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What's your latest Schrade? START DATE 8/12
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I just landed a replacement 165OT fishing in the bay. This is the first 165 bought since the Great Schrade Robbery. And with the help of a forum friend, Protourist. Of all the pictures shown, the only one blurry was the one showing the serial number darnit.
Now most of us know that serializing ended somewhere after 20,000. So the seller is reading the stamping wrong. Upside down? That is my guess. So 60000 is actually 00009? The knife, gift box and sheath all fit that 1966 production. Only 1,237 were shipped that first year as they did not appear in catalogs until 1967.
Now most of us know that serializing ended somewhere after 20,000. So the seller is reading the stamping wrong. Upside down? That is my guess. So 60000 is actually 00009? The knife, gift box and sheath all fit that 1966 production. Only 1,237 were shipped that first year as they did not appear in catalogs until 1967.
Well done Codger, the 'good' Schrade fairies have at last smiled upon you mate. I reckon it's 00009 as well,very early production set, and it was perhaps a buyer blessing the serial number photo was blurred......it's a keeper...not a user,.... similar to my Schrade -Walden, Mint in Box, Golden Spike...Hoo Roo
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Thanks Larry. I am not planning on even trying to replace all those that I once had, barring the thieves being caught with them.
On this one, I was quite tempted to ask the seller for a better picture of the serial, but did not want to lose whatever advantage was to be gained by others not seeing it as well. I guess I'll know soon enough if the serial is as low as I suspect, possibly by the end of this week. If it is, I think I could safely assume that it began life as a salesman's sample as they were usually sent "firsties" of new items. Perhaps Eric might ask Harold or Dave if they remember. I believe Harold and/or his brother were the sample makers then and it would be logical that the first ones were hand built by the sample room while production equipment was being acquired and a line set up. I know such was the case with the first chromed, painted and assembled grilles seen on the first Chevy Avalanche trucks that appeared in shows across the country and in early advertisements as I hand painted and assembled them myself while we were designing paint masks and assembly nests and training workers, tweaking the molds and components.
It appears to be complete and correct, except for the missing paper. As you know though, it may well be stashed under the tray. One can only hope. It is the most often missing item from these otherwise complete new in the box gift sets. And I am pretty sure I don't have a correct spare of this vintage, circa 1966.
I recently saw a new highest serial number, #20528. It was serialized and marked blade left once again bringing up the quandry of lower numbers in the 18XXX range stamped and serialed right. Among my surviving NIB examples is #18282 serialized right. The reasoning for this anomoly is still only rank speculation. At best we can say with certainty that serialization ended in 1969 when total production shipped reached 24,317 pieces as none have been see serialized with higher numbers. We may safely assume then that a small portion of the last 1969 production and all of the 1970, 1971 and 1972 production was unserialized, though still with the Schrade Walden mark on blade right. Total production by 1972 year end was 57,025 so there were more SW knives unserialized than serialized.
I've not yet satisfactoraly worked out the dates of the boxes either. While the order of progression is apparent via the cheapening of the boxes to cut costs in an attempt to hold down prices and keep up profits, year dates elude me so far.
On this one, I was quite tempted to ask the seller for a better picture of the serial, but did not want to lose whatever advantage was to be gained by others not seeing it as well. I guess I'll know soon enough if the serial is as low as I suspect, possibly by the end of this week. If it is, I think I could safely assume that it began life as a salesman's sample as they were usually sent "firsties" of new items. Perhaps Eric might ask Harold or Dave if they remember. I believe Harold and/or his brother were the sample makers then and it would be logical that the first ones were hand built by the sample room while production equipment was being acquired and a line set up. I know such was the case with the first chromed, painted and assembled grilles seen on the first Chevy Avalanche trucks that appeared in shows across the country and in early advertisements as I hand painted and assembled them myself while we were designing paint masks and assembly nests and training workers, tweaking the molds and components.
It appears to be complete and correct, except for the missing paper. As you know though, it may well be stashed under the tray. One can only hope. It is the most often missing item from these otherwise complete new in the box gift sets. And I am pretty sure I don't have a correct spare of this vintage, circa 1966.
I recently saw a new highest serial number, #20528. It was serialized and marked blade left once again bringing up the quandry of lower numbers in the 18XXX range stamped and serialed right. Among my surviving NIB examples is #18282 serialized right. The reasoning for this anomoly is still only rank speculation. At best we can say with certainty that serialization ended in 1969 when total production shipped reached 24,317 pieces as none have been see serialized with higher numbers. We may safely assume then that a small portion of the last 1969 production and all of the 1970, 1971 and 1972 production was unserialized, though still with the Schrade Walden mark on blade right. Total production by 1972 year end was 57,025 so there were more SW knives unserialized than serialized.
I've not yet satisfactoraly worked out the dates of the boxes either. While the order of progression is apparent via the cheapening of the boxes to cut costs in an attempt to hold down prices and keep up profits, year dates elude me so far.
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Just picked up this weird LB7 for $29 from the pawn shop. No nail nick, tang is marked LB7DP. Please leave all "double penetration" jokes at the door, lol.
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I thought it was odd enough to pick up, glad I did now! Too bad it didn't have a sheath...
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Send me an email or visitor message on my profile. I might be able to hook you up. I ran across a few I had put back.
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Nice!
I'm imagining that a guy had a wife named "Albany" who groped a bunch of her husband's friends when they came over to play poker. One of the guys wasn't sure how to tell his friend that his wife is a whore, so he made him a commemorative knife in order to break the news.
I'm imagining that a guy had a wife named "Albany" who groped a bunch of her husband's friends when they came over to play poker. One of the guys wasn't sure how to tell his friend that his wife is a whore, so he made him a commemorative knife in order to break the news.
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