Master Mechanics MM7

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Just picked up a Master Mechanics MM7 (3 pin). I know there was several models of the MM series, but have no idea of the year(s) of production.
This one is suppose to be really clean, and unsharpened, but has no sheath.
Does anyone have a guess of which sheath went with it, and was it a plain sheath with no MM logo? I want to get one for it, but would like to get one original to the knife.
 
1989-90. I cannot be positive about the sheath though. My Master Mechanic flyers don't show the sheaths.



Judging solely by the production date, it would have probably been plain (no logo) or the regular Schrade production sheath with the cutler logo above SCHRADE.

Here's your sign. Er... my sign!

 
I guess I just flunked MM101. Here is the correct sheath. :p



Good luck!:D

Michael
 
Even if you found one in poor condition, you would have an "ensample" to go by in having a leather die made for the stamping and getting an unstamped sheath. One could even be made using the logo photo to get the size and aspect ratio (Hieght/width) right. It might not be the easiest or cheapest way to go, but it is doable. Otherwise.... Seek...



Michael
 
MM89, the Master Mechanic branded version of Schrade's 89OT was one of twelve patterns produced for True Value in 1989 & 1990. During 1991, blade etching began, instead of the special tangstamp and shield being used and the pattern selection was kept at twelve with some patterns dropped and a few substituted. The MM89 was still produced that year.

Michael
 
Here are the two MM89s that I have.
The top one came in the box. No blade etch, but has the MM89 tang stamp.
The bottom one with the etched blade came in the zip-lock pouch.
You can see what I paid for each of them. :D

According to Codger's dating, I guess the top one would be pre-1991 & the bottom one would be 1991 or later. As always with Schrade, "more-or-less" when it comes to the dating. :)

Dale

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orvet said:
... As always with Schrade, "more-or-less" when it comes to the dating. :)

Dale
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Truer words were never spoken. Sometimes inventory was shipped in dribs and drabs both before and after they appeared and disappeared from the catalogs. Many SFO's and varients appear to be production items but really were not. Some SFO's and special issues were proposed and died on the vine only to reappear after the factory was swept in 2004. A lot of "orphaned" inventory was given to charity every year. And then we have the factory employee "seconds" store and the oddities it released. Sometimes nailing a knife to a certain decade is as good as it gets.

Michael
 
The last one I found was an MM897, the SFO of an 897UH Uncle Henry. It was at a local pawn shop. And no, compared to the quantity of the regular production knives of those patterns, they were and are quite uncommon. I also have the MM89 and a MM152, the Sharpfinger fixed blade. Maybe more but that is all I can recall. Drop in more often!

Michael
 
to add to the thread above, recently found in a hardware store in eastern PA. Two Master Mechanic knives in Clampacks, the first example is the MM89, as viewed on the shelf before purchasing the clampack on this one was broken at the rear and the knife was resting on top of the clampack, the second knife complete in clampack is model MM34

$17.90 for the MM89 and $14.90 for the MM34 both dated on the back of the clampacks 1989

always on the lookout for Schrade knives, did not expect to turn up this pair of Master Mechanics knives 18+ plus years old, I do like the original price on the MM 89 $22.95

Rusty1


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Very Cool. What was the hardware chain?

I got an MM89 awhile back, but only the stamp was just like yours. The shiled reads OLD TIMER and it is in an 89OT Sharp Idea box.
 
the hardware store was actually TRUE VALUE, it turns out that the store is very new and these knives came from the proprietors old premises.

Rusty1
 
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