Schrade 18OT Resurrected

A friend gave me an old Schrade with a broken blade tip. It's a small knife but it has a liner lock which make it ideal for whittling small wood figures.


Right now it has 4 3/4" OAL length and is 2 3/4" closed.


After 10 minutes with a bastard file. Originally, it has a 2" blade now the blade length is 1 3/4".

And after 5 minutes with a carpenter's sharpening stone. It is sharp at this stage and would be sharp enough if this is just a utility knife but it is not quite sharp enough for wood work. It has to undergo honing with a finer grit stone and leather stropped. The knife must be cleaned too as you can see it is rusty.

You can buy a knife like this at Amazon (Old Timer 18OT Mighty Mite 2 3/4") for $13.25 and free shipping. But the new ones are made in China. It is not that I have issue with China made knives but this one is a vintage knife and made in the USA.

That's all folks! Thanks for reading.