Northwoods Knives  Scagel Stag Folder ~ Vintage 2008

The #12 folder,  a kind of left-handed, bolsterless trapper. It's sizable all around, with thick blades, nice, thick stag, and what appears to be steel liners. It has half stops on both blades. The master blade is an unswedged clip point with a "thumb hole" rather than a nail nick, and the secondary blade is a full-length sheepsfoot with a similar nail hole. The tops of the blades line up very closely when closed. The shield is set up "left handed"- ie: not on the usual side- its an arrowhead design, and appears to be pinned all the way through the shield itself and into the frame. This is a hard to find unusual knife at only a fraction of the cost of an actual Scagel. 

Reproduction by Northwoods Knives. Northwoods owned the Scagel trademark (name and Kris logo) and this is an authentic, legal use of the name on a very high quality bit of Americana.  Scagel-branded reproductionsof William Scagel's original designs. The knives in the series all used 1095 steel and varied in slip joint and fixed blade design.
 Made while Northwoods was still in Gladstone, Michigan.

• Never used, carried or sharpened
• No box
• Open : 6 3/4", Closed : 3 3/4"
• 1095 steel, burnt Sambar stag
• Condition is near mint

NKCA Grading system

MINT: A factory fresh knife, absolutely original as it came from the manufacturer, not carried or sharpened, a perfect knife.

NEAR MINT: A new knife that has seen sometimes, show some slight carry or shop wear, blades snap perfectly, handles show no cracks.

EXCELLENT: Shows no more than 10% blade wear, handles are sound, no cracks, blades snap good.

VERY GOOD: About 25% blade wear, slight cracks in handles, may have one lazy blade, stamping clearly visible to the naked eye, no blades changed or repaired.

FAIR: 50% blade wear, blades lazy, cracks and chips in handles, handles replaced with same type, blades repaired, stampings faint but readable with a glass.

POOR: Blades very worn, handles bad or missing, blades have been replaced with the same type, reading of the stamp is almost impossible, even with a glass, good mostly only for parts.
NKCA Grading system