a schrade device,

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delmas2nd

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i once saw a schrade hiking tool. it had a knife compass gps location deivice. does any one know the number of this thing or a photo? would love to have one (who wouldn't).
 
That was called the I-Quip, mdl #IQ180.
It was listed in 2003 & 2004. The MSRP was $250 in 2003, but was lowered to $200 in the 2004 price list. I assume it didn't sell well, hence the price reduction.

Here is a link to the Schrade flyer on Larry's site, Collectors-of-Schrade:
http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/FLYERS/2000s/pages/SC03-CP217.htm

However, this tool does not have a GPS.
I have not seen any Schrade tool with a GPS in the catalogs or price lists.

Schrade also made the Schrade Navitool, mdl #IQ175, MSRP $89.95.
The Navitool did not have the computer module with the digital clock, altimeter, compass and barometer. In its place it had a liquid filled compass.

I have a Navitool, but I have never seen I-Quip in person, (though the two tools look the same externally). In fact, I have not even seen one for sale on ebay or anywhere else for that matter.

I have the impression that the I-Quip was not made in large numbers. Perhaps that is why we see don't see them on ebay, or maybe they were prone to malfunction. Maybe someone else knows more about these.

Dale
 
Ive said this before but its worth repeating.
If anyone in the forum wants any scan from my site without the watermark let me know.
As long as its one of mine I'd be glad to send along.
TTYL
Larry
 
I guess it takes me longer to type than Chuck or Dave. :D
I am glad to know that some of our members have the I-Quip.

Dale
 
I don't have either of those higher tech tools, but I do have a relatively rare low tech Old Timer predecessor:

Codger_64 said:
A new item in the 1988 Schrade catalog was the 902OT Compass, one of the few tools, besides the Honesteel, ever introduced as a part of the Old Timer line. It listed for $17.95 at that time, and was only shown in 1988, 1989 and 1990. The final MSRP was $19.95.

The 902OT is a “baseplate” type orienteering compass invented in the 1930's in Sweden by the Kjellstrom brothers and another orienteer, Gunnar Tillander. It combined a liquid-filled compass in a housing which could rotate over a protractor base. This saved a lot of time transferring bearings from compass to map. It proved to be a new and greatly successful system of direction- finding for outdoor activities. This type compass is made of clear plastic, having a rectangular “high visibility optic green base” with a 360° dial mounted on it. Inside the raised dial is a magnetic needle suspended in clear fluid. The dial can be turned to read a correct bearing along the direction of travel arrow which is clearly marked on the base plate. A short lanyard is attached for threading onto a pack strap, belt, or even through a buttonhole.

Having had only a three year catalog listing, it must not have been a very good seller among their non-manufactured (outsourced) items. They were listed in records as American made by Brunton, the actual manufacturer. At the same time the 902OT was introduced, Schrade came out with the earliest bonus clampacks, the TB158CP with a 158OT knife and leather sheath, and the TBSP3CP with a SP3 Firebird Lightweight knife and nylon sheath, both including a bonus Brunton “Trail Buster” compass as a bonus. A very similar compass without the baseplate and lanyard.

I haven’t really searched high and low for one of these 902OT, but they aren’t real common, so when I saw one going under the radar on eBay, I couldn’t resist. It is Dale’s fault, actually. He is the one that reminded me of these back in March of this year. I hadn't seen them in stores since 1991, fifteen years ago.


Codger

Oh....production?
1988 - 3,211
1989 - 5,761
1990 - 1,540
1991 - 94
Total shipped - 10,606 units

More chit from the Codger files.
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Dang Michael,
How long ago did I post that 3 or 4 years ago?
I have had a search running since that time on ebay for a 902OT and have not even seen one yet!

Where did you find that bad boy?
You got an extra one? :D
This is not a grovel, I am willing to pay.......I just can't find one for sale.
In fact, I have not even seen one in the flesh.

You would think out of 10,000 more than one would have survived!

Some day................ :D

Dale
 
Dale, grovels are still a time honored tradition here predating even the meltdown of Schrade. They are appreciated as an art form, whether in the catagories of blatent, humble, sublime, or creatively embedded. I should know, having at one time held the title of the Grand Master Of Grovel! (GMOG).:)

Yes, it was on eBay in 2006. I haven't seen another either. And I apologize for not being able to photograph it for you. The scan will have to do.

Did I say 10,000 were made? I have been known to be wrong. And the CRS gets more noticible every month. I don't even have a good medical excuse for it. :o

Maybe it was actually ten. I may even have the PROTOTYPE! Let me get it out of the pac... Sweet! It has tiny writing on the baseplate! I can't read it of course (eyesight is getting worse too), but it may be an inscription by H. Williams or F. Giorgianni! And I see... Wait! There are some tiny numbers! I see an "0" and a "0" and a "1"!!!:eek:

Maybe the 10,000 number was a coded time traveler message from me to myself for an eventual selling price!:p

Email me Dale. :thumbup:
 
just got a navi and it is on the way. what a strange coincidence that it would be available when i asked the question.
 
just got it in and in original box with original papers dated 2002. i was so worried that i might have been had by a Taylor "original".
 
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