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There is a knife on e bay (#6559975320) being offered as a Schrade SCM7 Folding Hunter.
In the photo on the listing, the tang stamp appears to read "SCM7", but the knife being offered is not a true SCM7 knife.
Both the SCM5 and the SCM7 were produced in 1985 and had engraved bolsters.
Also, the sheath shown is not the correct sheath for the SCM knives. Here is the true SCM knives.

 
True, "buyer beware". That's why you have to educate yourself before you buy anything!! I have found many mistakes on ebay over knives. I have e-mailed the sellers, but for some reason they never answer..... :rolleyes:
 
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delander said:
There is a knife on e bay (#6559975320) being offered as a Schrade SCM7 Folding Hunter.
In the photo on the listing, the tang stamp appears to read "SCM7", but the knife being offered is not a true SCM7 knife.
Both the SCM5 and the SCM7 were produced in 1985 and had engraved bolsters.
Also, the sheath shown is not the correct sheath for the SCM knives. Here is the true SCM knives.


Thanks for the heads up. Those are very sweet looking knives. What does the SCM stand for & do you know what they're going for on the auctions? What are the handles? I've never seen these before.
 
SCM = Schrade Custom Made

I think the handles are rosewood, but I stand to be corrected. I'd have to dig the boxes and papers up to be more certain. The engraving is beautiful.
I wouldn't sell the pair for less than $300.00, but I'm not sure how realistic that is. :-)
 
delander said:
SCM = Schrade Custom Made

I think the handles are rosewood, but I stand to be corrected. I'd have to dig the boxes and papers up to be more certain. The engraving is beautiful.
I wouldn't sell the pair for less than $300.00, but I'm not sure how realistic that is. :-)

OK, thanks again for the info. They are very nice.
 
rev_jch said:
True, "buyer beware". That's why you have to educate yourself before you buy anything!! I have found many mistakes on ebay over knives. I have e-mailed the sellers, but for some reason they never answer..... :rolleyes:

I sometimes email about mistakes. I usually put it in a tone that sounds helpful and end with "I hope this helps". I have received replies. However, I haven't emailed about many suspicious auctions where it appears to be fraud and not a simple mistake.

There was an auction for a "paratrooper knife" that was a fantasy piece and never used by any paratroopers anywhere. Similar to the one the United Cutlery makes. The seller said that he had trouble telling the real ones from the fakes. :rolleyes: I emailed him and he never responded but did pull the auction.
 
I usually just shake my head at them, but occasionally I give them "helpful hints". Sometimes they thank me and change the listing. My pet peve is "genuine vietnam fighting knife used by Recon Ranger in 1969". Oh really? It wasn't made until 1973.

Of course most sellers claim a high production knife to be rare, just because they aren't in Wal-Mart anymore. I think that lockback was an "end of days" knife, where anything with fitting parts was slapped together. We see OT trappers all the time with UH scales. Maybe one day in the future, there will be a seperate collecting catagory for them. For now, they are just odd. Like an "XX" Schrade.

Codger
 
Codger, does an XX Schrade have any value compared to a regular production knife of the same model?
 
An XX Schrade is a knife that did not get past the quality control folks

In other words, it's a 'factory reject'

from this, it's up to you if it has any, more, or less value to you
 
EXXactly. The XX is a cancelling of the tangstamp. "Yeah, we'll sell it to ya, but we'll be danged if we'll have our name on it or warrant it!"

Codger
 
I have done the same Ryan, with some people it makes no difference. You can usually tell the ones who "defraud". Aside from that you really never know with some of these people (who you are dealing with). Ive seen more than one on an occasion play "ignorant". They will say, "oh thanks", and turn right around and do the same again. Of course than there are those (few) who really make an honest mistake. It makes it bad for them.

Many of these people on ebay know little about knife collecting, or cutlery in general (for that matter).
 
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