LB7 Bear Paw LB Survey

Interesting how one small thing like buying another old knife can so greatly rekindle the fire of knife collecting. In my case it's more like garbage-can knife "gathering" -- not in the sense that all my knives are junk, just that I "collect" anything and everything, not one specific maker or pattern. Yard sales, junk & antique stores, flea markets, as well as a weekly "I Buy Knives" liner ad in a local shopper are my main sources. So yesterday I picked up an LB7 from a guy and decided to "look it up" along with a Stagalon "LB7" that'd been on my desk for weeks and hadn't made it into my Schrade "large folder and fixed blade" bin. And I found this thread. That did it. Pretty much everything else on my plate went out the window. I saw and saved Codger's serial number range and dates posting from the first page of the thread. Then thought I should add to the survey, thinking I had at least one other one. When I rummaged through the bin, the first thing I found was a yellow sticky with all of the same serial #/ date info neatly printed on it--so I must've been here before. Finding a total of 6 LB7s, as well as a true Stagalon LB8, no seiral #, I had a number of questions. Now after wading thru the 8 years of this thread for about 3 hours all of the questions have been answered. (Like why the LB8 Stagalon Quail Unlimited etched, looked identical to the low-numbered Stagalon LB7.... Cuz they're both LB8s!) I only list it here, because it's in my photo, if I can get it to attach. Here's my list:

Serial # 7451 - 3-pin
SCHRADE+
U.S.A. LB7 blade stamp
LB8 Stagalon handle with Uncle Henry signature shield

Serial # 130653 - 4-pin
SCHRADE+
U.S.A. LB7

Serial # AX17484 - 3-pin
Uncle Henry
SCHRADE+
LB7 U.S.A.
Cronaton (Eagle) etch

2 no serial #s:
Uncle Henry
SCHRADE+
LB7 U.S.A.
Forward lockbar pivot pin placement

No serial #
Uncle Henry
SCHRADE+
LB7 U.S.A.
More centered lockbar pivot pin placement

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Codger asked on 3/16/15 if lockbar notch change and pin placement change might have occurred at the same time. Maybe the last one in my list and photo answers that. All of mine seem to have identical lockbar notches, but the last one has the pin placement change.

Hope this helps. Glad to be posting again. Now back to the never ending garage cleaning, so that, one day, I might actually be able to organize my unsorted knife treasures.
Later,
Barry
 

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Well the photo posted .... But small? Get's a bit bigger if you click on it.... So, why is it so small?..must be doing something wrong....others' pix are full size? Can anyone tell me what I did wrong? Followed instructions I could find.... Maybe I just wrote too much?:)
 
So, I've been spending another hour or so searching for how to get real images and not thumbnails into my posts. Tried a couple methods recommended. A couple from 8-10 years ago said a URL would appear if i clicked on my just uploaded thumbnail, but apparently that doesn't work anymore. Seems the only way to get a full-size image into a post is to use an external image hosting service, that Bladeforums itself has no mechanism to do this, even though the photos are uploaded here????? Sorry to take up space here to try to get an answer, but my little tiny brain just can't seem to find the magic answer searching BF Tech Support and FAQ areas. Maybe someone can give me a 2015 solution internal to BF, as opposed to the 2005-2009 solutions that are no longer working.
 
Nice knives
Upload your img as usual. Then click right click on the thumb after posting. Open in another frame. Copy the URL of that page, close. Go back to post, edit advanced, place the curser where you want the picture, click on the picture button it's the oak tree, paste URL into popup and close. The URL will show up where the picture will start when you repost it.

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Thanx. I'll try that. But to be sure I understand, I do it exactly as I did with the thumbnail appearing in the post. Then I right click on the thumbnail within the post? Then I can follow the rest of your instructions, provided it behaves as you say on a Mac. Original post was from my iPad, so I was kinda surprised it found my pics. When I was trying to figure it all out I went to my Mac desktop and got similar result....but then I didn't know about right clicking within the post. My mouse only has one button, but I think I can simulate a right click holding the control button when I click. Thanx again!
 
Hey, that worked! Actually kind of simple, now that I've done it....Gotta keep these notes handy for when I forget how to do it next time.:distracted:Thanx, again.
 
I should have mentioned you can also use that procedure before you actually hit submit post. After you insert the thumb nail click preview post. Then click on the thumb nail in the preview screen and follow the same procedure. Preview again after posting the URL to see your results. Most posters format their posts so the large picture sits over the thumbnails.
 
Here my first post and my lb7


And I have an lb8 with schrade stamped on it, is this common

 
Garza said:
Here my first post and my lb7
And I have an lb8 with schrade stamped on it, is this common?
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First let me say, WELCOME ABOARD! :)
The LB8's were certainly not as common as the LB7's, and in my eyes more desirable. I have been seeing more of them show up around here lately though. :cool:
When I bought my LB7 I thought that was all I needed, so unfortunately didn't look much further back then. I wish I had. :rolleyes:
 
the LB 8's were serialized as well stopping on Axxxxxx. i have never seen one with "SCHRADE" stamped on the end like that. neat addition i think.
 
delmas2nd said:
the LB 8's were serialized as well stopping on Axxxxxx. i have never seen one with "SCHRADE" stamped on the end like that. neat addition i think.
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Same here. But... am I the only one to notice the SCHRADE bolster stamp has two strike-throughs?
 
Codger_64 said:
Same here. But... am I the only one to notice the SCHRADE bolster stamp has two strike-throughs?
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You could well be. I saw the Schrade stamp, but didn't look close enough to see the diagonal strikes through the name. Good catch. :)
 
Just picked one up myself at a garage sale,
Schrade +
U.S.A. LB7
H65809

Picture to follow with any luck.
 
hey Codge,, riddle me this please, as I'm going insane trying to answer all my questions about UH's.. myself & my 2 older brothers all received a UH papa bear on our 10th. birthday mine I got in 78,, my 2nd oldest brother in "74" his is a 3 pin with a stainless UH shield w/lb7 & no serial #,, This is not suppose to be ,,,,right ????
 
One of the first knives I bought with my own money.
Would love it if someone could point me to the exact year of mfg but I admittedly need to do some of my own research as it's probably buried in this very thread.

Uncle Henry
Schrade +
LB7 USA
Y10625 (preceded by an upside down V)



 
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