Thread: A Nice Surprise.

For months a friend of mine has been telling me that he has something to give me, if he could just remember where he put it.
For the past 2 years I have been getting rid of what I cannot or have not used,, that I have stored (hoarded) for years. I see things & snatch them thinking that I will need them someday. I think of my friends that might could use the stuff, before I pass the stuff to the Salvation Army. More than a few times the friend's wives have called me, "Johnny stop give crap to my husband, we have no place to put it!",,, well my friends never complain & they always seem happy to get the stuff,, I guess if I collected purses, ladies shoes or cosmetics, then the wives would not complain so much.

But I don't collect those things,,,, so I gave my friend, who's a locksmith by trade, a box of old pad locks,keys, cables & a lock pick set that I acquired years ago. He was happy. When I saw him the other day, he hands me a box.
"Here's the thing I wanted to give you but could not find.", he said. It was stored in his garage for 35 years. It had the smell of long term storage & the indications of a little mold. So I spent an hour on the box & about 3 hours on the knife.

It was a Schrade I-XL Commemorative, made in Sheffield, England. I was always bragging about my old Sheffield razors to him & he remembered the knife was made in Sheffield.

Thanks for looking,,,,

Very nice and very thoughtful of him!

Very nice John & are they the serial number & silver stamps on the bolsters also

Yes, # 5780 & the Sheffield marks.,,,,, the bolsters are solid nickel silver,,

That's amazing.
Any idea when it was made?

I think this series was made in the 80's ,,, so they are about 30 to 35 years old,,,,, I have to research it some more,,,

if it was a 1787 Bi-Centenial Commemorative item made in 1987 it would be 27 years old ??
and still new, beautiful

That is seriously cool

Nice! Judging by the hallmarks on the bottom front bolster, you think those would be sterling?

What kind of an edge do the blades have on them? If none, do you plan on sharpening them?