LB7 Bear Paw LB Survey

U14175
SCHRADE+
U.S.A LB7
3 pin, two brass, one steel
Black Sheath with belt loop flat stitched both ends. Just says SCHRADE on flap and snap.

Been my hunting knife since my dad gave it to me. Been long enough ago now I don't remember when that was. Thought I lost it in a fire but found it a couple of years after that in the bottom of a hunting pack. By then it was replaced with a 110.
I still use it from time to time. It'll bone out a deer before I need to touch it up again. A favorite amongst many newer, more high speed knives.
 
Hawkeye. Nice low numbers,... Both 4 pins and with those Serial #'s were manufactured in 1977 & 1978 respectively.....photos?....
 
A couple more LB7's I picked up recently to go along with 580985. All are 4-pins. Happy to upload pics if you want to see them.

SCHRADE+ over U.S.A. LB7 SN: 728932
SCHRADE+ over U.S.A. LB7 SN: 47917
SCHRADE+ over U.S.A. LB7 SN: G5060

I read on AAPK that they added "Uncle Henry" to the tang stamp when they switched from 4-pin to 3-pin. If true, were the earlier 4-pin LB7's still part of the UH line or just the later 3-pin ones?

These things are addicting!
 
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Grateful said:
Nice looking bunch. It’s interesting to see the color variations in the wood
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Yes, the color variations actually struck me too. I had never really lined them up together before. The years are interesting too since the top 2 knives were made the same year.

top - SN: 580985 is 1979
2nd from top - SN: 728932 is 1979
bottom - SN: 47917 is 1978
2nd from bottom - SN: G5060 - I'm guessing 1980 or after but I really don't know.

Schrade LB7 serial numbers are kind of like algebra. . . when they started using letters in math, my brain switched off. Still maybe not as bad as Case. . . that's like calculus but Buck is like 1st grade arithmetic! And 1977 thru 1991 Westerns are easy peazey.
 
BigAl62 said:
Yes, the color variations actually struck me too. I had never really lined them up together before. The years are interesting too since the top 2 knives were made the same year.

top - SN: 580985 is 1979
2nd from top - SN: 728932 is 1979
bottom - SN: 47917 is 1978
2nd from bottom - SN: G5060 - I'm guessing 1980 or after but I really don't know.

Schrade LB7 serial numbers are kind of like algebra. . . when they started using letters in math, my brain switched off. Still maybe not as bad as Case. . . that's like calculus but Buck is like 1st grade arithmetic! And 1977 thru 1991 Westerns are easy peazey.
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It sounds like you’re pretty familiar with them. I don’t have a LB7 anymore but I do still have a LB8. A LB7 and one other are top of my list right now. A 4 pin model would be pretty nice. I think the one I had before was a 3 pin model.
 
I'll contribute. Would love to know the dates on these. Thanks
Uncle Henry
SCHRADE+
LB7 USA
3 Pin
CA15369

Uncle Henry
SCHRADE+
LB7 USA
3 Pin
CA22641

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Here's an interesting purchase I made from the big online flea market. The price was low enough that I would have made the purchase anyway so no harm, no foul. The pics online showed a USA-made LB7 with the box. The tang stamp isn't the new, arched "Schrade" typical of the Taylor brands. It isn't serialized and I'm not sure when they stopped that. I think the "Uncle Henry" was added about the time they stopped serializing, maybe?

Anyway, when it arrived in the mail, the knife is exactly the knife in the pics but the interesting thing was the UPC code on the back of the box. I ran it thru a UPC decoder and it came up as "SCH-LB7 2019 5-in. Schrade Uncle Henry Bear Paw Lockback Knife with Leather Sheath 7CR17MoV Steel Blade, Manufacturer BTI Tools."
 

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BigAl62 said:
Here's an interesting purchase I made from the big online flea market. The price was low enough that I would have made the purchase anyway so no harm, no foul. The pics online showed a USA-made LB7 with the box. The tang stamp isn't the new, arched "Schrade" typical of the Taylor brands. It isn't serialized and I'm not sure when they stopped that. I think the "Uncle Henry" was added about the time they stopped serializing, maybe?

Anyway, when it arrived in the mail, the knife is exactly the knife in the pics but the interesting thing was the UPC code on the back of the box. I ran it thru a UPC decoder and it came up as "SCH-LB7 2019 5-in. Schrade Uncle Henry Bear Paw Lockback Knife with Leather Sheath 7CR17MoV Steel Blade, Manufacturer BTI Tools."
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Taylor cashed out in 2017. BTI is Battenfield Technology Inc., a subsidiary of Smith And Wesson. Yes, it is a cheap Chinese knife.
 
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