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old Schrade - Walden, NY

by Kevin D

Aug 4, 2022

Good Evening!

I recently got an old Schrade 3 blade pocketknife that was very heavily corroded.  It was so bad, that I could not open it with a screwdriver or a pair of pliers.

After about 2 weeks of soaking it in Kroil, I managed to open it.  I did quite a bit of cleaning it up, and it ended up being a rather nice little knife.

I have tried to ID it with no success.  The best I can come up with so far is that it is older than 1946.

Can anyone help me out in figuring out what this knife is?

I am attaching a couple of pics of it.  If there is any additional information or pictures that I can provide, please let me know.

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    Kevin D

    Oh!  I did find this small reference pic on Schrade tang stamps...

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    Based on this, I think the knife was made between 1917 and 1946.  Quite the time span, but it is getting narrowed down a little bit.

    Oct 2, 2022

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    Paul S

    There is  a collection of old Schrade Catalogs on line at https://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/Catalogs/index.htm. The 1923 catalog shows knife calling that blade a "Leather Punch". A collection of Schrade history is at  https://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/articles/articles.htm   Schrade Walden is collectible. If you are around Naponach NY you would enjoy the knife Museum near there.

    Paul S now in Surprise AZ

    Oct 2, 2022

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    Kevin D

    oooh.  That looks like some good reference material!  thank you!

    After perusing the catalog and making my best guesses, (due to no numbers being found on this knife - yep.  I looked again) The first number would have to be an 8.  then the pattern number...  not sure about that.  the pattern looks very close to the 83, but is only 3½" long and not 4".  I could not find a similar knife pattern that was a little bit shorter.  the last digits, I believe would be 4¼K.

    So we would have : 8##4¼K   Just need to find the correct pattern now to fill in those two missing numbers.  BUT!  we are getting closer!

    Thanks again Steve!

    Oct 2, 2022