If you could have only 2 knives?

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Wow, I had no idea those existed.
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That's from the 93 Schrade catalogue showing the Guthook Skinner and the Sharpfinger. Looking though the prior and subsequent catalogues shows the droppoint blade first listed in 94 in the Uncle Henry line as the 154UH Badger.
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The pricelist from 95 still shows the Badger in the Uncle Henry line. I find a 97 pricelist still showing the Badger only in the Uncle Henry line. In the 99 pricelist it disappears altogether and isn't in the 2000-2004. The Guthook Skinner and the Sharpfinger go on year after year.

Going through the Schrade collector sites and the scans of the catalogues and pricelists of when Schrade was still Schrade (before Taylor bought them) was great fun and brought back a lot of memories.

All of that makes me wonder if the cross cut delrin Old Timer Badger is very rare off catalogue specialty production proprietary to a retailer making it very collectable.
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Thanks for sharing that info.

The research I've done, which consists of reading bladeforums, say that it was a standard item but only produced a short time.

It couldn't be too rare, cause I knew of it, and I live under a rock. I definitely want one, that's for sure. Course I want bout one of everything knife.
 
The catalogues don't show it which is what makes me wonder if they did them especially for a wholesale or large retail customer. Specialty runs were pretty common with US manufacturers. Sometimes they were just a way to clear the warehouse of blades of discontinued knives. Take what's left over, finish them up in your lowest cost materials, sell them to a dealer at a just over cost so they can blow them out. Either can turn a "meh" knife into a valuable collectable 20 years later. ;)
 
Well I done picked a buck 192 and a case stockman. If I could add a third, it'd be the a buck 110. Maybe my 426 bucklite, which is a 110 with plastic handle. It's extremely light, and has a great balance.
 
For a fixed blade I like a smaller blade. Right now I’m loving my Spyderco Mule in Magnacut but it’s neck and neck with my Buck Woodsman.

For a folder I want something that can serve in office settings, so I’ll go with my Damascus Delica, but my WE Scamp and Chaparrals could be substituted easily.
 
My number one knife is the Southern Grind Bad Monkey. I have 5 of them scattered throughout the house,shop, and car; that’s how much I like and use them.


‘I want a knife that fills the hand. 100% corn fed beef. These lock up like a bank vault and can handle any job thrown my way.

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I like the tanto blade most.


Though I don’t get into the woods as much as used to, my 80’s vintage Cold Steel Trailblazer Carbon V is my choice for a trail knife, thus my number two.

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Got a lot of knives and I carry different ones according to need and Mood. But if all I could have only two this pair of Bucks would be My Choice. A 119 75th anniversary and the good old 110 folder. What else do you Really Need!!!
 

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I guess for various legal length issues, it’d be these.
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Top one is a very solid knife with nearly a 4” blade (S35VN). Middle fits my hand perfect but is a bit less intimidating (M390). Bottom is under 3” and meets length requirements for the city I live near (20CV)

I’d like to have a fixed blade mixed in, but these three are far more useful to me.
 
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That's from the 93 Schrade catalogue showing the Guthook Skinner and the Sharpfinger. Looking though the prior and subsequent catalogues shows the droppoint blade first listed in 94 in the Uncle Henry line as the 154UH Badger.
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The pricelist from 95 still shows the Badger in the Uncle Henry line. I find a 97 pricelist still showing the Badger only in the Uncle Henry line. In the 99 pricelist it disappears altogether and isn't in the 2000-2004. The Guthook Skinner and the Sharpfinger go on year after year.

Going through the Schrade collector sites and the scans of the catalogues and pricelists of when Schrade was still Schrade (before Taylor bought them) was great fun and brought back a lot of memories.

All of that makes me wonder if the cross cut delrin Old Timer Badger is very rare off catalogue specialty production proprietary to a retailer making it very collectable.
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I have a Golden Spike that I bought at a pre-covid mega garage sale. Not sure but I think it was $20 or $25. Had no idea they sold for $60 in 1994. It was a little rough when I got it but has recovered fairly well. I used it in December to skin elk. Worked just fine.

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I've carried some form of Swiss Army knife since the 90's, usually the Tinker. I just retired the last one after 9 years of daily carry. Was still 100% functional but years of periodic sharpening and a blade will only go so far.

That and any good quality kitchen knife for slicing tomatoes and I'm good to go.
 
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