Can anyone tell me what this first character is? Schrade+ usa lb7

[nexmuv]

cant figure out what that is...thanks in advance.

 

[tongueriver]

I would call it a "Q." You probably know that they used an alphanumeric system. They went through hundreds of thousands before they got to the "Q."

 

[Stelth]

Pac-Man.

 

[nexmuv]

I would call it a "Q." You probably know that they used an alphanumeric system. They went through hundreds of thousands before they got to the "Q."

thanks...I thought of a q but was trying to compare it to a known q...couldnt find any...so what year would it make this knife then?

 

[tongueriver]

Hmmm.... 18 times 100,000 would start the "Q.s"

This from Google AI:

The
Schrade LB-7 knife
began production in the year 1976.
Production details for the USA-made versions include:

• 1976: The 8-teeth-per-inch serrations began appearing in mid-1976.
• 1977: Serial numbers up to 17,693 were produced.
• 1978: The 4-pin versions were introduced and manufactured from 1978 to 1990. A massive number of LB-7s were made this year (over 300,000).
• 1991: The design changed to a 3-pin configuration, which was manufactured until US production ended in 2004.

The original U.S. Schrade company went bankrupt in 2004, and the brand name was purchased, with subsequent knives produced in China.

The first line in this extraction from the AI mentions serrations. This is some kind of bug. It doesn't apply.