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Is this Authentic? Or pieced together?

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 1:23 pm
by Woody's Workshop
Looks more like a Sears Craftsman. Lmt. brings my attention to Ducks Unlimited, but no shield or blade etch. Asked the seller, he said it's authentic. Help.
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Re: Is this Authentic? Or pieced together?

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:29 pm
by Woody's Workshop
Hmmm, 38 looks, no answers. I figured someone had an idea about this knife.
Maybe this is the wrong place to look for answers?

Re: Is this Authentic? Or pieced together?

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:33 pm
by Meridian_Mike
No... you are in the right place...
I am not exactly sure but if I were to guess....
Maybe that was built out of pieces that were bought up after the factory shut down....
I have never seen one of those myself.

MAYBE, somebody that really knows will correct me.

::shrug::

Re: Is this Authentic? Or pieced together?

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:41 pm
by tongueriver
Seems to me (very vague memory) that there was a late issue that looked like that called Tennessee River Trapper or something like that.

Re: Is this Authentic? Or pieced together?

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 4:53 pm
by tongueriver
I found this one a minute ago on Ebay from an evil seller, but the image could be helpful here.
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Re: Is this Authentic? Or pieced together?

Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 8:10 pm
by kootenay joe
There was a run of bone handle Trappers in 1983. This could be one of those but it did not get shield or blade etch.
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Re: Is this Authentic? Or pieced together?

Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 2:46 am
by Case V42
I bought out the Schrade inventory of a local hardware store shortly after the knife company went out of business. There were several of the wood handled trappers with the fancy bolsters in "Tennessee" boxes. Had a devil of a time selling them. It seemed all the buyers interested in Schrades were skeptical of the knives because they weren't the usual Schrade fare.

Re: Is this Authentic? Or pieced together?

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:42 pm
by glennbad
This Texas Ranger version is similar, so my vote is legit (in some way). Maybe unfinished? (From Larry's site)

http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/ ... -CP223.htm

Or the Heritage series...

http://www.collectors-of-schrades-r.us/ ... 97-087.htm

Re: Is this Authentic? Or pieced together?

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2021 11:12 pm
by glennbad
Well, there's at least 2 of them. I just found this in my schrade box.
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