LB8 knife with LB7 blade

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hunterbutch

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Hi I am new to this sight. And I have a Question about a Schrade Uncle Henry LB8. The handle is an LB8, but the blade is stamped with LB7. Is this common or rare? Any info will help thanks. hunterbutch.
 
It's fairly common I think. It's the same knife with Staglon handles instead of Cocobolo wood. I have one and it says LB7.
 
I have seen a pic. of this same knife, and the blade had LB8 stamped in it. But the one I have is stamped LB7. I thought it might be common to. Thinking the difference in them is what the handle is made of.The LB7 wood handle. LB8 staglon handle.
 
Mine is a Staglon handle marked LB7. Same exact size and and blade as my LB7 with a wood handle. But I've never seen a wood handled LB8.
 
As many here have said before, anything is possible form that came out of the Schrade factory.

Rusty1
 
It could also be a parts knife, made out of some of the many truckloads of parts from the demise of a large producer like Imperial Schrade. As most of you know, there are tons of knives out there that weren't prototypes or special editions...just put together from parts.

Nobody wants to hear it, but it's a rather unfortunate fact, it seems.

JMO.

Bill
 
And the infamous "end of days knives", assembled by remaining workers between the big shutdown at the end of July and the final auction in October of 2004. "If it fits, assemble it" was the order of the day by the bank and bankruptcy officials (Inflate the number of finished knives- WIP - inhouse for the inventory). The LB7 and LB8 blades were the same except for the stamps. If, during the final assembly days, they had run out of Fibron covers for the LB7's but had the LB8 covers by the dumpster, they would have assembled them that way.

Michael
 
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My example is the LB8 in this set.
 
Then yours was made on the other end of production, before the LB8 became a production knife. The LB8 wasn't cataloged until 1982.

Michael
 
And here I thought I had something rare. LOL Thanks guys for the info. I really am getting to like this sight.I have another Q. about this knife. It also has a number stamped on the front bolster. 2040. What does this mean?
 
Rare is a relative term. Unique, uncommon, odd, interesting... these describe far more knives than does "rare". Whether these knives have LB7 or LB8 stamps, they are nice to look at, and to use. The number on the bolster is a serial number, to register the knife for the loss warranty. They quit doing the numbers after a while. The numbers got too big. They tried adding letter prefixes beginning with A thru Z. After "BB" they gave up.



Michael
 
Sounds like a low serial number. How about a couple pictures? What is the overall condition of the knife?
It could have been in someone's collection for 25-30 years. It could've had a blade replacement with what blade was available. It could have been a factory mistake. It could be a parts knife. Lots of possibilities it would seem.

No matter what, it's a fine knife. :thumbup: :)

Bill

P. S.
Michael is quicker on the keyboard than I am, and with pictures...:o
 
Codger_64 said:
Then yours was made on the other end of production, before the LB8 became a production knife. The LB8 wasn't cataloged until 1982.

Michael
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That's interesting. It has the replacement paperwork in the bottom of the box with the sheaths. The one for the lockback says LB8 on it. Go figure
 
Robert Clemente states in his book under the entry for the Uncle Henry LB8:

Production presumably stopped on the LB8 long before it was dropped from the catalog in 2000.

Near the end of production on the LB8, LB7 stamped blades may have been used to make the knives, this would account for LB7 blades on LB8s.
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thawk said:
That's interesting. It has the replacement paperwork in the bottom of the box with the sheaths. The one for the lockback says LB8 on it. Go figure
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The LB8 was a special Limited Edition knife before it was a production knife (see the 1978 date on the Dixie Collection box top). This doesn't mean they weren't produced before 1982, or named. It just means they were produced in limited quantities for these and other limiteds and SFO's like MAC tools. Factory production records show 4,250 of the LB8's shipped for 1978 as compared to the production version, LB7, at 180,000 shipped.

Michael
 
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