SCHRADE U.S.A. 881Y LARGE STOCKMAN -🇺🇸- Episode 148

SCHRADE U.S.A. 881Y LARGE STOCKMAN
4" Premium Stock Knife - First listed in the 1953 catalogs as the 881 with bone handles, the 881Y appears in the 1954 catalog with its Maize (yellow) plastic covers. The 881Y's last year of production was 1987. Part of the open stock line. This knife is c. 1973-2004. Has 1095 carbon steel blades. Full flat ground clip point main blade with long pull nail nick. Sheepfoot and spey secondary blades. Nickle silver bolsters and sheild, brass pins and liners.
This knife has Swinden key construction. Schrade knives didn't use pivot pin construction after around 1960 when Dave Swinden Sr. filed a patent for the keyhole construction (swinden key). Dave Swinden Sr. was a master cutler for the Schrade Walden Knife Company and would later go on to be the President of Schrade Cutlery and Imperial Schrade Corp. His career spanned fifty years with Schrade and Imperial from 1948-1998. He died on June 24, 2015. Thank you for watching! If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comment section below.

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