Schrade Old Timer Sharpfinger Knife Fixed Blade
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List Price: $24.00 / Sale Price: $14.98
Product Features
- Includes leather sheath
- Fixed blade knife
- Full-grain leather sheath
- 7.25" overall length
- Limited Lifetime
From the Editors
7-1/4", Old Timer Sharp Finger Hunting Knife, 9/16" Skinning Blade, Genuine Leather Sheath.
Product Description
Accessories for the Schrade Old Timer Sharpfinger Knife Fixed Blade Model 152OT
DMT FWFC Double Sided Diafold Diamond Whetstone Sharpener Fine / Coarse
DMT FWEF Double Sided Diafold® Diamond Whetstone Sharpener Fine / Extra-Fine
DMT 6-in-1 Multi-Purpose Diamond and Ceramic Triangle Sharpener
DMT W6FP 6-Inch Diamond Tabletop Whetstone, Fine Grit
DMT ADELUXE Aligner Deluxe Knife Sharpening Kit
Customer Response
Schrade no longer made in USA
Please note that while everyone here agrees that the original Schrade Sharpfingers are excellent knives, the company went bankrupt in 2004 and sold their name to Taylor Brands, which now uses the name on Chinese-made copies of their old design. These knives are no longer made in USA. A quality comparison might be found in the difference in going price between the original and new knives on auction websites.
A lot of knife for the money
This knife is made of 1095 carbon steel. I cut meat for a living at one time and also love nice knives. I wish I could afford some knives made with the exotic steels. This little knife is the best bang-for-your-buck I've found in a long time. If you know how to use a butcher's steel, you can skin and clean animal after animal with only a few occasional swipes down the butcher's steel to keep the edge straight. Anyone who is the least bit familiar with good cutting blades will appreciate this fast-looking little knife.
Old Timer Knife
Like it's big brother(Dear Slayer) this knife is a great knife. I have owned one of these before, and I am ordering 2 more for keeps sake. I do like this one better than the bigger one though becouse it's lighter more compact.
A classic sheath knife
I've had a Sharpfinger for about 35 years that is still one of my favorites and recently got another one. These are great small light-weight sheath knives for the camper or hiker. I always found it a handy tool around a campsite for many of the numerous needs as a backpacker even for preparing meals. A good solid working knife.
Poetry in an all-purpose knife
The Sharpfinger is exactly what the name says: a keen edge that feels like part of your hand. In a world of overdesigned, overwrought implements billed as "ergonomic," Schrade shows how to make a truly usable tool: You take away everything that is unnecessary and put everything that's left exactly where it belongs. To hold the Sharpfinger is to know this principle literally firsthand.
Because of the upswept blade, this knife has as much cutting edge as bulkier knives but still carries small. The raised handle configuration ensures that the hand will never slip into the blade, and the thumb-sized concavity on the blade's spine offers exceptional dexterity.
Although it seems primarily intended as a caping and skinning knife, I can't imagine a function it wouldn't serve. I've even used it in the kitchen. Meat seems to fall apart when you just wave this thing in its general direction. With its agility and its out-of-the-box sharpness, it makes a great scribing knife for woodworking. And who needs X-acto knives for modeling with this thing around? You get the idea.
Its compact size, no-nonsense yet comfortable Delrin scales, and brown leather sheath give the Sharpfinger a very low profile when carried. It looks like it belongs to somebody's Grampa, completely non-threatening, un-macho, and anti-"tactical"-- exactly the opposite of most fixed-blade sheath knives today. But don't make the mistake of dismissing it as a weapon. In fact, it is the primary carry knife of no less an authority than Marc "Animal" MacYoung, who touts it as stealthy and nearly indestructible.
And it goes for $20 or less. I think about what a Plains Indian would have given for a knife like this and am awed that I can have one for less than a really cheap pair of sneakers. It's an archetypal tool, and at this price, there's no excuse for not having at least one.
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