Schrade Old Timer Sharpfinger Knife Fixed Blade

by Schrade

Product Features

• Includes leather sheath
• Fixed blade knife
• Full-grain leather sheath
• 7.25" overall length
• Limited Lifetime

Product Description

Old Timer Sharpfinger fixed blade knife. 7.25" overall length, and includes a leather sheath. Limited Lifetime Warranty

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 2.2 x 1.8 inches ; 1.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000IE3ZKA
• Item model number: 152OT
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,292 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Schrade no longer made in USA, April 17, 2008

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brian0918 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Schrade Old Timer Sharpfinger Knife Fixed Blade (Sports)

Please note that while everyone here agrees that the original Schrade Sharpfingers are excellent knives, the company went bankrupt in 2004 and sold their name to Taylor Brands, which now uses the name on Chinese-made copies of their old design. These knives are no longer made in USA. A quality comparison might be found in the difference in going price between the original and new knives on auction websites.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars schrade knife, December 9, 2009

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Richard K. Kirchner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Schrade Old Timer Sharpfinger Knife Fixed Blade (Sports)

used to like this knife years ago. i lost it ,bought this new one and i think they switched to a very cheap metal for the blade. i don't recommend this to anyone.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Poetry in an all-purpose knife, July 3, 2006

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Scott Burright (Laramie, WY USA) - See all my reviews
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The Sharpfinger is exactly what the name says: a keen edge that feels like part of your hand. In a world of overdesigned, overwrought implements billed as "ergonomic," Schrade shows how to make a truly usable tool: You take away everything that is unnecessary and put everything that's left exactly where it belongs. To hold the Sharpfinger is to know this principle literally firsthand.

Because of the upswept blade, this knife has as much cutting edge as bulkier knives but still carries small. The raised handle configuration ensures that the hand will never slip into the blade, and the thumb-sized concavity on the blade's spine offers exceptional dexterity.

Although it seems primarily intended as a caping and skinning knife, I can't imagine a function it wouldn't serve. I've even used it in the kitchen. Meat seems to fall apart when you just wave this thing in its general direction. With its agility and its out-of-the-box sharpness, it makes a great scribing knife for woodworking. And who needs X-acto knives for modeling with this thing around? You get the idea.

Its compact size, no-nonsense yet comfortable Delrin scales, and brown leather sheath give the Sharpfinger a very low profile when carried. It looks like it belongs to somebody's Grampa, completely non-threatening, un-macho, and anti-"tactical"-- exactly the opposite of most fixed-blade sheath knives today. But don't make the mistake of dismissing it as a weapon. In fact, it is the primary carry knife of no less an authority than Marc "Animal" MacYoung, who touts it as stealthy and nearly indestructible.

And it goes for $20 or less. I think about what a Plains Indian would have given for a knife like this and am awed that I can have one for less than a really cheap pair of sneakers. It's an archetypal tool, and at this price, there's no excuse for not having at least one.