A thread for Icedog!! ( or any one else who wishes to look)

[JMS]

A few pictures of my knife collection, but only Schrade, which is only a small sampling of my over all collection!
The first scan is Schrade walden. A muskrat, a small trapper, and a whittler! The top two are from the 70's and have delron scales. the bottom one is from the 50's and has peach seed jigged bone scales!

The second scan are Schrade Cigar box, so named because of the box they come in resembles a cigar box! These were made in 2004 just before Schrade shut its doors and sold its name to Taylor!
The first is a muskrat, and the second is a full sized trapper! They both have green stag carved bone for scales!

The third scan is schrade trappers from their custom shop made after 2000 before they closed! They are full sized trappers with brown jigged bone scales!

The fourth scan is my Schrade Heritage collection! The first being a brown smooth bone muskrat made in 83! The second is a small trapper with red smooth bone made in 86! The third is a barlow with smooth brown bone made in 83! The fourth is a whittler with smooth brown bone made in 85!

All are mint and unused except the Schrade Walden whittler!

Some where I have a straight made by Schrade CutCo.

Enjoy! And please post!!

[Jimbo]

They look great Mark.

I have the Schrade Bearhead Trapper Old Timer (SC-960T) made in China. Not a bad little knife and very useful. I don't know how many times I have used the field pick and tweezers.

Thanks for the photos.

James.

Edit: here is a picture I lifted from knivesplus.com

[icedog]

Very sharp looking collection Mark.

[JMS]

Thank you Brad, Jimbo!!

[Bruno]

Maybe a silly question, but why do a lot of pocketknifes in that style come with 2 or even 3 blades? What is the advantage?
EDIT: nice knives btw.

[netsurfr]

Nice collection! Thanks for sharing.

[icedog]

Maybe a silly question, but why do a lot of pocketknifes in that style come with 2 or even 3 blades? What is the advantage?
EDIT: nice knives btw.

Bruno,

This is not at all silly. In fact, thiis is a very good question. The answer can actually be reduced to one word, "whittling". These knives are designed not only as a portable pocket tool for general cutting needs but as a tool meant to satisfy all requirements of the wood cutting hobby known as whittling. Each blade design lends itself to a different application. Some blades are better for "chip carving" some excel at detail work and some are just the thing for rapid stock removal. The basic point of whittling may be to use a knife to reduce a piece of wood down to a pile of chips, it is often preferable to have a design meant for your material. It is very gratifying to find a good stick while out in the woods and using only a pocketknife, convert the end of that stick into a dog or some whimsical wood-sprite before leaving the woods. I have some wonderful walking sticks I have made in just this way. Of course it is possible to have a single bladed knife and call in the specialized carving tools for various details. However, in the eye of the whittler, you can only whittle with a pcketknife. The use of any other tools expands the practice into "carving".

Brad

[Bruno]

Thanks Brad. I never looked at it like that. To me, a knife has always been just a general purpose cutting tool (like my trusted single bladed spyderco.

You explanation makes sense in the same way that to me, shaving is only really shaving if you use a straight razor to do it. All the rest is just soulless hair removal. Substitute razor with pocketknife, and hair with wood, and it is exactly the same.

[Wildtim]

In addition to the Whittling use:

Some multibladed pocket knives the "trappers" are for those who catch small game. The different blades have seperate applications when field dressing or skinning small animals.

The traditional "penknife" also has two blades, one for general use, one more specialized for making pens out of quills.

[Jimbo]

Yep - when I am out bear trapping (drop bears, of course), my Bearhead Trapper dual blades come into their own. One I use to skin the bear's head. The other I use to mark another notch in my bear-head tally board. After, I use both blades to whittle a quick likeness of said drop bear out of a piece of silky oak for my mantelpiece.

James.