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G'day Dkerns, Your answer re production dates is found in the Thread below concerning my Schrade IXL collection with photos....value?....never what I believe these quality knives are really worth due in part I feel to lack of knowledge of what they really are and the fact they show made in Sheffield rather than USA..<in reality bits were made in USA but thats another story for another time>...Absolute quality materials were used as you would expect of a Schrade I*XL production....do you have the individual boxes?....do you have the large 5 knife display box or the timber shipping crate box? alternative .......5 knives on their own without any attached bling or boxes and assuming they are Mint I would sell individually rather than as a group to achieve a reasonable result...individually maybe up to $40- $45 each on a good Ebay day depends on interest at that time....Great knives! keep them for what they are. part of Schrade History story even though it was one Schrade would have rather forgot at the time!.Hoo Roo
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You can see by the list attached the retail recommended price back in the early Eighties.
http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/IXL/pages/IXL-2.htm
Russell
http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/IXL/pages/IXL-2.htm
Russell
Could you elaborate on this please? I just bought an I*XL stockman last night and I am interested in their history. I've searched here and read some interesting posts by you already, but I was curious about the above comment. I'm assuming this means I*XL wasn't a money maker for Schrade.
G'day Stelth,
Albert Baer is quoted in March 3rd 1981 in his memoirs which were written but never published for Readers Digest...........
'Let me set the record straight about a few things. First England.The reason we made an investment in England was because of Felix Mirando Jr.repeatedly said I was running IKAC business in an old fashioned way and he wanted to show he could run it in a modern way.He approached me with the concept that "if he could find someone who could run England,would I be willing to buy the Richards stock that was listed on the London Stock Exchange.
'Feeling this was an opportunity to show whether or not he was correct,agreed.Although we raised our offer 2 or 3 times without knowing what we were buying except from Stock Exchange figures and Warburg's figures, I agreed to proceed in order to prove or disprove the point.
The first member of Imperial to recognize that we had made a mistake in purchasing the facilities was Nicky Fazzano who was appalled at what he saw and tried to make it clear to all of us upon his return from his visit to the factory in England.Even though most of our Principals including Felix,Sr went to England many times and looked at the factory it was not until Henry Fazzano and I visited the Plant in 1977 and saw what a nightmare...people sitting and doing nothing,playing soccer in the aisles,and when we asked Mitchell who was then Manager why,we were told because they didnt have any orders.'
Although much effort was put in to correcting losses in Germany ,Ireland, and England by 1981 he stated "the English loss might be $6,400,000"...
Stelth, at this point if you were Albert would you have kept the I*XL plant going??...The Schrade I*XL knives have stood the test of time and I believe were quality made <Camillus made some skeletons for them> it would appear unless Albert was able to personally supervise 'hands on' it would never be successful..<would you like to have passed a soccer ball to Albert in the Factory while he was there!!??! I'm sure he would have followed the English penchant for removing heads>...much chequered history was to follow the Sheffield Plant with various owners in the following years..none being successful.......Hoo Roo
Albert Baer is quoted in March 3rd 1981 in his memoirs which were written but never published for Readers Digest...........
'Let me set the record straight about a few things. First England.The reason we made an investment in England was because of Felix Mirando Jr.repeatedly said I was running IKAC business in an old fashioned way and he wanted to show he could run it in a modern way.He approached me with the concept that "if he could find someone who could run England,would I be willing to buy the Richards stock that was listed on the London Stock Exchange.
'Feeling this was an opportunity to show whether or not he was correct,agreed.Although we raised our offer 2 or 3 times without knowing what we were buying except from Stock Exchange figures and Warburg's figures, I agreed to proceed in order to prove or disprove the point.
The first member of Imperial to recognize that we had made a mistake in purchasing the facilities was Nicky Fazzano who was appalled at what he saw and tried to make it clear to all of us upon his return from his visit to the factory in England.Even though most of our Principals including Felix,Sr went to England many times and looked at the factory it was not until Henry Fazzano and I visited the Plant in 1977 and saw what a nightmare...people sitting and doing nothing,playing soccer in the aisles,and when we asked Mitchell who was then Manager why,we were told because they didnt have any orders.'
Although much effort was put in to correcting losses in Germany ,Ireland, and England by 1981 he stated "the English loss might be $6,400,000"...
Stelth, at this point if you were Albert would you have kept the I*XL plant going??...The Schrade I*XL knives have stood the test of time and I believe were quality made <Camillus made some skeletons for them> it would appear unless Albert was able to personally supervise 'hands on' it would never be successful..<would you like to have passed a soccer ball to Albert in the Factory while he was there!!??! I'm sure he would have followed the English penchant for removing heads>...much chequered history was to follow the Sheffield Plant with various owners in the following years..none being successful.......Hoo Roo
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First off, Thank you very much for this interesting information. It answered my question. I was just curious about why they stopped making these knives. I assumed it was due to the cost. I saw that the large rosewood stockman's cost was $100 in 1980. I use a website that converts money value from one year to another and according to that site $100 in 1980 money is equal to between $260 and $500 today depending on which result you use.
http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/#
..and to answer your question, Yes. I'd close it down if I were in that position.
http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/#
..and to answer your question, Yes. I'd close it down if I were in that position.