SHARPFINGER® is a brand of knife modeled after the Schrade 152 OT. The SHARPFINGER trademark is designated to a variety of knives in this design ( upswept blade) by a number of makers.

History

The Sharpfinger was primarily produced by American companies such as

Imperial Schrade Imperial Schrade Corp. was an American knife manufacturer of hunting knives, pocketknives, utility knives, and bayonets during the 20th and early 21st centuries. The consolidation of five forerunner companies, including its namesakes, the Imperi ...

and

Camillus Cutlery Company The Camillus Cutlery Company was one of the oldest knife manufacturers in the United States as its roots date back to 1876. The Company produced millions of knives until it filed for bankruptcy in 2007. Its brand name and intellectual property ...

, as well as by custom knifemakers. Imperial Schrade closed down U.S. operations in 2004, with Camillus following in 2007, and the rights to those brand-names were sold. The Schrade Sharpfinger is currently produced in China in both large and small sizes and are not the same quality as the original Schrade.

Description

The Schrade Sharpfinger is a fixed-blade utility knife, approximately in overall length with a blade and sawcut (textured) "

Delrin Polyoxymethylene (POM), also known as acetal, polyacetal, and polyformaldehyde, is an engineering thermoplastic used in precision parts requiring high stiffness, low friction, and excellent dimensional stability. As with many other synthetic po ...

" synthetic scales. The blade has a pronounced curve, distinctive from most other utility knives marketed in the United States, as well as being smaller than the average American utility or

hunting knife A hunting knife is a knife used during hunting for preparing the game to be used as food: skinning the animal and cutting up the meat. It is different from the hunting dagger which was traditionally used to kill wild game. Some hunting knives ...

Variants

*Schrade-Walden Sharp Finger (USA) -- high carbon steel, rare variant *Schrade 152 Old Timer Sharpfinger (USA) -- high carbon steel *Schrade 152 Uncle Henry Wolverine (USA) -- stainless *Camillus Grand'Pa Sharp Hunter (USA) *Rigid Max Edge Hunter (USA) *Arrowhead Roadrunner (USA) *Taylor/Schrade LLC Sharpfinger (China) *Winchester (China)-- Variants of the Sharpfinger were offered with the following handle materials: *Smooth colored Delrin (cream, yellow, orange, black) *Scrimshawed cream Delrin *Stag (several patterns) *Staglon (several patterns) *Jigged bone (various cuts and colors) *Wood (various types)

Famous owners

Probably the most famous user of a Schrade Sharpfinger knife is

Sonny Barger Ralph Hubert "Sonny" Barger, Jr. (October 8, 1938 – June 29, 2022) was an American outlaw biker, author and actor who was a founding member of the Oakland, California chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in 1957. After forming the Oak ...

, founder of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. In an interview with Harper/Collins regarding his book "Dead in 5 Heartbeats", Barger commented on the Sharpfinger knife: "A lot of people I ride with carry that knife. I actually prefer fixed blades — like the Sharpfinger — to a folded blade. Although I carry a folded blade too, with a fixed blade you don't have to reach inside your pocket. It's always handy, on your belt when you need it. I use my Sharpfinger as a tool. I do everything with it. I like knives with sharp points. You never know when you might want to pop a balloon or peel a banana."Harper Collins interview with Sonny Barger
/ref> Marc "Animal" MacYoung and Fred Perrin hold favorable views of the Sharpfinger as Animal discusses in his book "Knives, Knife Fighting and Related Hassles" and the

Nemo Sandman Nemo Sandman is a French composer, film director and illustrator. He is best known for his controversial musical videos on MTV for New Model Army, Lustral, Ten Mother Tongues, M.I.E.L, Gabriela Arnon, End of Orgy, Rise and Fall of a Decade and h ...

site for Fred Perrin in the 1990s.

References

External links

Article on Sharpfinger forms and variants by Codger of "Collectors of Schrades R Us"
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