Uncle Henry Knife Sheath

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Saddlebum

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I bought this sheath but don't have it yet. It is said to be "aprox. 6" long and will hold a closed knife aprox. 5" long." I have compared this sheath to all the Uncle Henry stamped sheaths I could find easily, including Taylors, and can't find another one like it. The flap is different from sheaths for the 127UH and 227UH which are 5.25" long when closed. It has the plain unbranded snap like earlier sheaths. Almost all LB7 and LB8 sheaths are stamped Schrade instead of Uncle Henry. It looks like a Schrade and not a Taylor and in all other respects except the shape of the flap it appears to be for a 127UH or 227UH. Anyone seen one or have one like this? I only know of the two different types for these patterns that are commonly paired with these two knives. The V shaped and squared one like this with more tapered flap. Curiosity won't leave me alone sometimes.

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I have a pile of new sheaths for the LB-7 and 7OT knives I bought as a group from the liquidation auction. There was some variety in the flap shape, snaps, tooling and emboss stamps. Yours looks right to me. Note that the sheaths were not only provided with initial knife purchases but also sold in the catalogs and stores as accessory/replacement sheaths. Look in the period catalogs. IIRC, they usually came in a polybag with header card. If it fits, use it!
 
Thanks for the tip, Codger. I will look through the catalogs and price lists. Being sold separately and possibly made by a different vendor might explain why it is a little different from the others. I like the sheath and I'm hoping to use it on a 127UH or 227UH that I bought without sheaths. I like to keep things original so I'm hoping to find out something about this sheath. I also like this one because it isn't petroleum tanned leather so I don't think it will produce that green oxidation that eats bolsters over time. I haven't had any luck finding the correct sheaths for these knives that are as nice as the knives themselves.
 
Okay. The 5.25" knife sheaths, SAS10, were peddled in the price lists for a lot of years. Those only show crude drawings. But in the '92 and '93 catalogs there is a photo of the same sheath as mine except it has Schrade stamped on it. At least I found the same style as mine. It is not of the same period as my Schrade Walden 127UH that I would really like to get a sheath for, but it will work fine for the '80s model 227UH. Nice to find one with Uncle Henry stamped on it. I'm not fond of the V shaped ones from the time period of my SW 127UH but my other one came with the original newer squared Uncle Henry stamped sheath. I will keep looking for one of those. Sheesh, going through the lists and catalogs is hard work. I always find things I haven't seen before and wind up revising my notes, adding and changing dates on stuff and making new notations for knives. I spend more time side tracking than what I went there for in the first place.LOL!
I always thought that the 296Y was a Walmart Special because of the black box. Nope! Listed in the '92-'94 catalogs and price lists.
And the 127UH is older than reported, going back to at least the '68 catalog and at one point was called the King Ranch.
And the 227UH back to the '70 catalog.
 
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As has been said, there were so many minor variations by lot and by run, that no human being alive could match your knife with absolute certainty. However, I personally would be looking for one of these if I wanted a great sheath for a great Schrade knife. They came in a size to fit the large knives and another for smaller ones.

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tongueriver said:
As has been said, there were so many minor variations by lot and by run, that no human being alive could match your knife with absolute certainty. However, I personally would be looking for one of these if I wanted a great sheath for a great Schrade knife. They came in a size to fit the large knives and another for smaller ones.

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I have a couple of those in 4" LB5/5OT/885UH size. I only recently discovered that they were made for the 5" knives. Or I should say, I forgot that they came with the LB5 and LB7 limited edition 'Custom Made' knives. With short term and failing memory loss I re-discover things all the time. LOL
The other sheaths that you posted are called gaucho sheaths, right? I saw some great boxed knife sets in the catalogs with those in them. Your's are especially nice. I have a similar one with a roll stamp of a fish on it that came with my Ulster 208 SS fish knife, 5". Also a plain one in a 208 SS boxed set with sharpening stone. I was drooling over a 127UH gaucho boxed set in an old catalog earlier. I have had an ongoing search for 'Uncle Henry knife sheath' with email notifications on and off for about a year. I wind up turning it off because I mostly get UH knives for sale with a sheath and I get tired of looking at the same old knives. Taylors included. There used to be a lot of them out there in the past, but like everything else, I guess they are drying up.
 
Just like yours with a 127

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Saddlebum said:
I bought this sheath but don't have it yet. It is said to be "aprox. 6" long and will hold a closed knife aprox. 5" long." I have compared this sheath to all the Uncle Henry stamped sheaths I could find easily, including Taylors, and can't find another one like it. The flap is different from sheaths for the 127UH and 227UH which are 5.25" long when closed. It has the plain unbranded snap like earlier sheaths. Almost all LB7 and LB8 sheaths are stamped Schrade instead of Uncle Henry. It looks like a Schrade and not a Taylor and in all other respects except the shape of the flap it appears to be for a 127UH or 227UH. Anyone seen one or have one like this? I only know of the two different types for these patterns that are commonly paired with these two knives. The V shaped and squared one like this with more tapered flap. Curiosity won't leave me alone sometimes.
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I think the one I have is a 'replacement' sheath offered by Schrade, possibly by a different vendor providing them for Schrade and it is from a later period than my Schrade Walden knife. Just guessing. I like it for my naked 227UH though. I would like to find a nice one like the one you referred to and came with the knife. There is a guy that has been trying to sell some for a year or so. He has a box full of distressed NOS sheaths. Problem is, that he refuses to picture the one you buy, claims that they all have assorted quality issues and wants too much money for them. This one is the first one I've come across in a long time worth buying. The SW 127UH is in mint condition so I'm being picky about a sheath for it.

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You do know that even though you locate a period correct or replacement sheath, you don't want to store them together, right?
 
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You do know that even though you locate a period correct or replacement sheath, you don't want to store them together, right?
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I wrap the knife in acid free medium weight sketch pad paper before putting it in the sheath to protect it from the green scourge. Works good.
 
Saddlebum said:
I wrap the knife in acid free medium weight sketch pad paper before putting it in the sheath to protect it from the green scourge. Works good.
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Good idea. In the lot of these sheaths I bought, several contained chemically treated archive paper to wrap the knives. IIRC, some of the later NIB examples I bought also came with this special paper wrap. I'll see if I can dig out examples today to post here.
 
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Good idea. In the lot of these sheaths I bought, several contained chemically treated archive paper to wrap the knives. IIRC, some of the later NIB examples I bought also came with this special paper wrap. I'll see if I can dig out examples today to post here.
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Is that the same kind of paper that is sort of like thin brown wax paper (for lack of a better description) that new knives came wrapped in? I have a few sheath knives that are NOS that came wrapped in that paper. LB7s, SC507s and LB5s come to mind. Schrade knew that they needed to be wrapped and protected. For daily use it's not a problem, but for storage it's a must.

I just remembered a SC507 that was handy and pulled it out. The printing on the paper says,
UNIWRAP A
Treated with: Volatile corrosion inhibitors (VCI)
Keep this item corrosion free
Face opposite side to metal
Do not unwrap until ready to use
Do not use with food stuffs
DAUBERT VCI, INC
Leading name in corrosion prevention
www.daubertvci.com

I don't know why I didn't think of it before but now I'm going to have to look into getting some of this paper. I should find out what the shelf life is on it too.
 
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That's the stuff. Schrade was evidently experiencing a lot of returns of shipped knives because buyers and merchants were considering the verdigris to be a defect. And it was expensive to pay return shipping and pay a worker to buff them back out, add new sheaths, repackage them and reship them. The "no questions asked " return policies of Walmart and Sears were money pits. One of the (many) reasons for the closing of Schrade.
 
The nearest distributor to me is 4 or 5 hundred miles away and I have to call them to find out if I can get the right kind of paper from them and the cost. Bet it ain't cheap. But it works. I don't know the age of this SC507 that I just got out, (F.G. head butting bighorns with no date), but it doesn't have a speck of corrosion on it after being boxed up all this time in the sheath. No green crud anywhere. If anyone is interested in this paper, click the website link above. Otherwise, medium (or less) weight acid free sketch pad paper is working for me so far. Old green stuff left over in the bottom of a sheath will get on the paper wrapper but not on the knife. I do also go over my knives with Blue Magic mag wheel polish that leaves a silicone corrosion barrier behind too. Schrade used to put a tube of Blue Magic in their knife care kits.
 
I just dug out my five spare sheaths and they are all the rectangular with Schrade stamped flaps. No corrosion papers in them. I'll dig out another sheath box later and check there.
 
They sell the UNIWRAP on Amazon and other places. It sells in such large bulk quantities that it is too expensive for a little guy like me. Think I'll have to stick with Blue Magic metal polish and sketch pad paper.
Here is a link to info about UNIWRAP.
http://www.daubertcromwell.com/uwa.asp
 
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