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The 3 9/16"197UH Catpaw liner-lock pocketknife was a single blade version of the popular 897UH Premium Signature Stockman, utilizing the same Schrade+ Stainless 2 15/16" Turkish Clip blade. Anyone familiar with the TL-29 lineman knife will recognize the PRESS stamped lock release. This was one of the very few UH and OT knives to employ this type lock.
The 197UH was prototyped and sampled in 1979 with 30 pieces shipped and production began in 1980 though it didnt appear in the Schrade catalogs until 1981. The MSRP at that time was $14.95. The last year it was cataloged, 1989, it listed for $19.95.
But... though the pattern showed promise with pre-catalog sales of about 44,000 pieces in 1980, the sales after that steadily declined. 1981 - 33,000, 1982 - 27,000, and by 1989 a dismal 12,500. Dropped from the catalog after that year, obligations continued to be met with just under 4,000 pieces for each of the next two years. Cataloged for nine years and produced for eleven, less than 250,000 total were made.
Michael
The 197UH was prototyped and sampled in 1979 with 30 pieces shipped and production began in 1980 though it didnt appear in the Schrade catalogs until 1981. The MSRP at that time was $14.95. The last year it was cataloged, 1989, it listed for $19.95.
But... though the pattern showed promise with pre-catalog sales of about 44,000 pieces in 1980, the sales after that steadily declined. 1981 - 33,000, 1982 - 27,000, and by 1989 a dismal 12,500. Dropped from the catalog after that year, obligations continued to be met with just under 4,000 pieces for each of the next two years. Cataloged for nine years and produced for eleven, less than 250,000 total were made.
Michael
