Schrade Knives began in 1904 when George Schrade founded the Schrade Cutlery Company in Walden, New York, and for over a century the name has meant affordable, honest working knives. The brand's most recognizable collections, Old Timer and Uncle Henry, carry that legacy today, and our selection centers on exactly those heritage lines that made Schrade a fixture in American tackle boxes and hunting coats.
Introduced in 1958, the Old Timer series covers the classic American patterns with sawcut Delrin handles built to shrug off decades: the legendary 152OT Sharpfinger, the compact skinner that may be the most recognized hunting fixed blade ever sold at its price, alongside the Bearhead Trapper, Delrin Trapper, Middleman Jack, and pocket-sized Mighty Mite. Trapper, Jack, Barlow, and Stockman configurations carry the slip joint tradition our traditional pocket knife patterns guide traces across three centuries of traditional knives.
Launched in 1965 and named for company president Henry Baer, the Uncle Henry line pairs stainless blades with Staglon handles and nickel silver bolsters for a dressier take on the working knife. Our stock runs the Next Gen Bruin hunting knife, the Roadie slip joint, and the Uncle Henry Fillet with leather sheath, a classic entry among fillet knives for the boat and cleaning table.
Beyond the heritage lines, today's Schrade catalog spans AUS-8 and AUS-10 baseline steels up through D2 in the Beta Class and USA-made CPM S35VN in the Alpha Class, which marked the brand's return to domestic manufacturing after production moved overseas in 2004, with modern G-10, micarta, and forged carbon fiber handles on models like the Divergent and Radok. Where each of those steels ranks is covered in our knife steel guide. From a five-dollar-feeling nostalgia trip that still skins deer to powder-steel American folders, Schrade remains what it has always been: a lot of knife for the money.