Anheuser-Busch / Mason LB-7

[Dave Thinkstoomuch]

I finally got an epson scanner and here's my first efforts.

This LB-7 serial #AA50907 has the Anheuser-Busch insignia on one bolster, a Masonic Lodge symbol on the handle-pin and a awesome optical illusion / initials on the other bolster. I don't know who owned this or if it's factory or post-factory custom.

Turned this way you see "RLH" initial:

Turn it the other and you see a stylized man with a feathered head-dress and maybe a cigarette in his mouth:

Close-up of Anheuser-Busch insignia and Mason symbol:

 

[delmas2nd]

love the knife and thanks for sharing. how did you come by it. and can't wait for the information on it. what great metal work on the bolsters.

 

[Ballenxj]

COOL KNIFE! I too would like to hear more on the history of this one.
Not sure, but I think I remember Schrade doing limited runs on commemorative knives such as this one in the late seventies or early eighties?
-Bruce

 

[Dave Thinkstoomuch]

I found this one in '09 on our fav auction site. I was able to get it for 28 bucks. Crappy picture scenario so no one wanted to bid on it but me. I did try to find Anheuser-Busch big-wigs with "RLH" initials but I had no luck trying to figure out who it may have belonged to. The double alpha serial marks it as late '80s I think. Schrade would make just about any knife for a price so it could be a SFO but I have no way to confirm this.

Has anyone seen another like this?

 

[DaveT63]

I've never seen one like that before. But wish I had when you got it. You would have had to pay a lot more for it!