show your uncle henry's

Schrade Cutlery Company was founded in 1904 by George Schrade, and his brothers Jacob and William Schrade. In 1946 Imperial Knife Associated Companies, (IKAC; an association of Ulster Knife Co and Imperial Knife Co) purchased controlling interest in Schrade Cut Co and changed the name to Schrade Walden Cutlery. In 1973 the name was changed to Schrade Cutlery. In 2004 Schrade closed due to bankruptcy.

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Some of my Uncle Henry's.

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All great patterns. Looks like a perfect group for dressing a deer.
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The rest of my collection. They are all USA made.

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These are four LB1's. The first is a pre- production knife, a standard model, one offered with pearl handles( not an ltd) and an "end of days" knife.
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My newest aditions are a 55uh & a LB-8 gut to get me some correct sheaths.
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Nice knives! Love those lb8's. I think I have a sheath for it if your interested
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Here are some UH dealer displays. The LB7 and LB1 are a little dinged up and the packaging shows some wear. The 706/807 and 124 were still in the shipping boxes when I got them. This is the first time the knives have been placed in the displays! I purchased them in Walden NY, so they did not make it far at all. These are the only uh dealer displays I am aware of. If anyone has info on others please let me know.
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::handshake:: Thanx James,I got one at a flea market ::nod:: very nice ones in your pic's
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Glad you like them guarddogg. Which one did you get?
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I got the brown sheath ::nod::
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Nice find! Do you get a lot of knives from flea markets?
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Here is a schrade walden 153uh with elephant hide sheath
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Here are some LB5's. A pre production example along with the nickle silver and brass bolster knives. I have only a few limited addition knives in my uh collection and this Damascus lb5 is one of them.
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yes I do alot of yard sales too the fun is in the hunt ::nod:: those LB5's are sweet reminds me of my Buck 501's
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Nice to hear from you garddogg. Glad you like the lb5's. I'll have to look up the buck I'm not that familiar with them. Wish I could go to more yard sales. Hard to find the time. I did find a schrade pull ball at one recently. Got it for $10. With a few other knives.
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This year marks the 50th anniversary the Uncle Henry knife first appeared in the schrade walden catalog.I have always thought this was the first year they were sold.Going through some of my papers for a simple post I see that like most things with schrade it's not cut and dry. Here are some pics of the original trade mark docs and an interesting invoice that was in the same folder.
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Excellent information; doesn't get more exact than that. October 28th, 1965. Thank you! ::tu::
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My only UH, an 833.
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my fathers LB5

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My 82 year old father gave me his Uncle Henry LB5 yesterday.

Dad worked 43 years for the United States Forest Service.

"As he recalls" he bought this knife in the early 1980's. Not sure how accurate this is. Dad's memory isn't what it once was.

However, This knife has fought forest fires from California to North Carolina and just about every state in between! It has walked many a timberline in its life and spent many nights out on fires.

I am very proud to own it and will pass it to my son one day.
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Cool story to go with your dads knife. Thanks for sharing.
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Flea market find. 127UH.
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Here is a picture of some of mine.
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Were ALL Uncle Henry knives made with stainless steel? Some of the early ones don't have the Schrade+ stamp, but does that mean they are NOT stainless? Since that photo I added another one, a mint in box 127UH.
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My memory is hazy about some of it, but I know for a fact that the first 153UH and the first 165UH knives were not stainless. I have an early 171UH fixed blade with the bird head pommel and I am reasonably sure that it is not stainless. I believe that the first UH folder was the 897UH and I am reasonably sure that it and all following UH folders were stainless.
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Thanks, Cal, I should have been more specific. I meant the folders. I, too, have 152, 153, and 172 fixed blades with carbon steel and Staglon handles.
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Hi, Jeff; I notice that you have come over to the dark side in the last couple years. Wait until you hold a pre-war Schrade. :shock:
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