What Handles are on My DHolder Knife?

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I bought a Schrade D'Holder knife today. It is in a wood display/ wall hang box that says NRA LIFE MEMBER and has the same etch in gold on the blade with NRA emblem/eagle. The blade stamp is Schrade USA DH LTD. The handles are either bone stag or stag. Anyone know which? Also anyone know what the blade steel would be? I paid $140.00 for it. Think it was a good deal? Yes I know price is subjective but you rarely see them on ebay to get an idea of price.
 
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I forgot to mention it is mint condition including the wood box it is in. Codger do you have any information it. Thanks all.
 
winchester73 said:
I bought a Schrade D'Holder knife today. It is in a display/ wall hang box that says NRA LIFE MEMBER and has the same etch in gold on the blade with NRA emblem/eagle. The blade stamp is Schrade USA DH LTD. The handles are either bone stag or stag. Anyone know which? Also anyone know what the blade steel would be? I paid $140.00 for it. Think it was a good deal? Yes I know price is subjective but you rarely see them on ebay to get an idea of price.
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Hi Winchester, Schrade did not make a D'holder that had a stamped blade. All of the D'holders are number/stamped 1-1000, some like my two have an etch on the blade "First Production Run 1 of 500"
They came in a white box, clarley marked "Schrade D'holder" in gold. Then inside the box is a zipp-up bag and a lether sheave, with a basket-weve paton. The price you paid is about half the starting price for a Schrade D'holder. Can you post a photo, it would help to find some more information on you knife.
http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_forum/download/file.php?id=80912&mode=view
 
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How about some photos? The only Schrade D'Holders I've seen were the first 4 Schrade collaborations....in 2003/04
I recently sold an NRA Life Member knife with etches and original box for $125 however it was a PH1 design Pro Hunter1 <Loveless design> and not a D'Holder. I have Schrade D'Holder 1 & 3 Mint in Boxes however have not seen a Schrade collaboration used by others as Special Editions...sounds like an interesting knife and excellent value if its a D'Holder...Hoo Roo

P.S. this response was added before Kens response appeared so did not see it..
 
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Winchester, don't have any photos here for verification but I'm 95% sure that you've got bone stag handles on that one. That one was the older version with the attached guard, like the millenium knives. I'll see if I can dig up more info, nice knife, I think you got a fair deal on it, got a killer etch!

Eric
 
Until I can hopefuly get some photo's.the thing to me tha indicates it is a D'Holder is on the right side the tang is stamped Schrade USA DH LTD. A lttle more information:
The wood display box is reallly meant be hung from a wall. The knife is accessed by sliding out the lexan view window from the right side of the box. I bought this knife from a seller with whom I have done business with for four years and beleve him to be honest. He only sells at shows and not on the internet. He told me the only reason he was selling the knife at the price he did is the Scrades's he has aren't moving that well right now(he only goes to local shows) and he needed to get some of fthe money he had invested in stock back. If you remove the knife from the box, it has a bar coded sticker on the back of the handle that reads schrade d'holder scdh1nahc $349.89. I do not beleve the bar code sticker ws placed on the knife by the person I bought it from. EA 42. it does appear to have an attached handle.
 
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I am not personally familiar with the SCDH1NAHC knife and display. In fact, after only a brief conversation with Mr. Holder some years back, I've not researched or paid much attention to the D'Holder collaborations. You already have a lot of info gleaned from your knife, papers and box. Perhaps you would like to contact Mr. Holder himself for more details? He is a very nice guy and quite approachable if treated with respect. I would like to see a picture of your knife and display though.
 
From: dholder <dholderknives@commspeed.net>View Contact
To: JERRY
Jerry,
The knife is a limited edition made by Schrade for the NRA. Each Life member that joined during the promotion received one of the USA DH LTD knives. The knife was designed by me and made by Schrade.
D'

I took Codgers advice and contacted Mr.Holder and this was his response. I will try to post pics later. The blade etch is really nice.
 
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Cool! Except for a curious discrepancy... NAHC is North American Hunting Club, not NRA which is National Rifle Association.
 
Forgive my failing eye sight Codger. Once again as my wife pointed out, you are right. It is NAHC is North American Hunting Club, not NRA . I do know the difference as I belong to the NRA, just having eye problems lately. Checked with Mr Holder again to correct my mistake and hiis reply

From: dholder <dholderknives@commspeed.net>View Contact
To: JERRY
The did a large issue for NAHC
Let me get a large towel to wipe the egg off my face
 
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Winchester, I know it, just never saved a pic. Seen a few for sale on Ebay every so often. If you can't figure out the pic posting, just email a photo to me and I'll post it for you ( ealbers@hvc.rr.com ). Here's a shot of a 2000ish model which is basically the same knife if I'm not mistaken, except for the handles. I believe the blades were BG42.

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Eric
 
This is the first time I have seen a Schrade knife like that one.
I tried for years to find a Schrade D&#8217;holder, and then I found one.
The next year I found another, both are low numbered knives.
Over the passed year or so, I have found sellers with 2 or 3 and sometimes 5 for sale.
Most of them are not numbered, nor do they come in a box with paper-work.
Every knife has a special story &#8220;one and only made&#8221; &#8220;proto-type&#8221; &#8220;Sample&#8221; ect.
I would like to know, when this knife was made, what steel is the blade made of, and dose it have a number stamped on it.
And the first question asked - Is the handle stag or bone ?
 
That particular one looks to be genuine stag, not stag jigged bone. Most D'Holder Schrade knives were serialized if they passed inspection. Not all did. Nor were they trashed. Quite a few reject knives likely came out of the auction. And knives that were simply production overruns to cover rejects and warranty replacement.

For those here who don't know, D'Holder is the name Mr. Holder uses on his knives. His name is D'Alton Holder and he is not related to my Mother's family in Arkansas, the Holders.

Always take claims of "one of a kind" and "prototype" with a grain or spoon of salt. Pay what a knife is worth to you, don't buy the hype. I have seen Schrade D'Holder pattern knives sell for nearly as much as a genuine D'Holder knife and there is a world of difference. Pick one up sometime and examine it. You will see what I mean.

ETA: No towel or apology needed for the error or pictures. I wish I had the factory new product order sheet handy to tell you exactly when and how many were made. Often the paperwork will have clues like copyright dates. Maybe Larry or Eric have those papers handy.
 
Nothing so far here Michael, but I may be able to gleen some info off a few folks tomorrow ;)

Definitely NAHC though, which kind of makes me think that it's bone. Still quite sure of that. Winchester, can you show a clear closeup of the stag area, especially the grooves?

Eric
 
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Examples of Schrade Bone <faux stag> and Schrade D'Holder Stag.....you can make up your own minds..its bone for me....Hoo RooP4110003.jpgP4110001.jpgP4110002.jpgP4110004.jpgP4110005.jpg
 
I too find nothing in the NAHC files I have but will look some more. I did see a PH1 Hmmm.....
The PH1 had birdseye maple. Here is what I found on the D'Holder.
 

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