First let's roll up on to the sidewalk and take a look, yes……
Classic case of celluloid handles gone bad!!
You can see the Schrade 176 in "LOT" picture below (Looks like it reads: Say It With Flowers on the handle, lower right corner of these two pics):
Here is the spoils after I removed the totally decomposed celluloid handles….
I polished the blades and bolsters a little…….
Knext, I send this Yankee Rose off to my knife guy………
add a little Humm-a-lah-babe-a-lah, zee-bah-lah, boob-a-lah, BOP…..
A Custom Schrade Walden 176 Elk Stag Handles Easy Open Knife
Absolutley beautiful isn't she?
Pretty knifty for a knife that was last produced in 1973.
Saturday Steel Sahlute!
Scott Rauber
The History of the Colonial Knife Company, by Robert Paolantonio