Schrade Multitool Question

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I'm curious did Scrade make them or did another company ,maybe leatherman , make them for Schrade. Were they pretty good?
 
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I'm curious did Scrade make them or did another company ,maybe leatherman , make them for Schrade. Were they pretty good?
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That is a good question!
Schrade where just starting to sell their Multitools when they closed down.
I have never seen any one post information, about the items Schrade were selling or had in the pipeline.
I have asked many questions, on these Forums - About the last two years at Schrade, that have never be answerer.
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This is the front page of an Australian catalog, [1997?] for Schrade.
Note: the bottom line of the page.
"The configuration of this product is a Trademark of Imperial Schrade Corp. US and foreign patents pending"
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I found this list of US patents, for Multi-tools... Ken
https://www.google.com.au/patents/US1561993
 
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Koldgold there doesn't seem to be as much activity on this forum as there used to be. I still view it but haven't posted in awhile.
 
It reminds me of the sort of mt's made by idl tools ( not like any of their tools, but exactly what I think a full sized mt by them would look like ), but all of their offerings were / are key chain sized tools. If schrade didn't make it themselves, it could've been made by idl tools.
 
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Koldgold there doesn't seem to be as much activity on this forum as there used to be. I still view it but haven't posted in awhile.[/QUOTE

I have found very little activity on the Schrade forums; on Blade Forums and AAPN, in the past six months.
There has aways beem little interest in the knives, tools and other items Schrade were selling from 2000 and up to 2004.
Items like the D'holder and Lake & Walker knives sell for less then the RRP, sixteen years ago.
As I have said time and time again, some one must know "what was going on at Schrade in 2003 and 2004".
No one will talk about the knive, they had made in China.:confused::confused:
The Chinese knives were very wel made knives... Ken.
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This is my first post in the Schrade forum. I have been busy reading and learning from so many of you all.

As for the question above I believe that Schrade made their tools and didn't farm them out to someone else. This design is so different from all the others. I really love mine and it performs above and beyond what a lot of others do. I have cut barbed wire with little effort with mine. And being able to use the jaws without fully opening the pliers is just right for some task.


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Some were sole authorship and some were collaborations I believe. I have two, the small "CHIP" and the one that collaborated with Vice-Grip. I used the needle nosed vice grip for years in construction work and it still resides in my tool box. I've never used the CHIP. A former Schrade worker would have to tell us the full story on this genre of Schrade tools.
 
Been trying to get a pair of the vise grip either regular or needle nose for several years now at decent price. Sheesh those things are always outrageous in price. I have examples of all the other multitools but the vise grips are like gold for some reason.
 
The original, USA made multitools were great. There werre 5 variations of the Schrade Tough multitool, with different (layered or not) plier heads. The Tough chip also had great implements and functions.

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American made tools were tougher, better steel and had a better QC.

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Chinese made ones tend to be on the fragile, unrealiable side and with many defects. Stick to old toola, much better

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I really dig the Vise Grips versions they made, and they are indeed a valuable, rare and expensive collectible nowadays.

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Mine are users, though, and I can tell you they perform excellently and quite frankly I prefer them to both the Leatherman Crunch and the Kershaw A100 in the Vise Grip multitool category.

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The Schrade ST6 (needlenose) and 6LC are much more common than the 5WR, much rarer and expensive.
I consider the 5WR the best one and most versatile b/c of tool implements and overall construction, but any of them will do the job.

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Thanks for showing the photos of the tools. I found them interesting as I didn't realise that Schrade had made them.
Anthony
 
Schrade made all of their Multi Tools in the USA. They include the ST1L, ST1N, ST2, ST2L, ST2N, ST5E, ST6, ST6H, ST6P, & ST6HP. Also included in the tool arena are the
IQ180- IQUIP and ST175- Navi-Tool.

Then there are the collaborations with Irwin Vise Grips as well
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Just a quick note that I did get to the Wawarsing Knife Museum over the holiday weekend, which happened to be the last weekend they were open for the 2017 season. Of course the Schrade Tough multitool was well represent and the curator, Rich Craft, mentioned that it was designed in house by David Swinden, whose name is on many of the patents. Here's a link to the patent listed for the multitool:

https://www.google.com.au/patents/U...ved=0ahUKEwiiw6aUr5HWAhUB4oMKHbvTCQUQ6AEIXjAI

’til later….
KAW

"Everlasting Sharp" means…. never having a dull moment. :cool:
 
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