Mandatory weekly Taylor bashing

The answers to many questions are often quite simple. Why would a popular knife like the LB-1 be dropped from the Schrade line. It was a good seller can you guess because I also asked ( among a myriad of other questions ) the same thing. Can you guess? Lets see if anyone can come up with the reason. Here is a hint if Taylor does not produce these it will be for the same reason. Also you will note that Schrade did produce similar ( in size other knives ) . So todays question. Why the demise of the LB-1? Since everyone now has a hat and I am fed up with fitting them in the bubble envelopes and spending my beer money on postage the reward for this is simply the warm glowing feeling you will get from knowing that the fastest route is usually the most direct. Lets see if anyone is out there. LT
 
lt632ret said:
Why would a popular knife like the LB-1 be dropped from the Schrade line. It was a good seller can you guess because I also asked ( among a myriad of other questions ) the same thing. Can you guess? Lets see if anyone can come up with the reason. Here is a hint if Taylor does not produce these it will be for the same reason.
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I am sort of surprised they were good sellers. I never saw one for sale, and I figured maybe it was too expensive to produce and sell for a price people wanted to pay. Tiny knives with "complete" features are often like that. a Buck Knight is about $30, and that's a lot for a mini keychain-sized knife (though the Buck has no attachment). But I don't know what the retail price of the LB1 is.

If it sold well, the only thing I can imagine is some kind of warranty issue. Did they break a lot? But the tiniest Nighthawk stuck around for a while, right?
 
LT,
Wasn't Taylor having these made for awhile? Selling for around $15.00? Too many hand operations required to sell it cheaply?
Sorta like what Carl mentioned, about warranty issues?

Bill
 
All around but not on the button. Think about it. Lets say they sold as good as say an LB-7 why would you take it out of the line up? LT
 
Actually you went right over the reason ( but were close enough) as I alluded to, it is quite basic. If you look at an LB-1 and a LB-7 it is pretty obvious that the only real difference is the size. However it took the same amount of time to assemble either one and the LB-7 sold for more money and gave back larger profits. So out went the LB-1 poof just that simple. Strangly the material cost were not that much different I guess it is not the material as much as making the actual parts and putting them together. As for Mr T we will just have to see. Contrary to how it may seem I do not wish him or his ventures ill. I also do not care if he does well. I do not care for what has happened and is happening in this country but if it wasen't him it would be some other villain er I mean entreprenaur. Also like I have said in the past the american public are like Mikey in the old commercial they will eat anything especially if it is wrapped nice and Mr Ts knives are packed in nice boxes American flags and everything. Frankly I believe the quality of his products will continue to improve until he is simply without competition. Then they will send us whatever they want albeit plague, bombs, cheap goods or perhapes simply they will buy this country completely. It will not affect me and there is not a damn thing I can do about it except complain and watch. Still as I pointed out originally something seems fishey on Mr Ts Yangse Junk ( er boat ). LT
 
I agree. Some tend to think longer term (beyond the next quarter).

Storm clouds upon the horizon sometimes take a longer time to gather and produce a serious storm.
 
On the trying to optimistic side, hopefully if there is a market for the china
blades then hopefully there will be enough interest in the new buyers to look
for the originals. Were if the Schrade lines just stopped then there would be
be no new blood so to speak.

Optimistic? indeed but possible.

As an interesting side note, many of the old collectables (felix the cat, the
katzenjammer kids etc.) are losing thier markets as the folks who remember
who they were are moving on so to speak.
 
Codger...Codger...are you OK?

I thought I saw a FOLDING signature. :eek: :eek:
Don't be upset, wear that wristwatch with pride...and stay strong and RIGID, my man.

This is another reason, IMO, to collect what you like, and what pleases you, not only what you think will turn a profit...or you may be disappointed.

Bill
 
My interest has been simply the history and keeping these artifacts safe. I consider my self the Noah of this segment of the past. How much money is enough I am not losing weight and what ever I want I can get. Should the time come when I decide to liquidate this junk, perhapes I will, I do sell some, more for fun and to allow someone to scratch an itch. I know how badly the desire for something rare can itch. I have attempted to do everything I can think of to share these items with posterity ( museums ect) they just cannot understand someone just wanting to do something positive for his fellow man. They really are victims of our society and deserve pity, if I told you how badly I have been treated you would be amazed. perhapes when the time comes I will dig a large pit fill it full of history jump in after it and fill it with concrete for another age to enjoy. Hey maybe by then they will have the DNA thing figured out and they can bring me Walt disney and Ted Williams all back together. Perhapes they could clone us into one person who could draw cartoons, hit a ball 500 feet and have a big mouth.

Where are these people who liked Felix the cat going, hell by now you would think they would all be dead. You know I do not really care about the value of what this stuff is now ( the day may come when I do and I will be glad to have access to it but for now.), I would give it all to bring back one dead soldier from Iraq or even be able to give that soldier a moment more to say good bye to his family. As little as this means to me now imagine how little it will mean to me when I pass. I have seen a lot of sadness and I often regress and find myself not in my normal frolicsome frame of mind. (Actually I am anything but frolicsome at anytime.). In any event I try to remember what my mother who's favorite characters are Betty Boop and Auntie Mame always says. Life is a giant Banquet Buffet open to all and people are walking around starving. LT
 
I think that my post is not being understood. What I was trying to say is
if folks by the made in china stuff they will have an interest in the Schrade/
Imperial/UH made in the USA stuff. Not for the monetary aspect, more for the
whole history/origins/ availability aspect.

Someone who's first knife is a made in china knife may take up the hobby and
to quote Lt, "Another young one enters my web" and be hooked and that will
keep the real Schrade memories and history alive. Hopefully, I am being very
Optimistic here or at least trying to be.

And Betty Boop is still popular with young girls today, and codger don't you
dare give the singin cowboy away!
 
I think I know where you are coming from, fixer. Read a past post in the 'Traditional knives' forum of someone buying a few of the Rough Rider Brand knives to get a handle on the older patterns. Prompted that person to look at the other knives the rest of us were talking about.
Phil
 
Actually Chinese knives are great for interest and repeat business it seems like once you get one, 30 minutes later you have a hunger return to get another. LT PS I wish I was like betty Boop and still popular with young girls. However I draw the line at wearing spit curls.
 
textoothpk said:
I think I know where you are coming from, fixer. Read a past post in the 'Traditional knives' forum of someone buying a few of the Rough Rider Brand knives to get a handle on the older patterns. Prompted that person to look at the other knives the rest of us were talking about.
Phil
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That is what I was trying to say. And Lt. the girls sre supposed to have the
spit curls. :D
 
Betty-Rich Split Curls?
I dont think the look is ever coming back!
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Im gonna take a beating but...
So I tried the splits on me too.. Its not a look.
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There won't be if something happens to me. The same with John Wayne. you see as long as anyone believes in anything it never goes away. If you can accept that concept then all those people on the USS Arizona and Iwo and a thousand other places are always still with us and there sacrifices are not in vain. My favorite two sayings in life are Deal me in ( because win lose or draw if I am still in the game I am still alive ). I once saw a fellow get a heart attack at a poker game he came back a few hours later he said he wanted to know for sure that he was really still alive. It seems he really wasen't sure while in the hospital. The second is you can knock me down but you cannot knock me out you have to kill me to cure me and anyone is welcome to try. No matter how bad things get the correct answer is we can still respond we can still fight. You better believe there is still a Santa Claus because when he is gone the world will be a lot worse off. LT PS WOW this turned into kind of a sick Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus. PPS I just saw your post IRVING I guess I have it coming but please be aware I owe you big time and I always pay my debts. How come you look so old?
 
LT,

It was raining the last time we met. Hell it was a monsoon. The moisture in the air made me look younger that I am, besides trying to sell houses ages a person real fast. I know why you look so young in yours!
TTYL
Larry (IRVING)
 
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