SC507 Question

michianaman

michianaman

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Greetings..
Recently acquired these two Schrade knives.
Was wondering If I could get some Info on them.
Have the box & sheath for both knives.
There Is a number(1805-2840) stamped on the bolsters of both knives also.
Any help would be appreciated.
Here's a link to a scanned pic.
Thanks,Jeff
 
It is easier to discuss these if the pictures are posted here in the forum.
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You already know that both knives are SC507's from the Schrade Scrimshaw Of The Great American Outdoors series.

The top knife featuring two wolves was issued as a part of the 1994 SC94LTD sets, 1,500 serialized sets were issued, and another 1,500 individual serialized knives.

http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/FLYERS/1990s/pages/SC93-LA65.htm



The bottom knife showing a standing grizzly bear was issued in the 1992 set. If I am remembering correctly, there were 3,000 of these knives serialized also.

http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/FLYERS/1990s/pages/SC92-LA28.htm

Michael
 
Can you read the artist's signatures? I think the bear was done by M. Barbour, a freelance artist. He only did a very few designs for Schrade. Of course, it was done after Mr. Frank Giorgianni retired in early 1992. Both prior to and after his retirement, other artists were enlisted to produce designs. Among those other artists was John Duffy who replaced Frank as inhouse artist at Schrade, Kelly Dunton, an additional in-house artist working with Duffy, Linda Karst, Chamberlin, Feeney and Barbour, all freelance artists. And according to his son, Tom Giorgianni, he did continue to do some scrimshaw art for Schrade after his retirement. And some earlier Giorgianni designs were reissued later.


Frank Giorgianni signed and dated many of his scrimshaw artworks, but not all. The dates seen sometimes coincide with the year of issue, but not always. They were actually representative of the year the original artwork was created, and not the year the knife was produced. The artwork was later reused in many cases.And quite a few artists were involved in the years after Mr. Giorgianni’s retirement, some work signed and dated, some not.
 
Michael..thank you for your knowledge greatly appreciated.
Looks like the bear scrim Is signed F Giorgianni 92.
Wolves signed J DUFFY 94.
If I may ask could you give me an Idea of value for these.
Thanks again, Jeff
 
Value is basically what a person is willing to give for a particular knife at a given time. I hardly ever assign values to knives. But I don't mind teaching people to guesstimate on their own. Look them up on eBay ended auctions.

The average selling price for the last nine offered is $43.50 with the highest being $62.99 and the lowest being $27.00. So the average selling price is the approximate current value.

Another system used is espoused by Mr. Levine. In his system, one uses the third highest bid as the current value. Thus the $62.99 knife had a value of $53.39. IMHO, this system only works for uncommonly seen knives where averaging is unavailable (during the most current market period). Using his system, the low selling knife (27.00) has a value of only $25.01, whereas I feel like it was undervalued at it's last bid, even though it was an SFO with a higher number produced than most of the Scrimshaw Of The Great Outdoors series.

Now, replacement value is entirely different. What would it cost to replace these? Whatever it took to outbid the highest bidder plus transaction costs, shipping and insurance.

The knife market (particularly for Schrade knives) is so fluid that price guides are nearly worthless, always outdated by the time they are published, and greatly influenced by the writer's own preferences and motives. At best, they are useful as identification guides.

Michael
 
I have a Schrade Crimshaw with a "Grizzly bear, and a trout at a stream". I will post a picture later. I love Schrade knives, I have several Old Timers, and an Uncle Henry I have carried for about 25 years.
 
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