USA Made Schrade Knives

We who spend several hours a week pondering knives on some level tend to forget that all the knife collectors in the world would easily fit into a big sports arena. If it weren't for forums, you might spend a goodly amount of time and effort to find even one person to talk blades. You would have better luck trying to find a person to discuss 17th century European opera. I live in the American West, where there is a LOT of knifey activity coincidental with hunting, fishing, farming and ranching, and I have yet to know anyone even remotely knife savvy. The ignorance you see is pretty predictable, I think. And btw, I have never found any US Schrades in stores. Also, there are no knife clubs and no knife shows any closer than about 600 miles in one direction and 1000 in any other direction.
 
tongueriver said:
We who spend several hours a week pondering knives on some level tend to forget that all the knife collectors in the world would easily fit into a big sports arena. If it weren't for forums, you might spend a goodly amount of time and effort to find even one person to talk blades. You would have better luck trying to find a person to discuss 17th century European opera.
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This is true.. though I did get one of my friends hooked on knife collecting ,but he became a Buck collector.
 
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Buck did make a pretty good copy of the LB-7 and some of the 300 series Buck pocketknives are Schrades, Some are also Camillus.
 
"Buck did make a pretty good copy of the LB-7"
A nice bit of revisionist history ! Wait 'til some Buckaroo sees this !
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I have presented it both there and here before. Some don't get the pun. Most do.
 
Judging by model numbers on ebay (I'm not familiar with the Schrade Model #'s) the one I found looks to be an LB8. It's a large OT Lockback. I'm headed back tomorrow to buy it hopefully.

I'm planning on trying to rummage around if they will let me in the bottom of the case to see what else is available.
 
tongueriver said:
We who spend several hours a week pondering knives on some level tend to forget that all the knife collectors in the world would easily fit into a big sports arena. If it weren't for forums, you might spend a goodly amount of time and effort to find even one person to talk blades. You would have better luck trying to find a person to discuss 17th century European opera. I live in the American West, where there is a LOT of knifey activity coincidental with hunting, fishing, farming and ranching, and I have yet to know anyone even remotely knife savvy. The ignorance you see is pretty predictable, I think. And btw, I have never found any US Schrades in stores. Also, there are no knife clubs and no knife shows any closer than about 600 miles in one direction and 1000 in any other direction.
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Good points made this post, which also explains why I still find a few old Schrades (no really high dollar or rare models) in out of the way hardwares and gun shops. If the big arena filled with knife collectors were broken down, only a fraction would be those who collect Schrades of the most recent era. Take a look at the usual posters in this particular forum, not that many in number (although you folks make up for it in passion). Which can explain why USA made schrades are still in some stores. And as mentioned above, most people are not that savvy concerning the nuances and details of knives. A knife, regardless of the brand name or nation of origin is really second in importance to price or how it cuts. To the vast majority of consumers. That simple. And that is reason Tayor Cutlery has been so successful, marketing the Schrade brands.
 
Codger, I guess that it is a lot of fun to say that. I am also on the Buck area and that could light up a few. I do have a few "other than Buck" 5 inch lock backs.
 
Larry303 said:
.......no thanks to Taylor we are now approaching the highly polluted Schrade gene pool of look alikes albeit not quality alikes and its really only us Old Timers that appreciate the difference. How many new young collectors would now be entering this hobby when all they have been exposed to are fancy looking rubbish produced to make a fast buck...
Ebay used to carry about 100 Schrade items on its Australian site..it now carries nearly 500 Schrade items..with many Schrade sellers just bald faced liars with their tricky dicky descriptions..particularly the USA produced""" Schrade Waldens"" in the tubes made yesterday....what a field day they are having with that one....we even have one seller who only opens his "Chinese collection Schrades and Imperials" to admire them and lovingly wipe them before reluctantly putting these rare gems up for sale at indecently high prices...his only memory lapse is to not show China in any of his photos...<even though the reality is that you need a magnifying glass to see the word China in either case when looking at the actual 'product'>..once bitten with these crapp knives these new potential collectors just dont get further interested in a decent knife or willing to pay more than a Chinese price......and worse all their Schrade knowledge is now gleaned from spin Doctors,Snake oil sellers and blatant liars....RIP Schrade.....life is now measured in money and the pursuit of fast buck profits and pride doesnt enter the equation.......ably assisted with the production of second rate clone knives...such a pity and such is life....Hoo Roo
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This man would like to know what all the fuss is about.
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I moved on to Bendigo Victoria in the Golden Triangle a little while ago and doing much gold prospecting/detecting and go out bush in my RV....more alluvial gold has been found in the Bendigo area through the years than anywhere else in the world I believe....

Keep going Larry with that gold detector of yours, and you will be a GOLD member again. Have you seen the 20 foot high pile of gold in the Melbourn Museum ?
There was 100's of tons of gold sent over-seas in one year (about 1860?) I have just been in New Zealand - gold still coming out of there. I am back in the bush tonight too.










With regards "educating" sellers most are deliberate attempts to deceive and the way the products are packaged it gives them plenty of scope....when is the last time you saw a box clearly marked 'Proudly made in China'??...why not reproduce entirely how USA Schrade used to display on boxes with the red flash 'Proudly made in USA'...why just pick out the bits that look similar to the originals which allows their mis-descriptions by leaving out the country of origin of manufacture?...I did correct one seller recently who had standard staglon 153UH described as genuine stag handle...he made honest mistake,replied to me and altered his description accordingly.....Hoo Roo[/QUOTE]
 
My wife found a couple of USA made Old Timers in an Ace in Chicago. She asked somebody working there and they pulled out an old red toolbox and let her look through it. She came home with a small stockman and a lockback. Also three Case knives. One of the Case's was in a Schrade box. None of the boxes matched the knives.
 
The only "stores" I have seen an actual USA made Schrade knife in the last 5-7 years is pawn shops. But anytime I'm in a hardware store and see a display I always eyeball every knife in the display and ask if they have any behind the counter.
 
I did find some Imperial Schrade knives in the box still new in a mom and pop hardware store last year.They opened the display storage case and there was a half dozen of them and a 30 year old Japanese Ka-Bar skinner in mint condition just sitting in a box. There was also a lot of Sabre by Kabar knives too that I never heard of...a pretty good day.
 
I found two Schrade/Uncle Henry LB7's today NIB in a hardware store.

Also found 3 of the Schrade Cliffhangers with the fully serrated blades.

I ended up walking out the door with one LB7 in a real old Schrade Uncle Henry box. I believe I paid too much for it though- $56.

I may end up returning it as my job is taking a downturn.
 
I have been scouring the hardware stores and any place that I would possibly find any,and low and behold I found a U.S.A. made 60T golden bear in an antique store of all places, I tell you I really had to work hard to find that one.
 
I recently found two 197UH Catpaws at a local gun shop in CT. One with brown box and papers, one without. I bought both and am carrying one of them regularly.
 
I got a Uncle Henry USA Trapper and a Small Uncle Henry Stockman from an old hardware store in NC. I was looking for a case knife when the owner shows me a bunch of New Old Stock Schrade Knives he had stored under the display. I could only afford to buy two but I plan on going back soon.
 
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