schrade LB 1 salesman samples ?

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Jay_Wyatt

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I am trying to buy a schrade uncle henry LB1 from a person. He said that the knife does not have the box, but is new and un used. He said that the knife was a salesman sample. What should I offer the man for the knife? hope I posted in the right spot; If not can you guys tell me where to post it ?
thanks again,
Jay
 
Be careful I just bought a brand new UH LB 2 with a abox and after I paid for it I realized it was a Taylor Cutlery knife from China, since the sale of Schrades trademark name it seems that Taylor is bringing back some discontinued models and some unscrupulous people are selling them on ebay.
 
Salesman sample... I am not sure what that means. Anything out of the ordinary about it? But new, no box, about $20 seems fair. Seems to me that Schrade UH and OT prices are continuing to drop.

And yes, there are people passing off China made Schr***s, or at least commiting the crime of omisson by not telling you unless you ask that the knife is not made in the USA.

Phil
 
Many times a salesman's sample will be noted as such by an etch, stamp, or serial number combined. Perhaps it was a model from a display, in which case it was a display knife. Often the displays were sold with backup stock in a rear compartment, and the display knives were not provided with boxes or papers. Nothing wrong with such knives at all, as long as it is not faded (the impregnated wood, I've not seen faded), or have a lot of handling marks. Phil is pretty close on the value from what I have seen, or be willing to give.

Codger
 
If your knife is to be considered a salesmans sample it will be denoted by the serial bolster, engraving which would be SS and then various other letters identifying it as a specific type of sample , by the time these were manufactured salemans samples were not etched on blades, and tangs were not used for this purpose. ( SS on the tang of an older Schrade was used to denote stainless steel ), Sometimes special multiple displays would all carry 000. Salemans example sets often carried SS and then a number which identified the sales man. Attached is a set of IXL ( Schrade ) marked SS24. The pics are not great but should give an example. Your LB-1 last year was in demand and often brought over a 100 dollars. Which is really quite insane. This was the whim of the buying public on ebay at that time. today I would say up to 40 is good if you want it and especially if it is a Salesmans or sales display. These IXL's were within arms reach which is why I choose them however there are many variations of the SS since they were used for many types of promotions . On the older blade acid etched versions of salemans or display knives there were several other factors which came into play. Of course as was pointed out this comment is made in reference to an american made Schrade. LT
 
ink marked and were talked about in Levine's guide book
apx wrote in 1985,I have alot of them,then schrade
started grinding blades(tangs),western cutlery would ping
the blades,I also have ser# IXL schrades set and was sent to me
around 1983 ,and never had any markings, queen would eletro etch "sales samples" on back
of main blade, schrade also made heritage series bone handle knives andhad no markings on them,knives that were in show cases faded,some very bad
but those were not sales man samples,they were display samples
and were changed out most of the time once a year.about schrade
made in china,on e-bay too bad folks are being fooled,total different
knives,I also noticed buck 300 series(black) are now made in china
selling at wal-mart,GLAD I'm not in the business anymore,really
when I was selling,we saw alot of german knives that were knock
offs,but they were really good knives,and of course case was knocked off
.alot
jim
 
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