Have you got any Schrades purported to have been owned by prominant persons? Photos

I've sat on that story for a long time. The 892UH was one of the mist exciting knives I've won on an Ebay auction. The story and the 123OT were icing on the cake. Then when it arrived it came in the box and with paperwork, which were not in the picture.

It was an auction where I won it for exactly the amount I bid, not even exceeding the previous bids minimum increment. I had gone to a movie and came home to see my bid had won. I never doubted the authenticity, but it sounded pretty far fetched for me to tell it until a thread called for it.

I had seen his death date, but not the obit. I've never seen the seller sell another knife on Ebay since that time. Now I've forgotten his exact Ebay handle, but still have those emails. I'd remember it if I saw it again.
 
Larry,

Nope but I sure enjoy looking at yours and all the others being posted.

Thanks for sharing them.

Jackie
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Larry303 said:
What a great history Hal..why wouldnt every word be true? If only knives could talk and tell us their personal history's..how good would that be.....
I started this thread and it just occurs to me after reading your story Hal I could have shown my own late fathers knives who had his moments of public prominance. Briefly.... nearly 40 years Australian Infantry fought in all Australian Theatres of War WW11 and was the 6'4" and 18 stone Australian Digger <Soldier> chosen to carry the Australian flag representing Australia in Queen Elizabeth's Coronation in London in 1952/53. There were 4 Australian WW11 Victoria Cross winners in that march with him. < The VC is Australias highest honor for wartime gallantry>..He was made honorary Grenadier Guard complete with Bear skin Busby, and got to guard the Royal Family inside Buckingham Palace and had previously been personal body guard to the then Princess Elizabeth when she toured Australia.He went to Hawaii on that Coronation trip in '53 & met Doris Day and Van Johnson and others and marched in Baltimore USA carrying the Aussie flag and I believe was granted honorary capacity in/by Baltimore Police Dept. <I still have Baltimore Police wood baton somewhere>...Was Command Sar Major and instructor in Vietnam era.Before he passed away he told me he considered he had been extremely lucky as a humble Aussie soldier to have been given these opportunities in life..I got US viewmaster and other US toys at that time that were unheard of in Australia.I still get goosebumps when I occasionally see film footage of the Queens Coronation and I spot him! .....but hey I didnt include him in my original post cos everyones Dad is a hero...right? Hoo Roo
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Larry,
Yes, everyone's dad is a hero and thanks for sharing this! I would love to see some pictures of your fathers knives, if you feel like posting them up.
Hoo Roo my fair dinkum mate!
Dennis
 
Two of my favorite famous knives are:

A graphite handled Schrade fillet knife sent to me after a magazine article in which Schrade was not mentioned. When accosted by the Schrade people for the reason I explained that they had refused to return a phone call when I called for the loan of knives for the photo. A few days later this box came in with the fillet knife in it. On the invoice it reads, "Per HBB". (Henry B. Baer, Uncle Henry).

The other is a small lobster pattern, with a logo on it that says U. S. Senate. It was given to me at the New York Knife Show years ago by Albert Baer, with the suggestion that I do a magazine article questioning why such knives were not given out by senators (it seems that they were given out but made by Swiss Army at the time). Albert felt the knives should be American-Made.
 
NUTS, I can't get any important people to give me their Schrades. I'll keep working on it though. It's a good idea.
 
Bruce,
We would love to see pics of your two Baer knives. :thumbup:

Thanks for sharing the story,
Dale
 
thawk said:
I've sat on that story for a long time. The 892UH was one of the mist exciting knives I've won on an Ebay auction. The story and the 123OT were icing on the cake. Then when it arrived it came in the box and with paperwork, which were not in the picture.

It was an auction where I won it for exactly the amount I bid, not even exceeding the previous bids minimum increment. I had gone to a movie and came home to see my bid had won. I never doubted the authenticity, but it sounded pretty far fetched for me to tell it until a thread called for it.

I had seen his death date, but not the obit. I've never seen the seller sell another knife on Ebay since that time. Now I've forgotten his exact Ebay handle, but still have those emails. I'd remember it if I saw it again.
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What a great story that was. You should try to find that ebay members email address and maybe even send them a link to this thread. ;)
-Bruce
 
Hal,
Have you ever digged a little deeper to try and find authenticity to the history given by the seller.
What makes you think ( of it being true? ) is that the seller didnt use the history as the selling point, and offered info after the selling of the knife.
Forgive me if this sounds silly...the 892 UH , were there very few of these made? ( to be so rare )
Thank you for sharing the photos and write-up.
 
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