Vintage Schrade Walden USA  Large Single 4 7/8" Pattern  "Hunter" Paratrooper" Style Switchblade 

Vintage piece made between 1946-1956. This piece features Imitation Black Jigged Bone Handles with steel liners and polished steel top bolsters. Handles are in very good condition with no rivet cracks, no missing pins and only slight shrinkage. Spring Action is excellent with minimal side to side blade movement and zero up/down movement Safety works fine. Blade seats deep in the handle below the liners.. 

Measures 4 7/8" closed. Overall open is 8 1/2". Mirror Polished Clip Point Blade is just shy of 3 3/4", Carbon Steel Blade has a pit on the backside with some scattered light pitting on both sides. Overall very good condition.  Functions flawlessly. Better condition than most you find out there.  Front side of the Tang is marked "SCHRADE WALDEN NY". (Backside of the tang is normally blank, except this piece has the model # 154 = (highly unusual). 

  Schrade is now out of business and this model is highly sought after. This is one has the early SCHRADE WALDEN NY tang stamp and it is very unusual to have the model # on the backside.

This model is sometimes referred to as a Paratrooper Model (incorrectly), but still holds interest for both knife and military collectors, even though this model was not actually issued during WWII, as the Schrade Walden tang mark was not used until 1946 and WW II ended in 1945.  Includes a custom zippered storage pouch.