Uncle Henrys were the top of the line of Schrades. An uncle gave it to me in 1965 and I get it razor sharp. Do not know how many critters I have skinned , gutted, quartered, done gutless with it.
Schrade "Old Timer" skinner blades are thick as a Bible. And the metal is junk. My go to knife is this 1930's Ka-Bar 4" drop point. It's similar to my dad's that was stolen from the truck when I was elk hunting back in the early eighties. His had finger grooves in stacked leather handle so this one is older. I loved Dad's knife because of its useful size and even a ten year-old kid could put a fine blade on it easily. Over and over. No need to keep grinding away. I bought this one off ebay for about $50 probably twenty years ago now. Had no sheath but the shoemaker in Havre made me a nice one. He didn't want to charge much. I gave him $20. This is the best knife I own. Almost hate to use it. I'm afraid it may get broken or stolen. Classics like this are getting hard to find. New Ka-Bar are made in China crap.
Looks like my Gunbrella.
These make great ground blinds for when the ninos have the wiggles
Mine is stainless, not sure why you 'have to work at it' to get an edge, a few sweeps on my steel and its razor sharp again, I like the fact I can throw the sheath and knife in the dish washer and just use it again.
Right. I was speaking relatively. The stainless Mora still takes a blade very well. If you can find one of their carbon steel knives (visually identical to stainless ones), you will notice a level up in sharpness per sharpening effort. Both are great knives, especially for the $$$ ... er ... money
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