... its on the knife in the ad-but not on the knife in the pics...i would hope this would be a DEAD GIVEAWAY??..fellaz...ladies???

also the profile of the knife in the ad is a different profile.look at the swedge on the blade and then look at the lack of one on the ad..also even without the ad this knife i would right away know to have a NEW BLADE easily...

PLEASE REMEMBER -knife etches are just like everything else stamped or printed onto knives..they are done at once...see even in the ad all the letters line up...on the blade in the photos it does not... they are floating above and below each other... i mean thats a really bad scetch job..also the tang stamp is NEW aas in just added recenlty... once again you have some letters almost on each other and spcaing between others..also look how LARGE NYUSA are compared to the rest of the stamp...ALL TANG STAMPS WERE STRUCK AT ONCE AS WELL...so even if the stamp as crooked or upside down ,on a real blade the leters and numbers would still fall inline.

once again im no expert but this knife is not authnetic.. the body might..i dont know.. but the blade is all wrong and is not original to this knife. ...

-i hope i helped and i hope i helped the owner of this knife-all you have to do is look at a simple few things and you will know the knife is wrong.. please fellow friends of IKC...remember what i keep telling you about etches and tang stamps..it is something so simple that will help you so much!

...READ THE KNIFE!-hope i helped--i really hope i did.my goal is not to rain on anyones parade...my goal is to teach so you dont get burned again.ALSO THE OWNER OF THIS KNIFE IF YOU CAN TAKE IT BACK AND YOU PAID ALOT....DO IT!..of course if you want..but the blade is not the original.. the ad itself shows it...it is so nice to have that ad!..with that ad you can very easliy return the knife!..

BUY KNIFE BOOKS,THEN BUY KNIVES!-collect ads!

Comment by Ron Cooper on August 10, 2013 at 22:43

Shannon, you're quite welcome! Some of those old automatics are quite valuable today even though they were relatively inexpensive back when they were first produced. A good example of that is another knife that was made by the same company as yours - The Parachutist Knife. I've seen those go for a couple of hundred dollars and there's not that much difference between that one and the one you have.

Have you seen this: http://www.ebay.com/gds/Schrade-Paratrooper-Knife-World-War-2-M-2-U...

Take a look! You'll see your knife in the 2nd pic down. It may not give you a dollar amount but it does provide some information that might prove useful in your search.

I'm glad you like this site. So do I! I hope you'll stick around and keep participating. The education you'll get can't be purchased or measured in dollars and cents. 

Cheers & have a great weekend!

Comment by Shannon McGraw on August 10, 2013 at 22:27

Thank you Ron. That is the conclusion I was coming to as I wrote the message to you. I think that is what I am going to do. Everyone has been so helpful, or has tried to be. I will be sure to let you all know when I come across other finds. I really like this site.

Comment by Ron Cooper on August 10, 2013 at 15:18

Shannon, as you can see on the tang stamp, this was a Schrade-Walden knife made for Sears. My friend, Guy, has even provided an ad for the exact same knife as it appeared in the Sears catalog 60 years ago. 

As you can see, it wasn't a very expensive knife back then. As far as what it might be worth today? I suppose it's worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. And, of course, that would be determined by how badly they wanted it.

I know that sounds pretty vague. But that's the best answer that I can give you. There's just no set price for something like this. Usually, if you list a knife like this on Ebay it will be like water rising to its own level. It will probably land on a price that would reflect its true worth. That's not always true, but it usually is.

That's about the best answer I can give you. Perhaps someone else can add more to the conversation?

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