The Folding Dirk by Schrade

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Tobias Gibson

4 жыл бұрын

In this video review Schrade's Riverboat Dirk and look at the history of the long forgotten knife pattern.

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@jesterskull38 3 жыл бұрын

From the looks and not having it in hand, I love it, thanks for the chat

@johnelder4273 2 жыл бұрын

"Hit them with the pommel, then unfold it and stab them." LOL! Tobias, remind me not to make you mad! Great review, I must have missed this one awhile back. Cool knives. Thanks!

@slick_slicers 4 жыл бұрын

That Handel is like a piece of fine Sheffield table cutlery and reminiscent of many exported Bowie knives too. I could well imagine this in the boot or belt of a well dressed riverboat gambler!

@billrivers7558 4 жыл бұрын

Just such a beautiful knife for any knife collection wish it was in mine

@traditionallarry5378 4 жыл бұрын

Nice seeing something you don’t normally see.

@powerplay4real174 4 жыл бұрын

Very good looking knife ,a true collectable.

@dougwatkins5441 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy the history of cutlery. That's a beautiful knife Thanks Tobias

@KnifeChatswithTobias Жыл бұрын

Thanks. My main attraction to knives is almost always connected to their place in history. Glad you're enjoying the channel!

@user-ov4um8uk6u 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for the video Tobias. I almost always learn something new!

@ianrankin1293 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tobias you have just showed yet another pattern that I want to add to my collection!🤔

@bdh3949 4 жыл бұрын

That is one good looking and very cool Dirk knife. The MOP insert really do make for a rather regal look.

@mikehook2835 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful knife sir, thanks for showing it to us

@chrisosh9574 4 жыл бұрын

The Schrade folding dirk with the full cross guard looks quite similar to a Victorian one I had made by M. Dyson of Sheffield, the Dyson had a very heavy coffin pommel and black buffalo horn scales. Some of them used to go with a kit all made to match; a knife, powder flask, bullet mold and patch box, the kit was quite often made to fit in a hunter's gun case so that a fashionable hunter had all of his fancy matching gear in one case. A mate of mine, back in the days when such things existed in the UK was a gun shop manager that sold a lot of antique pistols, rifles and shotguns as well as modern arms. I have seen about three or four of the kits, back in the '80s they fetched good money at auction so who knows what prices they reach now/

@mangojack1 4 жыл бұрын

Very pretty! 👍 I wish they still made them, I’ll have to keep an eye out for second market

@WilliamsKnifeLife 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't recognize the shape until you mentioned this one didn't have a hand guard. Really nice looking knife.

@KnifeChatswithTobias 4 жыл бұрын

Wait until you see a distant cousin of this one I just recently picked up! It's a shocker!

@BigRedEDC 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool looking knife Tobias! Sure dont see many of those around anymore!!

@NorthStarKnifeReviews 3 жыл бұрын

Just ordered one of these in red pick bone off eBay. Looking forward to getting it in hand.

@KnifeChatswithTobias 3 жыл бұрын

I really like this knife. It's pretty much useless for most tasks but it will definitely turn heads opening a box or envelope!

@laurenimpallaria9341 Жыл бұрын

Watching this after I bought the same one tonight

@KnifeChatswithTobias Жыл бұрын

It's a beautiful knife.

@STUFFWEDO 4 жыл бұрын

A thing of beauty. If you use it to eat a steak at home it is like dining with the queen.

@KnifeDetector 4 жыл бұрын

Good looking knife! I'm really liking that pearl! Looks like a knife fit for a rugged gentleman :)

@KnifeChatswithTobias 4 жыл бұрын

But will it survive a ride in the pocket as the owner the owner is tossed over board for a Riverboat on the Mississippi River -- that's the true test!

@KnifeDetector 4 жыл бұрын

@@KnifeChatswithTobias I wouldn't want to try testing that out I can't swim:)

@2371Anita 4 жыл бұрын

Didn't know this existed! My husband's name is Dirk. I think I have to find one.

@rustyknifelover4463 4 жыл бұрын

I like Schrade fixed blade knives they do 1095 really well. I am looking at the pocket wittleling knife.

@user-ov4um8uk6u 3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't find the pretty pearl handle. But I did find one with red bone but similar bolsters. It's on the way :-)

@KnifeChatswithTobias 3 жыл бұрын

It's a big one! Loved to hear you take on the bone handled one!

@tomweingart2337 4 жыл бұрын

I almost bought one of those some years back when Frost was getting rid of them. Instead I bought the Schrade Turkey hunter clasp knife.

@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723 4 жыл бұрын

This looks like a really fancy letter opener,

@jimmyj4811 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I enjoyed your video!

@jimmyj4811 4 жыл бұрын

I'll have to stop watching your shows, I just bought one!?!

@jimmyj4811 4 жыл бұрын

I found that with mine, I have to be careful with pocket carry because the weak spring can allow the blade to open enough to cut your finger when retrieving the knife.

@jimmyj4811 3 жыл бұрын

Tobias, I finally found a MOP dirk. My original purchase was a crossguard model in horn. I didn't realize that the crossguard model had a slightly shorter blade (3 5/8" as opposed to 4 1/4") and a closed length of 5" as opposed to 5 1/8". Thanks for making me aware of these wonderful knives!

@ivancho5854 4 жыл бұрын

That was a really interesting history lesson Tobias and a neat knife. Thank you. 👍 Any ideas why they used the Scots word dirk rather than dagger? Just marketing perhaps?

@KnifeChatswithTobias 4 жыл бұрын

My guess is the Scotch-Irish influence in that particular region of the US. The spelling of the word varied until it as formalized by Samuel Johnson, an Englishman in his work "A Dictionary of the English Language" published in 1755. By then the word was in common use for a small straight blade thrusting knife in the English Language. By the 19th century Dirk was a widely used term for a dagger.

@ivancho5854 4 жыл бұрын

@@KnifeChatswithTobias I did not know that. Thanks. 👍 This is a great hobby! 😁

@davids9549 4 жыл бұрын

The name's interesting because 'dirk' is a Scottish term, the earliest noted use being around 1600. It's not used in England and survives in Scotland mainly as part of formal/ceremonial dress, as a smaller version known to Gaelic speakers as the Sgian Dubh. I'm wondering why none of the top part of the blade is sharpened to a cutting edge, thus forming a true dagger? Although it's difficult to see how this could work, given the danger to the owner in the closed position with an exposed sharp edge. The picture you show of the Wostenholm knife looks like the tip section may be sharpened?

@KnifeChatswithTobias 4 жыл бұрын

They did make some double edge folders but they rested deeper in the handle. Most often fals edges were the thing. however.

@grahamparr3933 3 жыл бұрын

Stabby lovely😀

@TovarichSputnik 4 жыл бұрын

What was the music during the slide show? Very pretty.

@KnifeChatswithTobias 4 жыл бұрын

I use a program called Screencast-o-matic which provides a wide variety of canned copyright-free music. This particular track was called "Emotions Rising" It is part of their "Cinematic" collection of music. Glad you enjoyed it.

@Tracy81258 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful knife. Self defense for the well dressed gentleman.

@jerseyknifeguy6382 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Tobias nice piece buddy........ quick question I have a nice collection of rough Ryders and I was telling someone I collect them and that person said you are completely throwing your money down the drain....... he was saying there nothing but the cheapest junk Chinese knives that just look decent........ now this kept goin on and on and I was tryin to explain my side and basically this guy didn’t want to hear it..........so saying all that I’m going to continue collecting them to each there own......... I happen to like them and I see a purpose and good value in them........ thanks Tobias way in if you can!!!!!! And isn’t rough Ryders heat treat done well on the 440A? Thanks again are we,wasting our money??????

@KnifeChatswithTobias 4 жыл бұрын

JerseyKnife Guy , they Rockwell test to 56-58 HRC. The steel Is at least on par with Case. The thing is, the China hate is extremely strong and irrational these, especially these days. The fact that he didn’t even want to hear your side is proof. The same was probably being said about USA made economy brands like Colonial and Imperial/Schrade back in the 1960’s and 1070’s. Sure they are demanding the same as a Case from the same decades but then they didn’t cost what a Case cost back then. The question is do you enjoy the knife and do you find them up to what you’re doing? I’ve gotten to the point when a person has a comment that say “Chinese Junk” I just remove it. They have the same mindset as the “Jap Crap” crowd did 30-40 years ago. We see today how wrong they were about those knives. It’s not where the knife is made, it’s who is making it.

@Tracy81258 4 жыл бұрын

I remember the same charges being made in regards to Japanese made knives of the 50’s and 60’s. Guess what happened to those knives over time...

@KnifeChatswithTobias 4 жыл бұрын

Stuart Harvey , there you have it! I carried my GEC Toothpick for almost 2 months but then out of habit I grabbed my Rough Ryder large toothpick. Both are great knives but the larger five inch toothpick just feels better in my hand and I’m not worried about breaking it!