All About Pocket Knives

Any-one know about these knives Schrade's salesmen handed out to their Dealers/Buyers.
These ones have a special raised shield and a blade etch with the date they where made.
I have quite a number of them, and would like to know the number made given out typ made etc... Ken

Kold;I don't know the particulars but I like those trappers

Nice ones Ken!
I have a couple somewhere....

woseyjales wrote:KG, by 'buyers' do you mean their dealers?
I was under the impression the salesmen gave
them out to the dealers they visited.
You have a nice assortment KG, glad to know there
are some other complimentary patterns.
Only one I'd seen before was always the 18OT.

Hi woseyjales, may-be it's just the way Australians talk, buyers and sellers is the same as Dealers. The buyers buy from some-one and sell to others = Dealers. Sorrey about that.
I have always called these knives Give-a-ways.
I note: your knife dose not have the "Special Raised Shield" like all of my early knives.
When I started to collect these, I did not paly the prices they bring now... Ken

koldgold wrote:Your knife does not have the Special Raised Shield
like all of my early knives.

Whaaaaaat!?!
I was Robbed!

woseyjales wrote:

koldgold wrote:Your knife does not have the Special Raised Shield
like all of my early knives.

Whaaaaaat!?!
I was Robbed!

I do not think you where robbed, it looks like Schrade stoped using the Raised Shield in the later
knives. All of my knives came in Brown Boxes, I have not seen one like yours.
Some-one must know about these Give-a-ways.

I don't know if this is true but someone told me that these knives were given to folks when they visited the Ellenville plant

Keith

ozzie marie wrote:I don't know if this is true but someone told me that these knives were given to folks when they visited the Ellenville plant. Keith

Hi Keith, The paperwork that came with all of these knives says; "Congratulations! You have earned this fine Schrade...because we value your business" This to me; sounds like they where given out to Dealers that sold Schrade knives. Ken.

I have two of those in the Old Timer collection:

33OT, Compliments 1983, and a 194OT from 1984.






The 194 is especially interesting because this is on the backside.



I've never learned the reason for this printing, and it seems that other 194 Compliments knives don't have it. My hypothesis, the knife was used as a test just to see what it looked it. They couldn't sell it afterward, obviously, 'cause it's so ugly, so they gave it away to a dealer. Just a hypothesis.

Hi Bob,
I have seen your 194OT before, it is the only knive like that I have ever seen. Ken