I have not seen it used in the Scrimshaw sets. I am sure this pattern was used for many private editions. I have a 34OT which has a NRA logo master blade etch, and also one produced for True Value Hardware’s line with the Master Mechanic stamped shield and MM34 tangstamp. A substitute pin, one from the Old Timer Classics series, will also be found in some otherwise correct tins. Two different lid designs will be seen, one with the anniversary banner logo, and another with the correct (according to Schrade illustrations) picture of the Schrade Walden factory circa 1940's. The latter came in a commemorative tin with red flocked insert, and a 100th anniversary hat/lapel pin. This edition can be found with either a round coined anniversary shield in addition to the production Old Timer Shield (known as the Dual Shield program A34OTS), or an elongated banner shield with "100th /1904-2004/ OLD TIMER" on it (A34OT). In later years, special limited editions and private editions were produced with special handle material, including a 100th anniversary edition. Limited editions and special private editions of the 34OT seem to be pretty popular among collectors. It is both pleasant to hold and to look at with the nickle silver bolsters and nickle silver Old Timer shield, carbon steel blades, brass liners and pins, all mounted in a sawn bone appearing handle. This combination of blades mounted between brass linings and textured sawcut brown Delrin scales proved to be extremely popular with knife users for more than forty years. The 34OT had a closed length of 3 5/16" with a clip blade of 2 1/2", a 2" spey blade, and a 1 3/4" sheepfoot blade. It had a pretty good run, being last produced in 2004, a total of more than thirty four years. In 1989, the Schrade+ stainless 834UH Uncle Henry version of the 34OT appeared in the catalog and listed for $26.95. ![]() Even the Schrade+ steel changed from 440A to 420C sometime around 2000. Knives produced after circa 1997 appeared that were made with stainless blades as Schrade made running changes phasing out the use of their 1095HC steel. This blade material became a mainstay of the OT line of knives, both folders and fixed. In the historic configuration, the knife used the 1095 steel three blade stockman pattern that became popular with users for many years. The name "Middleman" was given first in 1971, presumably because, at 3 5/16", it was middle in size between the larger 4" 8OT Senior and the smaller 2 3/4" 108OT Junior. In 1970 the handle material name "Genuine Saw Cut Staglon" was first used. ![]() This knife, with the now-familiar brown sawcut Delrin scales (described in the 1964 catalog as "Bone Meerschaum") was among the first Schrade Old Timer folders, the slightly earlier 8OT preceded by the 58OT which was Ulster tangstamped. The Schrade 34OT Old Timer which began production in 1964 was introduced in the 1964 catalog for $5.95. One of the most popular Old Timer patterns was the Middleman stockman pattern, the 34OT. Alongside the now famous Uncle Henry Signature knives, the Old Timer line of knives formed the backbone of Schrade's offerings of knives and tools. Albert, ever the business genius, steered the company to expanded markets with new marketing techniques, and new products designed under the watchful eye of Henry, whose signature would appear on an entire line of upscale folding and fixed blade knives for the last forty years of Schrade's existence. Begun by George Schrade and his brothers, it evolved over the years into the possession and guidance of Albert and Henry Baer. Several other companies were acquired, sometimes operated in tandem, sometimes absorbed. ![]() During those one hundred years, the name changed several times, as well as company ownership. In July 2004, the one hundred year history of Imperial Schrade Corporation came to an end with the forced bankruptcy and October liquidation of assets. Schrade 34OT Middleman Old Timer Stockman
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