VINTAGE SCHRADE USA SCRIMSHAW 261SC MAYFLOWER FOLDING 2 BLADE POCKET KNIFE AND ORIGINAL GENUINE LEATHER SHEATH! (blades have patina) MADE IN NEW YORK USA OVER 40 YEARS AGO!!!
THE ORIGINAL SCHRADE FACTORY OPENED ITS DOORS IN WALDEN, NEW YORK IN 1904. SOME YEARS LATER A SECOND FACTORY WAS OPENED IN MIDDLETON, NEW YORK. THIS FACTORY MADE BIGGER BARLOW KNIVES. THE 4 SCHRADE BROTHERS, GEORGE, WILLIAM, LOUIS & JOE MADE ALL SCHRADE CUSTOM KNIVES! NOW YOU CAN OWN THIS 15OT DUCKS UNLIMITED DEERSLAYER FIXED BLADE KNIFE!AFTER SCHRADE SURVIVED THE GREAT DEPRESSION IN 1946 THE BROTHERS BOUGHT THE IMPERIAL KNIFE COMPANY & THE ULSTER KNIFE COMPANY. THEY CHANGED THE NAME TO SCHRADE WALDEN CUTLERY CORP. IN 1959 THEY MOVED FROM WALDEN TO ELLENVILLE, NEW YORK. THEY CLOSED THE DOORS FOREVER IN 2004 & SOLD ALL THE PATENTS TO TAYLOR BRANDS WHO NOW MAKES THEM IN CHINA! LIFE IS TO SHORT TO OWN A KNIFE MADE IN CHINA!