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I've been looking for one of these for awhile. It is an LB-4 NIB with the sheath and papers. Has LB-4 marked replacement papers and dust sleeve. The box is a standard wood grain with no markings at all.



It was a one owner knife. I bought it from a really nice gentleman that bought it from a magazine advertisement (don't know which one) in 1985. Although is has been theorized these were made for the European market, this indicates some were originally sold in the US too.



This is picture of the Missing UH set. The lengths are 3 1/2" LB-4, 3 1/4" 892UH, and 2 3/4" 707UH. I'm thankful I didn't have to wait through another auction for the last one.
 
Very sharp knife! Those must be hard to come by. I've never seen one before. nice "set" you've put together there too.
 
Nice looking set you have there thawk, were these issued at the same time as the 3RD Gen knives with the plain wood handle?

Rusty1
 
Rusty1 said:
Nice looking set you have there thawk, were these issued at the same time as the 3RD Gen knives with the plain wood handle?

Rusty1
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Thanks. I am no authority but from what I've read, the LB-4 was 1st issued in the 1981, running to 1985. The 3rd Generation Knives started in 1983, and the other two "Missing UH" knives were issued that year as well.

http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/articles/The Missing UH's.pdf

Other than this forum, the above document from IRV's website is the only info I've found about them.
 
Nice work, thawk! They ain't "missin" anymore:D !
 
Larry (lrv...LRV), aka "Irv" knows more about these than the average bear. Certainly more than I do. Perhaps he can add some art and details here.

Michael
 
at first when looking at the 707UH above, the model number rang a bell as being a completely different style knife, with clip blade and scissors, this is also answered on Larry's web page addressed above.

Rusty1
 
Missing no more...
Rare and rarer might be the term we should start using.
Missing "was meant to mean" from the standard Catalogs and Robert Clemente's OT/UH book.
Rumors were just that on the European market for these little knives. I also heard that rumor for the P/A Ulsters. The only ones I can confirm for the rumor mill were the 19OT, 126OT, 226OT and the 512 (cant remember the right number) which were all stainless and were made for Europe.

Great collection.
Wish they were in mine..
TTYL
Larry (irv is ok...)
 
The 512 is the Stainless version of the 152OT " Shapfinger " usually the model numbers are one digit different, not in the case of the 512.

Rusty1
 


There were approximately 2,100 of these made in 1990-91. 25 of them were actually shipped (a sample quantity) in 1991. They dribbled out of the inventory over the next few years. Mine was bought here in the U.S. in regular store inventory in a production 152OT box well before the closing. More were seen after the closing, evidently from old stock found during the auction. Also the special European box for the knife surfaced. Larry has the same design box for his 19OT. Black laqured with blue and gold text.

Did the sale through Imperial International fall through? As you can see by the blueprint for the tang stamp, it was commenced in 1990.

Michael
 
Codger_64 said:


There were approximately 2,100 of these made in 1990-91. 25 of them were actually shipped (a sample quantity) in 1991. They dribbled out of the inventory over the next few years. Mine was bought here in the U.S. in regular store inventory in a production 152OT box well before the closing. More were seen after the closing, evidently from old stock found during the auction. Also the special European box for the knife surfaced. Larry has the same design box for his 19OT. Black laqured with blue and gold text.

Did the sale through Imperial International fall through? As you can see by the blueprint for the tang stamp, it was commenced in 1990.

Michael
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How about a picture of the whole knife Michael please? I haven't seen one of them.
 
Sure you have. Other than the stainless blade, tang marking and sometimes the blade etch, they were stock 152OTs. That is how they salted them into production shipments to unload them. Here is mine and the horse it rode...er... sheath, paperwork and the box it came in.



Remember, this was before they decided to make all production Sharpfingers stainless.

Michael
 
I didn't read Rusty's post on stainless. Yes, in fact I found two of the 152OT's like this in the same box style back in November. I'm no skinner, but I'll bet they do the trick on a deer or a hog.
 
Oh, they do. I skin and butcher about a dozen deer, and quite a few assorted other critters each year, and the Sharpfinger is one I always depend upon along with the 165OT. I was just a young sprout when the Sharpfinger appeared last century in nineteen-hundred and Seventy-three, but I did buy and use one about then.
 
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