A few end of days knives.

[Rusty1]

I'm sure there are many other styles of knives produced during the final days at Schrade. These knives below appeared shortly after the closing, usually identified as "end of days knives" looking just like Uncle Henry's without the shield.

pictured are a 97OT Saw Blade Trapper, a 97OT single Blade Trapper, and a Schrade LTD Two Blade Trapper.

Even end of days seconds, not true 77UH's without the shield but close!

Russell

 

[orvet]

I like your 77UH seconds. :thumbup:

The 77UH was never listed in the Schrade Catalogs.
There were some made for Ducks Unltd, but I have only seen two with out a DU blade etch, (not counting your 2 seconds, of course).
Larry has one on his web site & I have one I bought off eBay.
Mine is the only one I have seen with the Uncle Henry shield.
Larry's doesn't show a shield.






Is the 77UH end-of-days ? I don't know. I thought they were produced around 1999 or 2000, but don't know for sure. Do any of you know?
Maybe there were parts left over that got assembled at the end-of-days.

Perhaps my all time favorite end-of-days knife is the single blade 97OT with the the Staglon UH handles and the Old Timer blade. Nice, slim & easy to carry but big enough to get my hands on!
I thought I had a pic, but no. I guess I will have to dig one out.

Dale

 

[ea42]

Great examples guys, they look mighty fine laid out togther like that:thumbup:

Eric

 

[Bob W]

Here's an Old Timer with an SC503 blade.

Here's a scan of several Old Timer trappers, including two end-of-days knives with plasti-stag handles:

 

[ky40601]

Russell,

They are absolute beauties.

Dale,

That's one nice M-rat. Love it.

Bob,

Super collection of gems there. Like them sawtooths.

Jackie

 

[Rusty1]

Thanks Jackie! Nice to see you around again.

Russell

 

[gradall5200]

Here is one I bought at a recent knife show for dirt cheap and its gotta be a super end of days extra parts knife. Schrade outback sheath, ducks unlimited shield and friends of the nra blade, kinda funny.- Joel

 

[Todd A]

I don't know what this is......but I am starting to like odd Schrades :thumbup:....Serial number R1972

 

[DaveT63]

I always thought these knives were "end of days" knives only, cobbled together from parts left over. But now I see the single blade staglon 97OT was actually issued.

 

[orvet]

Dave,
Does that package have a model number on it?
It looks like the SDU197CPT seen here on Collectors of Schrade:
http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/FLYERS/2000s/pages/SC03-CP241.htm
One would think that the 197 would be the same knife as the 197UH, (Cat's Paw- 1980-1989), but yours clearly shows the 97OT blade. From the best I can see on the flyer on Larry's web site it appears to be the same knife.

The 197UH was a liner lock, but I do not see a liner lock on the knife in the flyer, nor of course on your 97OT.

I had always thought the Staglon handled 97OTs were an End-of-Days knife, something put together to generate cash flow. This may not have been the case. It may be that the unetched, Staglon handled, single bladed 97OTs were made as warranty replacement knives for the SDU197 knives.

We may never know.
Dale

 

[DaveT63]

Dale,
Yep, same model number. The only real difference I can see between this one and the 2 or 3 97OT staglon handled knives I have (I do like that pattern!) is the blade etch and the shield. The others I have don't have an indentation for the shield. Not knowing any better, I would assume that indentation is molded in?

 

[ky40601]

Gave this to a friend as a gift. Wosey show them better pictures of it.

Schrade LB7 UH

Jackie

 

[DaveT63]

Jackie,
That's a sweet LB7, I've got one just like it. And just like mine, I question that "certificate of authenticity" for that knife. It says its from the final production run, but that knife is a 4-pin. To my knowledge, Schrade switched to the 3-pin sometime in the late 80's or early 90's. I think the final production run they were really talking about is the final production run of the certificates of authenticity.

 

[ky40601]

Dave,

I don't know. It came with the knife and it was a gift for a good friend.

Jackie

 

[DaveT63]

And a nice gift it was!

 

[Rusty1]

Dave,
Does that package have a model number on it?
It looks like the SDU197CPT seen here on Collectors of Schrade:
http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/FLYERS/2000s/pages/SC03-CP241.htm
One would think that the 197 would be the same knife as the 197UH, (Cat's Paw- 1980-1989), but yours clearly shows the 97OT blade. From the best I can see on the flyer on Larry's web site it appears to be the same knife.

The 197UH was a liner lock, but I do not see a liner lock on the knife in the flyer, nor of course on your 97OT.

I had always thought the Staglon handled 97OTs were an End-of-Days knife, something put together to generate cash flow. This may not have been the case. It may be that the unetched, Staglon handled, single bladed 97OTs were made as warranty replacement knives for the SDU197 knives.

We may never know.
Dale

The whole thing is rather weird! Why call the knife a 197 when clearly a 197 is a totally different pattern, Its like an 897 with a single blade and lock.

As we all know the original 97OT was was an Old Timer buzzsaw trapper, strange to use the same number for another release.

The DU clampack mentioned was made in 2004, I think there were many things pushed through the doors in the last stages before closing for good.

I have seen at odd knife shows in boxes of parts and junk knives a few patterns made for DU release without the handle badges and with indents in them where the badges were never fitted.

The ones that were released as "end of days" knives do not seem to have the indents for badges.

As Dale mentioned they could of been made as warranty replacements, another Schrade mystery.

Russell

 

[mashduck]

wait!! roll back to the Parker edwards, Made here in ALabama?? what is that?? I have several Parker Edward knives.

 

[Todd A]

It is a Parker Edwards Uncle Henry 897...

Really, I have no clue

No such animal exists and if it is a reblade they did one heck of a job.:thumbup:

Though the pen fit is not up to Schrade's better standards.It is a UH blade though.

It came from an antique mall where a collector has a rented case. Thanks to the knife nut mall owner I do know what day of the month this guy restocks his case and collects his money (mostly what used to be my money). I missed the guy by 5 minutes last month. I WILL know where he got this one and my Imperial 58OT from sooner or later.

 

[mashduck]

That is cool, I have a few Parker Edwards, "Alabama Trapper" knives, they have the same blade, during the Christmas break I am going to get Photo Bucket and show em.
Mike

 

[brady806]

Heres one i picked up today---a 106ot that is clearly stamped 104ot, the seller said it was but i didn't beleive it, so i bought it and he was right. Didn't have a 106ot anyway and needed one.
Sorry for the discolored pic--it is the same knife!! Another end of day?-----------brady