Congratulations! You have errned this fine Schrade, Thank You for for you Business.

[koldgold]

Over the years, Schrade gave some knives out to their customers.
These knives had a nice shield and blade etch, Show yours here... Ken.

 

[edbeau]

Looks like after 30 years the color comes out of the Delrin.

 

[Codger_64]

The dye was done by hand and eye. And the base Delrin color changed over time as well. I see this very plainly in my collection of 897UH spanning the entire production.

 

[Bob W]

Looks like after 30 years the color comes out of the Delrin.

The dye wasn't always the same either, and I imagine there's even some batch-to-batch variation. I think it's fairly stable if kept in the box, but it does fade in sunlight and gets a chalky-white texture if exposed to heat.

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I'm on the road at the moment, like usual, and don't have access to my full Compliments checklist. But we have a good topic on started on them somewhere around here. These are some of mine:

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Hiya Koldgold. I'm in Long Island, New York this week, but last week I was down in your 'hood in Aussie-land.
Didn't have a lot of time off down there this trip, but I did manage to squeeze in a bit of bushwalking and a stop at the Lithgow Arms museum.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...ia)-hikers-A-question-for-ya-(Pictures-added)

 

[koldgold]

Hi Old Mate Bob, my collection of these knives went up with the knife you sent to me early this year.
Last week Dale Vincent sent me another, I do not see them for sale now-a-days... Ken.

 

[Bob W]

The most unusual ones in my collection is a 12OT (?) knife with a Compliments etch, but no date.

Oh, and this one's pretty odd too.