Schrade WWII D-Day Commemorative

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Pmazzei

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Hi all. Newbie here. I've been perusing this forum for a few weeks and was impressed with the breadth of knowledge and the professionalism displayed.

I have a Schrade WWII US Army D-Day Commemorative stag lockback folding hunter that is in mint condition and was won at auction on E-Bay from a seller named "dbtrading-post". As I'm sure many of you know, the knife has stag handles, brass bolsters and the single clip blade is beautifully gold-etched with a scene of US soldiers landing on Normandy. I paid $178.49 for the knife.

My question is this:

The blade is unsharpened (i.e. it has no sharp edge at all) which leads me to wonder how this knife may have left the factory prior to sharpening. I'm thinking that this may actually be a positive thing in that it may mean that this knife is even closer to "mint" than one that has been sharpened, and therefore rarer. There is also the possibilty that I don't know what the hell I'm talking about here and that it actually devalues the knife.

If anyone can shed some light on this it would be greatly appreciated.

John
 
Sounds to me like it's one of those ever-so-famous "Factory Finds". Your seller seems to have some "connections" with SMKW IMHO! :yawn:

Just think, your knife sat around the factory waiting to be completed all these years! Maybe, just maybe, it never made it past Quality Control all those years ago when Schrade was producing and selling these knives.

I'd say, if you're happy with your purchase, "Good on You"! If you're not happy, well, lesson learned.
 
Your knife is correct this is how they were done for the 1991 Schrade WW II issue set. When I did customer shows for Schrade individual pieces of the set were sold ( such as you bought ). Some people wanted them sharpened some did not . We always had a portable sharpener and a professional ( person )sharpener with us so it was not a big deal either way. One out fitter from out west bought a marine model and was quite definitive that he wanted it sharpened since he was about 6'8" tall I sold it to him sharpened. LT
 

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Guess I need to pull my foot out of my mouth. :confused:

Sorry for the mis-information I provided.
 
Like Hell Del, you just know the beast to well, but no animal, no matter how ornery, is guilty of everything. I would have drawn the same conclusion if I did not know the deal on these. Still it takes a lot of heart to come back with a "Sorry bout that". I guess that is why you have the nickname BIGHEART.LT
 
Thanks to LT, Redshanks and Delander for shedding some much-appreciated light. Based on LT's history I feel ok assuming that the unsharped state of this knife is the more pristine in that it was actually issued that way.
By the way, I also own a complete "Original Thirteen Colonies" set including the large clasp folder centerpiece and in the original display case and all bearing the same serial number of 2460. Although I bought them because of my love for America and of Americana, I do also appreciate their value and think that they are an example of the rarer products that LT mentioned in his post dated 5/27/05.

Thanks again to all for taking the time to answer my question.

John
 
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