Please Verify/Confirm: Old Timer 858

afishhunter

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Please verify or confirm, regarding the (USA) Old Timer 858:

1) Only manufactured for six years, from 1978 to 1984.

2) The (USA) Old Timer 858/858OT has Swendon Key Construction.

3) (General Schrade; not model specific) The "Schrade +" blade steel during the 1978 to 1984 time period was 440A, predating the switch to 420HC.

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In/On a couple of the catalog pages in the "Old Catalogs and Ads" sticky thread over in the Traditional sub-forum, I saw the 858 was available with a sheath for a few dollars more than without. In the catalogs, the 858 with sheath was listed as an "858OTS". ("S" for "sheath".)

Question:
Do the 858OT's that came with the sheath have an "858OTS" or regular "858OT" or "858" tang stamp?

I know some of the 858's have a tang stamp that reads "Schrade +/USA 858" on two lines, and are lacking the "OT" part. My is one of them :D
(the original, un-pinned, German Silver "Old Timer" shield is intact on mine.)

"German Silver" and "Nickel Silver" are the same material. "German Silver" sounds more ... "refined" ... and/or ... more .... "gentlemanly" ... or "educated" ... so I prefer to use that term. :)
 
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