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Schrade 7-OT question

by Brian H Bentley

Jul 23, 2018

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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    Doug Webber

    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!

    Jul 25, 2018

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    Brian H Bentley

    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? :-)

    Jul 25, 2018

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    Doug Webber

    Brian,

     I sent you a friend request with my email address attached.

    Jul 25, 2018