This Schrade 498 fixed blade hunting knife has sentimental value to me. (Photo © Russ Chastain)
https://www.alloutdoor.com/2021/01/1...hunting-knife/I was struck by its graceful shape and attractive, practical handle so I took the old blade home with me.
"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." W. C. Fields
Mister Mills (03-23-2021),rice paddy daddy (03-22-2021),RubberDuck (03-23-2021),shootbrownelk (01-25-2021)
49er's
Keep Your Head Up, And your Stick On The Ice.
shootbrownelk (01-25-2021)
My only USA made Schrade fixed blade has a similar shaped and size blade, but the handle (still Staglon) is a little different, with colored spacers behind the cross guard and under the butt cap.
It is marked USA 153UH, for Uncle Henry.
It was used, abused, and rusted when I got it for free 20 years ago.
I cleaned her up, put a nice edge on it with my Lanskey System sharpener, and wear it into town on occasion.
Not worth too much on the market, but she's mine. And, we're both a little beat up and rough around the edges.
Kill A Commie For Mommy
BucketBack (03-22-2021),Innkeeper (03-22-2021),Mister Mills (03-23-2021),RubberDuck (03-23-2021)
I remember that knife style, it was sold for a long time, but I am sure that it is out of production now.
If it is, its just one more thing that went out of style, and died away. My memories are turning into a graveyard.
But that happens when you get old.
“He had been all things, and all was of little value.” Said of Severus Emperor of Rome.
(As quoted by Gibbons, in Decline of the Roman Empire.)
rice paddy daddy (03-26-2021)
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