15th Anniversary of what?

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The shield on this knife is says "15th Anniversary". I'm wondering 15th anniversary of what? Looks like a bird on there, is it related to Ducks Unlimited? The tang stamp says 885UH. It's probably on Larry's site, but being a terrible navigator, I couldn't find it.

Thanks,
Dave

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Only a guess, could it be for Quail Unilimted, their 15th Anniversary would of been in 1996.

Rusty1
 
I blew the picture up and believe its a duck of some kind.
Not A DU emblem. I'll keep looking.
I o not have this one on my site yet. :)
TTYL
Larry
 
It is an FDS shield. No, no no not "feminine deoderant spray", Federal Duck Stamp (Annual Migratory Bird Hunting And Conservation Stamp). IIRC, the DS15 as produced in 2002 was a stagged bone handled Sharpfinger pattern with laser pierced blade and came in a laser engraved walnut box with a money clip replica of the stamp. This knife could possibly be an unfinished (non-etched) sample shown to show the U.S. Department of Interior for selection. Or an unfinished knife someone glued that emblem into.
2004 DS-17 Crimson Birch Premium Stockman
2003 DS-16 Sharpfinger pattern
2002 DS-15 Sharpfinger pattern
2000/01 DS-14 2 bl trapper with saw blade
1998/99 DS-12 3 bl stockman pattern
1997/98 DS-11 Little Finger Pattern
1996 DS-10 2 bl w/ bird hook (Goncalo Alvez)
1996 DS-10LTD (burnt stag)
1995/96 DS-9 4" lockback ("Golden brown resin impregnated handle")
1994/95 DS-8 2 bl. Jackknife pattern (Winewood)
1993/94 DS-7 3 bl. stockman pattern (Winewood)
1992/93 DS-6 5 1/4" folding hunter pattern (Winewood)
1991/92 DS-5 160OT Mountain Lion pattern (Winewood)
1990/91 DS-4 2 bl. guthook muskrat pattern (Goncalo Alvez)
1989/90 DS-3 3 3/4" LB pattern (Goncalo Alvez)
1988/89 DS-2 2 bl. trapper w/birdhook (Goncalo Alvez)
1987/88 DS-1 2 bl. trapper pattern (Ebony)

All of these may be viewed and researched in the flyer section of Collectors-of-schrades-r.us site.

Michael
 
Interesting. The shields were minuscule on the flyers I saw, but it does look the same. It's not one-of-a-kind though - there is another one on ebay right now from seller thingsforesell. I just asked that seller for more info; waiting to hear back.

Thanks,
Dave
 
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