Old Timer 8OT Senior 6.9in S.S. Traditional Folding Knife with 3in Clip Point, Sheepsfoot, Spey Blade and Sawcut Handle for Outdoor, Hunting, Camping and EDC

Would buy again

#8 Old TimerGood medium sized 3 blade utility folder for EDC. All blades sharp out of the box. I've carried many Old Timers over the years. This one is as good as any of them. Recommended for every day use.

The Old Timer Pocket Knife is awesome ! Just like all the old timer pocket knives I had before … ! Thank You

This is gonna be kinda long.Being an old guy, I grew up when Schrade, Camillus, Buck and Case were the most popular pocket knives around. Buck and Case are still with us but both Schrade and Camillus went bankrupt years ago. The Schrade brands and trademarks were bought by Taylor Cutlery LLC. Taylor has the current Schrade brand knives made in China.I guess I'm one of those people who have had a chip on their shoulder for years due to the loss of Schrade and the downfall of the American cutlery industry. I would not buy a Chinese made knife for a long time. After a while, I picked up a few Chinese made knives and found the quality to be variable. Some were pretty good but most were total junk, not even worth the low prices being charged. None measured up to my memories of those US made knives from my childhood although I reluctantly admitted this was romanticizing more than accurately remembering. Well, I finally broke down and decided to give the Taylor Chinese Schrades a try. I've bought several lately and, you know what? They're very good knives and outstanding bargains.This is an updated copy of the original 8OT Schrade Old Timer. It is 3 7/8" in length closed and that makes it a very easy pocket carry knife. It's also big enough to fit into your hands and be manipulated without feeling too small you might cut yourself. It's a Stockman pattern, meaning it has three blades and it has the normal configuration of a longer Clip blade, a shorter Sheepsfoot blade and a shorter Spey blade. The Clip blade is for general purpose, has a point for piercing objects and is usually the most used of the three blades for most folks. The Sheepsfoot has a blunt tip and a flat cutting edge and it's really one of the more useful blades around for trimming objects and cutting by drawing the blade edge toward yourself. The rounded tip Spey blade was originally designed for cowboys and ranchers to use for castrating calves. Most of us knife owners don't engage in that activity very often so the Spey blade gets more general use for tasks like opening packages where you don't want to cut into the contents by accident. I'm a knife knut and the Stockman is my favorite pattern for a pocket knife. I own a couple dozen knives in this pattern.I will say right off that the current 8OT is not an immaculate collector's item. The original 8OT wasn't either but, since Schrade USA's demise, those original 8OT Old Timers have taken on legendary status and you now have to pay collectors prices for them. What the original 8OT Old Timer was was a working man's knife that sold for a reasonable price. It was made of good quality materials, put together well. It was meant to be used, used up and tossed out. Knives used to be consumable tools. Nowadays, we knife knuts have turned them into objects of worship and desire. This current Old Timer harkens back to the original purpose of the knife. It's meant for work. Use it, use it up and don't worry about it. Once it's used up, toss it out and buy another--they're cheap.This Old Timer is made with stainless steel blades whereas the original Old Timer had carbon blades. I like carbon steel blades better but I can't say anything bad about these stainless blades. The blades were middling sharp out of the box. I took out my Spyderco Sharpmaker immediately and set to work. After only a short time, I had all three knife blades cutting like razor blades. This steel can take a keen edge. Does it hold an edge well? I dunno. I've not had the knife long enough to dull it. It takes a while to dull a knife when you mostly cut apple slices for a snack or lime wedges for a beverage. The grip panels are made of a composite called delrin. Delrin has been around for a long time, it's a stable composite that holds up well to hard use. Unlike some ornamental plastics, it's not brittle. It can be dented when dropped or banged into something but it seldom gets broken. We have more modern materials these days that are often used in knife handles but delrin is a traditional material that still gets the job done. No complaints there. Materialwise, the knife is good to go.How is the fit and finish? The blades are polished a little better than the stainless blades on the current Buck 301 Stockman, not as polished as those on standard Case XX knives. There are a few small gaps where the grip panels meet the bolsters and along the liners. More expensive knives will have better fit in these areas. All areas of fit are tight enough for normal to hard use, don't sweat a few gaps here and there. The spring pins--the ones in the middle of the grip panels at the bottom--stick out a bit. The end pins fit flush. No big deal--that wooden handled Buck 301 has end pins that fit higher than the grip panels and few people complain about it. The blades open and close fairly easily but the travel is a little rough. More expensive knives open and close more smoothly but some of them are so difficult to open you can lose your thumbnail. The Old Timer is not hard to open. All blades have decent snap. I did flush out the joints of this knife because there was a good bit of manufacturing debris inside. After applying a few drops of oil to the joints and springs, things smoothed out considerably. Still, it's not as smooth as a more expensive knife.Bottom line here is that this is a knife that doesn't cost a lot but is made well and will serve the user well. You can pay 2X, 3X, even 10X more for a smoother, better built knife but this one will give the normal user just as good service as the higher priced models. I admit I like the smoothness of opening and closing of the more expensive knives. I like their better fit and nicer look and the pride I get from owning a really nice cutting tool. But one of these Chinese made Old Timers would most likely perform the tasks I undertake just as well as my more expensive knives. So, here we have a highly serviceable knife at a more than reasonable price that actually carries on the tradition of the Old Timer knives from the original Schrade company. The only real negative is that these knives are carrying on this great American tradition while being made in another country. I'm still sad and a little angry at how we Americans so easily give up our industries, traditions and our ability to make anything except money. But I like this knife and all the other Old Timer models I've tried and I recommend them to anyone who has the need for a good working tool.

I carry this in my pocket every day. I used it the other day to castrate my pigs. It worked great. I use it all the time for just about everything.

I have carried the Old Timer 8OT for better than 40 years. My last one which was my second one ever sprouted legs. It'll turn up. In the meantime i ordered this new one. Like most who know, the 2024 version is not the knife my 2020 version was (or is! dang!)... The new one looks like the old one but it just doesn't feel the same. My notion is subjective and not anal-ytical. Whatever. Regardless, this is the knife you want if you are a practical person with practical needs.....and if you are a crafrsman, man, what are you waiting for? One of the best purchases you will EVER make.

My husband bought this because he remembered the one his pawpaw had when he stayed with them for summer as a kid. He really loved his pawpaw's knife and tried to find one just like it. This one fit the bill. He loved it so much because it reminded him of those good times. And he said his pawpaw used that knife for everything day to day on the farm. I don't think you'll be disappointed if you buy one.

My father always carried a old timer so when I saw this was cheaper on amazon then in store. I had to get it! Hair popping sharp and dig the new badging