What's your latest Schrade? START DATE 8/12

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Haven't been able to quite pin down production date. Anyone have a guess? Tang stamp leaves a fairly big range. Is it possible to get closer with the paten pend etch? Randy
 
Razor Blade Stainless. Hollow ground. Very nice knife! Circa 1963/64.

http://collectors-of-schrades-r.us/FLYERS/SW-TO-1973/pages/SW-64-RB.htm

Trademark first used 12-15-1963
Filed 1-20-64
Issued 3-1-66

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That is the initial etch they used on this razor blade pattern. The red "color-stamped shield" in the Stainless engraving indicates it is from the first run of this series. That is pretty uncommon and they did not do that for a long time.
 
thawk said:
That is the initial etch they used on this razor blade pattern. The red "color-stamped shield" in the Stainless engraving indicates it is from the first run of this series. That is pretty uncommon and they did not do that for a long time.
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That's information I never knew. Thanks Hal, I need to remember that.:thumbup:
 
protourist said:
That's information I never knew. Thanks Hal, I need to remember that.:thumbup:
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I had this one of those once upon a time. Someone here on the forum that had knowledge of the process from the factory told the story of the red inked shield...

 
Thanks guys. I have greatly enjoyed reading this forum. Your help is greatly appreciated. Trying to document my collection, and this kind of stuff helps so much. Randy
 
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I had this one of those once upon a time. Someone here on the forum that had knowledge of the process from the factory told the story of the red inked shield...
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Hal, if I recall correctly, the Baers were enamored with the fountain pen industry, and noticed that one of the companies had their logo done in the same manor (I think it was on the pen's pocket clip). It's funny hearing Dave tell the story because Henry always called him Davy, so he'd quote him as something like "Davy! We've GOT to do our shields this way! It's BEAUTIFUL! Send me a sample TOMORROW!". There was actually a woman at the plant whose job it was to paint the shields, let them dry, and then buff off the surface leaving the sunken areas colored. It got to be much too labor intensive and was stopped rather quickly. It seems like Henry was much more passionate about the actual "romance" of knives than stoic Albert.

Beautiful examples by the way!!


Nice PH Ken! Do you have the center medallion for that display?

Eric
 
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Nice PH Ken! Do you have the center medallion for that display?

Eric
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Hi Eric, The PH is a new addition to my collection. I have had the full set for some time now.
It came without the center medallion; I think it was an American Flag like this set... Ken

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Yep that's the one, if I come across one I'll let you know. Those are beautiful sets!

Eric
 
Found this set last week, I have never seen them in a case like this one...
The case is 30" long (much longer than the Red Bone Set)...Ken
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Two unfinished Schrade 2004 Blue Bone ACB knives. I WOULD LIKE THE FULL SET OF THESE 2004 KNIVES. I have only seen one set, todate.
I have one finished sample ACB8 knife - most examples were unfinished.
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Sometimes you luck out and find a good user. My soninlaw is a repo man and he repo'd a car with this in it:

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885UH is in the mail.
 
That one looks pretty minty there Michael, nice score!!

Eric
 
Users are the best kind! We can buy new in the box knives but then the cloud hangs over our heads... do I dare use it? Buying a user first clears the way to buy new when the opportunity presents itself, and haveing one like it to get acquainted with in the meantime. Flea markets and pawn shops are good sources for these and while it takes a lot of looking, sometimes we luck onto some good deals on lightly used ones. And of course fishing in the bay can be fun if we have self control and know in advance what we are willing to spend on a knife without being able to chicken eye and coon finger it first.
 
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I received this knife yesterday and I am blown away! The quality is so excellent and it is in mint condition. It's like the seller had a time-machine. The ebay listing said it was pre-1955. Is there any way to nail down a more specific year of manufacture? The tang stamps on the spear and screwdriver both say:
SCHRADE
WALDEN
N.Y.
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Kinda jealous you have that knife... It's a small world out here. I'm 99.99% sure that's my uncle's knife. There's not many left from Bartlett. Not really the same Bartlett you see on the internet now. They were in Detroit when my uncle John worked there many years ago. There's no way another employee kept his pocket knife in that pristine of condition. That knife came from an entire box of still wrapped in wax paper Schrades that was part of an estate sale from my Aunt, because she was going into an assisted living apartment. They were both hoarders, and kept EVERYTHING. I was one of the rightful heirs to the contents of her house, (she was trying to keep it but there was no place for all her stuff, so she said sell it all) and she hired a estate sale place to do all the selling, and they got there a little too early and monies had already exchanged hands, and those dam greedy vultures jacked the prices up on all those knifes (and a lot of other old, cool stuff as well) and I was bummed. There was no way I was paying that price (I think something like 30 bucks a piece) for those old knives. There's about 15 of those knives floatin' around now because of that. I got one and my little brother got one and that was it. What a travesty. They were very hard to open, but shaving sharp though. I'm pissed Schrade like soo many others transformed into some cheap china crap company. I wish they were still the same Schrade from back when I was a kid.
 
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