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Bob,

How the heck do you get your SMKW catalog, 3 days before me, way out there by the Whittington Center, before it makes it to the cozy little town of Phoenix..... :grumpy:

Bill
 
You think that's unfair? I used to live in Springfield, Arkansas, a few miles from the AG Russell office. Guess who got first pick of anything in The Cutting Edge? And I could cruise over and see the knives in person.

Unfortunately it was Arkansas and I was usually broke. :(

-Bob

And I bet my Anniversary 34OT arrives three days before your's. :D
 
The ebayers have to be ill to see those 100th anniv editions show up in the SMKW catalog. I remember seeing a few of those hit the $80 mark! I was lucky enough to get mine from Walmart for 19.99. I am glad the most I have paid for an OT is normal store price because I have a feeling we will see a glut of OT's at flea markets and shows going cheap within the next few years. Millions of them out there and people will start realizing they were not much of an investment.
 
34OT in anniversary tin arrived yesterday. Got your's yet?

The ebayers have to be ill to see those 100th anniv editions show up in the SMKW catalog.
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My thought on that, if someone really wanted one for their own collection and they thought it was worth $80, then they should be OK with it. It's the people buying multiple $80 anniversary tins, in the hopes of gouging future buyers even worse, that are going to be sad. And I won't feel sorry for them one bit.

Two NIB OldTimer hunters just sold for $102 apiece. That's about $50 too much.

-Bob
 
Well it seems those anniversary tins quickly sold out, and the eBay prices never flinched.

-Bob
 
I did a liner and pump replacement on a pool today in a neighboring town and went on a scavenger hunt for the plumbing supplies I needed. One of the stores was a Tru-Value Hardware store. After I checked out, I noticed a knife shelf in a display counter. Cases, Bucks, Imports, and there under the catalog piles, a couple of wayward Schrades. Four trappers was all that was left. A 296Y, a 194OT and a pair of 96OT's. None were priced, so the helpful clerk searched a while. Their sporting goods catalogs had Taylor Schrades only, but an amazing variety. My best haggeling only brought the price of the 96OT down to $30, so I passed on it. Dealer cost was $20.98 on it, and MSRP was $41.95, so maybe thirty was not a bad price, but more than I had hoped. At any rate, check small town Tru-Value Hardware stores when you are out and about. You might just find a manager willing to cut you a deal to take them all. After all, they have no warranty you know! ;)

Codger

PS: least you think I was just ignoring the 296Y, I have it's location marked for future consideration.
 
I stopped by my local hunting and fishing shop today and looked at their knife
selections and they had genuine Schrade Made in USA knives in the case.
Or better said, the ones that were out of the boxes had Schrade USA on the
tang.

I am not hip to the model numbers but they had the following:

1. The small OTwith three blades 21.35
2. The 2inch plus UH with three blades 32.95
3. The large Black Kraton handled single blade OT no price
4. The 2 bladed UH one normal blade the other sheeps foot for 32.95

There were a few others but this is from the top of my head.
 
I picked a 8OT and an 18OT yesterday at a True Value Hardware store in a neighboring town. Both MIB. I had one of each already but neither were mint.
They also had 7 or 8 34OT in the clam-pack of a price of about $24.95 as I recall. I have a couple already so didn't buy any. If anybody wants the phone number of the store you can send me an email at dalervincent@comcast.net

I also found an 158OT at a True Value Hardware store in my home town.

hmmm......I think I will venture a little further afield today and see what else I can find.
 
Don't forget to hit the small town lumber companies and farmer's co-ops. They had small surviving stocks here after everyone else was sold out.
Codger
 
Thanks Codger,
I did hit a feed store today that had a pristine 77OT in backstock, I didn't even have to buy the display! :D I also picked what appears to be a 34OT but it has green saw cut derlin scales, brass bolsters, a blank brass oval where the Old Timer plate should be. The tang reads:
SCHRADE
SKOAL USA
Does any one know anything about this knife? :confused:
 
Sure do. Skoal and Copenhagen had a promotion going where you buy two tins of product and get a knife, or send in _ labels and $_ dollars and get a knife. I have the 89OT version from each promotion. Copenhagen's knives had black delrin, Skoal was green. Mine has a coined brass shield, and SCHRADE COPE USA or SCHRADE SKOAL USA stamps, and blade etches. They used quite a few patterns in the promotion. The 165OT is the biggest I have seen (out of production since '91), and the 154OT I have in Skoal as well with a coined brass oval Schrade brass shield. The blade is just etched "Limited Edition" (out of production since '88). Some day I will try to make a list of the patterns they used, and figure out the timeframe for the promotion.

Codger
 
Thanks again Codger!
I think I did OK on the price. I got it for the price of a 34OT; $21.95. That was fine with me since the 2004 price list shows the 34OT with a MSRP of $33.45!
Man, there must be a lot of old stock floating around. I don't have all the old price lists but that price must be several years old! :)
 
Glad to see the traffic in this thread. Thanks for the info, all who post here.
Phil

Note: Case knives being discontinued at Lowes. They are going to all China made junk. I bought 6 today at 30-50 percent off. You can TRADE them to suckers for Schrades!
 
Thanks for the heads-up Phil.
I will have to swing by Lowe's today on my way to a store that still has quite a few Schrades left. I bought a 12UH yesterday in the box and got home to discover the nomenclature had been ground off the tang. I am going back today to exchange it. :(

Perhaps you can help me with a rather unusual knife I purchased on fleaBay a few weeks ago. The tang is stamped:
SCHRADE+
U.S.A. 53OT
It is the same pattern as a 3OT except it has the brass thumb stud for one-handed opening, it has brass bolsters on the front, a brass lined lanyard hole on the end and has green saw cut derlin scales. It also has a brass liner lock.
I think it may have been a practice knife because the blade has been etched on both sides and it appears the blade was not in the jig properly and it has etchings over the top of etchings. It is very difficult to make out. The blade was only sharpened on one side.
I haven't a clue as to what it is! Does anyone have any ideas?

Dale
 
Sounds like a 53OTG reject that was indeed used as a practice piece in the factory. They were only produced in 2002 and 2003, so they are uncommon in pristine condition. This was called the "Blade Lifter" when introduced, then "Bearhead EXT". Many would say that the missed grind, the doubled etch, etc. drastically devalue the knife, and they might be right, however I find them more interesting than the production released items, just because they were relics of experimentation in the factory. By the etcher? By the Sample Maker? By the janitor on lunch break? A good find in my book anyway.

Codger
 
Being new to this board, and learning about Schrades and what's happening to them, I've been checking out stores in my town, lately. Haven't found any left..until yesterday. I guess the big stores like Wal-Mart have sent discontinued stock back to their distributors, or maybe they sold them all before I started looking.

Anyway, no matter, because I FOUND TWO BEAUTIES yesterday! I was in the town's old sport shop....my favourite store, I think, in the world.

This is the kind of place that hasn't changed in 100 years. In the display window is a ratty-looking old mounted cougar and some birds that look like they were stuffed 100 years ago, and have been bug food ever since! Old fir floors, walls stocked with dusty goods right up to the high ceilings, pot bellied wood stove and stools, and the "back room", "upstairs", and "the basement".....that's where WAY more stuff is stored, and has been for decades. Anything to do with hunting, guns, camping, fishing. No new-fangled cash registers...actually, no cash register at all. When you buy something (sorry, no credit cards) Bill writes it down in a notebook, and makes change from his metal cashbox. Closed Wednesdays.

In the old glass display case, I spied 2 Schrade "packs" (clear plastic), each with a knife and a pack of "Free!" Schrade playing cards. The first knife I asked about was an Uncle Henry LB7, with a price tag of $90 (Canadian). Bill said it's been there so long, he'd let me have it for $50. Okay! Then I asked about the other one; an Old Timer 142 OT, also packed with a deck of cards, and priced at $52 CAN. Got that for $25!

I haven't opened up the 142 OT pack....no need to until I decide what to do with it....might give it as a gift some day. But the LB7 was immediately installed in its sheath, on my belt, as soon as I got back to my truck! What a beautiful piece! Built like a tank, pivot oiled well from the factory, and "ready-sharp". All I had to do, to get it to my liking, was pass the edge over the back of a plate a few times when I got home...now it's scary-sharp! Oh, and buffed up the sheath with a bit of shoe polish.

That was fun! I now have a new hobby: Schrade hunting. He he!


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Congratulations! Now, I have a pot of gold for you to find. At one time, they made a clampack for export to Canada. The one I saw contained a Sharpfinger, but they must have used the design on other patterns too.

The usual American flag and slogan "America works with Schrade was replaced with a red maple leaf and the slogan "Canada works with Schrade"!!!!

Codger
 
Thanks for the assignment, Codger. I accept. Will keep you in mind, if I luck out and find two.
I must have a little Irish in me, to go off looking for a pot of gold! :rolleyes:
 
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