Schrade Walden push button Switchblade knife

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maryk

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Hi,
I am new here, hope this goes okay.
I have this little knife, marked Schrade Walden NY on the end of one blade. In trying to research this I have found some that are described as a double sided switch blade - is that the correct name? I'm not a knife person, but I thought a switch blade was a bigger knife. Mine is 2 3/4" in length not including the blades.
One of the blades has a file texture on one side, the other side has 2 grooves - what is the purpose of the side with the grooves? What would be the age of this?
Thanks for any information!
maryk


 
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okay, not sure what I did wrong with posting photos - will try and figure this out. Sorry about this.
maryk
 
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It's interesting. I've got no knowledge for you on the knife. You may also want to post this in Bernard levines knife ID forum. There is a lot of knife knowledge over there.
 
Schrade Cutlery Company made "switch blade" or pushbutton knives for most of its 1904 to 1946 history. The company changed hands in late 1946 and was called Schrade Walden. They continued making a few patterns of these knives until 1958, when they became nationally illegal. The number of patterns was very large and their size ranged from well under 3 inches to the 5 inch range. Yours was designed as a manicure knife and the grooves were for touching up the edges of the fingernails. Although technically illegal, they are commonly sold and traded today. Yours is a nice example. Welcome to this forum.
 
Thank-you for the information and welcome tongueriver! So a manicure knife made sometime between 1946-58 for age - manicure sounds so much better than switchblade to me, lol.
maryk
 
And with the stamping of SCHRADE WALDEN NY rather than SCHRADE WALDEN NY USA, the date of 1946 is probably closer to the mfg year than 1958.
 
I hesitate to post other people's pictures of their knives sometimes, but some pictures and knives are just too good not to share with everybody. I go to these pictures and drool from time to time. I would like to have an opportunity to get one of these sometime. This one, with a stirrup or bail on one end would make a great watch fob on a chain for one of my antique pocket watches that is 14k white gold filled and made in 1923. ANYWAY, back to reality. This one appears to be an older one with a tang stamp on the large blade that says, SCHRADE CUT. CO. WALDEN, NY. The smaller blade stamp is, U.S.PATS DEC 21,09 SEPT 13,10 JUNE 6,16
These knives are amazing, I think. If you look closely at maryk's close up pics you can see the meticulous hand engraving. No power tools, just tiny little chisels. They are works of art.

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This hand engraved watch deserves a beautiful knife fob like that Schrade Safety Press Button!
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