No1 and No2 Warren Whittlers,Schrade Made,on Ebay.

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One of our members was asking about my Warren Whittler set and said they had been searching for them.
I just saw No1 and No2 being sold individually on US Ebay starting at .99c each. If anyone is interested they are items #170037094450 and #170037095324 respectively. I have purchased from this seller previously however have no connection with him and item descriptions proved accurate. Hoo Roo
 
That is a nice pair, it will be interesting to see what they bring. I guess the seller thinks he can get more for them individually. It would be a shame to split them up.
 
If someone wants to buy both and keep the set together let me know. I like the #1 and have put a small bid in on it, but I agree the set should be kept together. So, if someone wants to get the set, let me know & I will not bid any more.

Thanks,
Dale
dalervincent@comcast.net
 
Eric is looking for a set, but I would like the set if he doesn't.
I have the boxed set with shields, but not the "open stock" ones. Dale, are you looking for a user, or a safe Queen, errr Schrade umm, you know what I mean. I think I know where there's a lonesome #1 Warren.
 
Larry, Waynorth et al,
I defer to you guys, I've gotten so many knives lately I'll probably be living in a tent this week. Need to take a break for a while(which will probably translate to a week at most) :) . Thanks for remembering my interest, and good luck fellow Schraders!
Eric
 
In November of 1981, Mr. Clark, President of Warren Tool in Rhinebeck, New York, contacted Mr. Trachtenberg of Schrade Cutlery Corp. in Ellenville with an idea for a limited edition whittler knife set. Warren Tool was a retail outlet in a small rural store specializing in woodcarving implements.

The original inquiry was for a swell end jack knife with a wharncliff blade and a pen blade, natural wood handle with shield, two backsprings with no lock, and a very strong pivot pin. Mr. Clark mentioned the possibility of involving the 16,000 member National Carver’s Museum in the issue as a fund raiser. Inquiry was also made about making the knife a single blade interchangeable.

These are more uncommon than you might think. The contract was originally for 10,000 pieces (5,000 of each), including 1,500 serialized Deluxe sets with the NCM shield (DW-1 & DW-2 #0001-1500), 1,500 serialized Regular sets with no shield (W-1 & W-2 #1501-3000), and an additional 2,000 of the Open Stock BW1 and BW2 to be sold singly. Warren Tools fell far short of their sales goals, and in the end, signed over the remainders to the Brookstone Company, a company in New Hampshire specializing in odd, hard to find tools.
From what I can glean, only 1,362 of the Deluxe sets, 1,276 of the Standard sets were completed and shipped. An additional 17 of the DW-2, 308 of the W-2 knives were finished without mates, and only 1,122 of the BW-1 and 591 of the BW-2 were completed.

Remainders were sold at Warren's cost to another firm, in order to liquidate their losses, and relieve ISC on excess inventory held in stock.

Codger
 
...I notice same seller just posted another mint No1 @ .99c #170039280548.
Should be interesting to see what it goes for,as the other one sold for $74.01
Schrade....Great knives,proving even better investments! Hoo Roo
 
Thanks very much for the info, and the timing, Codger!!
 
So am I to assume the Scott Carpenter set were compiled of left over Dw-1's & 2's ???? And if so they would be LESS in value??
 
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