My 4-pin LB7 is not 4 Sale

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I almost made a terrible mistake! I was pruneing my collection by listing a few knives for sale and I got carried away and listed my favorite LB7. I quickly came to my senses and ended the auction.

The reason I snapped out of it and eneded the auction was that I started to compared my "user" to my mint/boxed LB7s (all 4-pin, all serialized) and came to the conclusion that my "user" is irreplaceable.

It is not that early of an LB7 (serial #956648), nothing special to a collector. I guess it is special to me. I started to think about it...

The "wonda wood" is well matched - better than any other I've seen. In bright light the scales have an almost translucent sheen. The blade grind is perfect and after a few years, I've actually gotten it sharp (almost).

Even the sheath I use with it is irreplaceable. It's the original one that came with my first LB7 that I picked up a Service Merchandise when I was 10. It has turned a really nice reddish brown and the leather around the snap has started to pucker.

I don't want to get too crazy or sentimental, but I just tried to sell this simple little production lock blade and I couldn't! Something inside of me found the thought of letting go of this particular knife unacceptable.

Hell, I sold 30 or 40 Schrades in November and December and this didn't happen. I tried to rationalize that I never use the LB7 and that if I ever wanted to, I can use on of the other LB7s in my collection, but it didn't wash.

This ever happen to any of you guys? Ever get attached to a production lock blade? I feel like I need a shrink!
 
Dont really have any old ones like that, I wish i did, if you had it for so long I can understand, you are always likely to value that knife more than anyone else will, thats a good thing.
Yesterday I went through my own collection and wondered if I would ever be able to get my money back on them if I decided to sell. Some of them are irreplaceable and I know that they are really worth a lot more than most would be willing to pay, but thats OK because ultimately I appreciate and value them even if no one else does, I think thats what knife collecting is really about. Its nice to be able to share it on a forum like this.
The problem with some of my very rare ones is that they are so rare that hardly anyone knows they are rare!!! That can be a real problem if I ever re-sell them, but who cares?? I know what they are really worth to me and I like the sentiment.
Regards Tim
 
Anyone start out with one xxxOT or some other model, find a better one and buy it with the intention of selling the lesser one, and then keep both? How about doing this three or four times for the same model and winding up with five or six of the same knife? I've got a real problem and need to do some serious culling if I can only get my finger to hit that damned SELL key!
 
Yeh I know what you mean a better one shows up and then its hard to know what to do with the others.
I think a dozen or so real rare ones is better than a million and a half not so rare ones. Seems a little easier to appreciate them this way, thats how it is for me anyway.
Culling is hard, Ive got a few that are real nice but they just gotta go !!!
 
I'm on your side Kevin.

Think of how your LB7 felt to be replaced by a newer one and put out on EBAY. It's a scary time for Schrade USA knives right now. The news is rippling through drawers, toolboxes, shops, and closets all over the world.

Even some old users that haven't seen the light of day for half a century are facing the fact they may be next on the auction block. They may be the next to be professionally cleaned, or dismantled even.

If you find a good knife shrink, let me know.
 
Tim...your comment some of your knives are so rare that hardly anybody knows they're rare....wouldnt a book by Bruce Voyles or Codger address some of these knives and highlight them for all to know and appreciate. Hoo Roo
 
Larry, that book would help as long as it was a good one. A bad one would only exacerbate the problem. What's even rarer in our country now is men who know how to properly use and care for these knives. The eastern esoteric concept of the relationship between the blade edge and the soul of the user has been all but lost.
 
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