I bought a couple of these in 2006 on ebay and loved them. I have since lost them both. I just thought I would do a search to see if I could find another. I couldn't find a Schrade but found out that they are made by Hewlett and sold in serveral forms and styles. The one that Hewlett markets now that is like the ones I used to have are called FlipStik. That is because the sharpening "stik" stores in the handle by unscrewing the sharpener and fliping it and screwing it into the handle. The ones I had were branded Schrade and JewelStik on the handle. I never found any indication that they were Taylor Brand offerings at the time, but that may be the case. If so, Taylor doesn't offer them now. I also found out in my search that they make a Buck Knives branded one now, as shown in the picture. The configuration of these new ones is somewhat different than I remember my Schrades. These have three sharpening grits as compared to the Schrade only having two (as I remember them). And the Schrades had two radiused surfaces with the two different grits and fish hook groove separating them (see pic). On the other side it was flat all the way across. Like a half round file. That's the way I remember them anyway. Do any of you guys have any info on these sharpeners? I have only seen very few of them and not in a long time. I am assuming that Schrade had them made up by Hewlett and that begs the question of whether or not they were Taylor Brand or pre-2004 Schrade. I'd really like to get another Schrade branded one. They worked really well for me and if they were pre-2004, then they would be a kinda nice collectable too. Thanks!
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