Schrade Cutlery Collectors Society

Well, maybe the soliciting of funds has not been suspended, just anything new on the website. Or anything new communicated to any of the members that post here in the forum. There are several people who lurk without posting here that would mention it if anything new or interesting was going on. If you join now, does it still mention getting a collectors edition knife?
 
Dunno. The joining process is printing out a linked form, filling it out and mailing it with fee to an address on the form. I don't see a way to join online. I'll wait to hear the news when it is clear.
 
For the love of god, will someone make the call ? 423-238-6753 . Probably better wait until business hours on Monday. I'd call myself, but I really have no interest in the club, have no stake in it. I have noticed two threads going on about this issue in two different forums and I am just trying to help put the whole thing to rest. I have offered the best way possible yet to get the answer to the question asked.
 
Calm down. It really isn't a life and death matter. I am pursuing other avenues to get the answers.
 
OldKnife007 said:
For the love of god, will someone make the call ? 423-238-6753 . Probably better wait until business hours on Monday. I'd call myself,but I really have no interest in the club, have no stake in it. I have noticed two threads going on about this issue in two different forums and I am just trying to help put the whole thing to rest. I have offered the best way possible yet to get the answer to the question asked.
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LOL! Call and get asked for a credit card number at best... maybe a line of BS. If I had to guess I'm thinking answering machine. The whole thing was put to rest for me about two years ago, but I like to make snide comments about the whole charade before I tie my panties.
 
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Still no answers from collectors who joined or from principals in the Society. I'll keep inquiring. Someone, somewhere knows.
 
Here's my story, not much to add though! I have been reading the pages but have not responded as I sort of felt a bit stupid in away after the way things were going with the whole society issue. That said I did receive one of the knives which seem to be in abundance on ebay right now. Just the knife in a box no card no nothing else.

I did call the Voyles way back, probably two and a half years ago now it must be and spoke to Debbie, who by all accounts was the one looking after the society dealings. I asked about the knife thinking at that time the whole thing had been abandoned, she told me the knives were still in production and they were about six weeks out. IIRC it took aboy 3-4 months before I received the knife. I had also learnt at that ime there had been two issues of a news letter which I never received a one.

I too think that "That is all folks"

Russell
 
The Mail Service from China I have always found to be rather unreliable......but it does sound like the History of the History is now History.......how Historic...al is that?..... Hoo Roo
 
Thanks Russell. This is the general impression I/we have been getting, but it would still be nice to hear something from an official source. Especially in light of ongoing advertisement for new members. I understand that might just be an oversight, but still... :confused:
 
In my search for the collectors knife ( I have a few already), I have found other posts on other forums that all say they have not seen any new letter and many did not get the knife...I searched Ebay again but only found two dealers with them both of whom I have bought from, but not the many for sale as stated above. I read that there was a table set up at Blade selling the $25 knife and suscription deal. Is this true? I can only assume the society is a non event.
 
Thanks Tom. As I noted earlier, the two eBay sellers I have seen with these knives are from East Tennessee, as are the home office of the club and the headquarters of the company that had the knife produced. I've seen mention that the Society had a table at Blade also. But I don't see them listed on the roster. Possibly, they were at Taylor, SMKW or someone else's booth space?

http://www.bladeshow.com/ehome/21409/30597/?&
 
The memory of Imperial Schrade deserves so much better and in so many ways........it would be hard to imagine a worse result from the Bankruptcy sale situation....even the name ceasing to be would have been a more positive result to its lasting memory....still its all about money isn't it?...the Society would have been about flogging more Chinese product in either case.....its such a shame.....Hoo Roo
 
If the debacle known as the Schrade Cutlery Collectors Society was alive and well, what difference would it make? It really never had anything to do with original Schrades, did it? Maybe I am missing something.
 
tongueriver said:
It really never had anything to do with original Schrades, did it? Maybe I am missing something.
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That was a part of the mission statement made.

The history of Schrade Cutlery and it’s affiliated companies is the history of American cutlery and its evolution, from the Sheffield cutlers starting Ulster and New York Knife right up to the mourned closing of Schrade and Camillus and the continuing history of inheritors of that heritage. The SCCS has the aim of preserving and celebrating that heritage and history, of promoting and enhancing the collecting of Schrade knives and their affiliated companies.

The goal is to re-invent the collectors club, utlizing the latest in technology, in ideas, and in enthusiasm. Our Advisory Board includes current Schrade President Stewart Taylor, Smoky Mountain Knife Works President Kevin Pipes, and noted Schrade author Richard Langston among others.
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And....

If you own any of the following knives The Schrade Cutlery Collectors Society is your new home!
Among the names that are a part of the Schrade heritage and history are: New York Knife, Keen Kutter, Walden Knife Company, Schrade Cutlery, Ulster Knife Company, Imperial, Kingston, Camillus, Press Button Knife Company, Flylock, George Schrade, Boker, Case, Remington, John Primble, Belknap, Uncle Henry, Schrade Walden, Ducks Unlimited. Together we will celebrate and encourage the collecting of these and other brands, and enhance your collecting of those knives as well!
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I wasn't aware that Remington, Boker and Case were a part of Schrade history, but... And several companies were left out (Imperial, Imperial Schrade, Wostenholm, Richards, Metal Box, Vulcan, Santa Fe Stoneworks, Western, A. Kastor & Bros., Germania... but...

No, I am just curious. No angst, nothing mischevious, just curious as to the silence. I like to explore a good mystery. If it was nothing more than a failed promotional attempt by the current trademark owners and industry friends, so be it. But at this point we don't know that as fact, just supposition based on a few clues.
 
Codger_64 said:
Albert Baer owned Schrade. Then he bought out the shares of Camillus that he did not already own since prior to WWII (circa 1963). He also bought out the shares of Imperial that he did not already own (circa 1983). He made and sold knives. He wasn't especially picky as to which company he had make them since he owned them all. He used the production capabilities of each as he saw fit. There were Schrades made by Camillus. There were Schrades made by Imperial. There were Imperials made by Camillus. Were any of these really "outsourced"?
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I love reading this kind of history. I guess Albert Baer was a shrewd business man. If he were alive today, do you think he might have outsourced to China as well? I'd like to think not.
-Bruce
 
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