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Schrade 7-OT question

I need a little help. Among my Schrade keepers I have a 75th Anniversary 7-OT. There's no evidence that it has ever been used, abused, or carried. At some point the 7-OT was stored in its sheath but the sheath has not been worn on a belt.

The curious thing is that the sheath is oiled. I was positive I read somewhere that the first few of these knives went out with the sheath already oiled at the factory. However, I cannot find any post about that online despite considerable google mining. If you can point me to any reference about it that would make me very happy.

Thank you.

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Permalink Reply by John Kellogg on July 23, 2018 at 16:41

Brian

This link might get you the information your looking for.

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/a-75th-anniversary-7ot-on-ebay-...

Good luck

John

Permalink Reply by John Kellogg on July 23, 2018 at 16:49

Brian

Here is another link you might find interesting.

https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_forum/viewtopic.php?t=29563

Sincerely,

John

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on July 23, 2018 at 21:02

Thanks for the help John, I was hoping to see you on this one :)

John Kellogg said:

Brian

Here is another link you might find interesting.

https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/knife_forum/viewtopic.php?t=29563

Sincerely,

John

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Doug Webber on July 25, 2018 at 2:18

Are you trying to establish if your's was one of the first issued, and if so, were your the original buyer?

Permalink Reply by Brian H Bentley on July 25, 2018 at 5:25

Thank you for your reply.

Not really. I'm trying to complete the story for that version of the 7-OT. I bought it online from the well-known auction site in 2013.

I believe I recall Codger mentioning the factory oiled sheath but I cannot find the reference or any follow-up.

I have spent hours (happily) going through many many forum posts (including the 2 mentioned by John) gathering the history of the 7OTs and LB7s I have. I've exhausted my search abilities to find posts about the sheath specifically. I decided to ask here first for help. My fingers are crossed!

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by Doug Webber on July 25, 2018 at 11:40

I just read through Codgers history of the 7OT and found no mention of an oiled sheath. I'll see if I can get ahold of him later today and see if he remembers any mention of an oiled sheath. Is this the only Schrade you are researching?

Brian H Bentley said:

Thank you for your reply.

Not really. I'm trying to complete the story for that version of the 7-OT. I bought it online from the well-known auction site in 2013.

I believe I recall Codger mentioning the factory oiled sheath but I cannot find the reference or any follow-up.

I have spent hours (happily) going through many many forum posts (including the 2 mentioned by John) gathering the history of the 7OTs and LB7s I have. I've exhausted my search abilities to find posts about the sheath specifically. I decided to ask here first for help. My fingers are crossed!

Permalink Reply by Brian H Bentley on July 25, 2018 at 14:01

Thank you, Doug, that's kind of you to help me.

I have 16 Schrades and 2 Schrade made Buck 301s. I have all the research I need for the others - the searching and sorting the silly from the useful has been great fun.

My 1st Schrade purchase was 2 Uncle Henry 897-UH in the mid-70s. I used one of them for years and abused the hell out of it. The other was a present to my Uncle Henry. He was a Millwright at Ford and he lost it after a couple of years. He didn't know about the loss guarantee. Sigh.

I made a sheath for the 897 out of a Tandy kit meant for a fixed blade knife. (Pic attached.)

I've been a stockman pattern fan ever since - but not exclusively.

Did I write too much? :-)

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