893 Schrade

[orvet]

I got a knife from ebay that I could not find in any of my Schrade catalogs, even looking at the ones from the 1940's.

The seller said he bought it in 1991 from SMKW. It came in the wrong box, apparently he mixed the boxes up when he sold them.
The knife I got is a 893 Lumberjack. The box is for a 895 Rancher.
He said these were made by Schrade for SMKW. I searched the catalogs but, not only couldn't I find a 893, I could not find any 2 bladed knife with a clip blade & a sheepfoot on the same end. I thought I might find a predecessor pattern that the knife was modeled after, but no luck.

It is 3-1/2" jigged Delrin handles ,brass liners, & Schrade shield. The box says on the, side: "Proudly Made in the U.S.A." You don't see that on the "new Schrades"!

All in all it is a nice size to carry. I wish I knew how many were made. I wouldn't mind having one for a user.

If any of you have any info on this knife or other SFOs Schrade made for SMKW, I would appreciate the info.

Dale

[W5RWU]

Nice one Dale
Randy

[LRV]

The 893 is a 1990 Walmart order of 12,000.
Should be a carbon blade. Copy of the 93OT, Stagalon handles and the crest. 4700 were completed by YE 1990.

TTYL
Larry

[orvet]

Thanks Larry!
So it was Wal-Mart and not Smokey, or did Smokey get some also?

Thanks again,
Dale

[LRV]

Its always possible.. Anything with Schrade is.. Its even possible SMKW delt with Walmart for overstock. All I can say is I see nothing for SMKW in the order of 12,000. As LT says.. Anything is possible

[orvet]

Thanks Larry.
If it was easy it wouldn't be Schrade!

Dale

[muskrat man]

nice one dale. I have had a few of the OT counterparts, but have been longing after a openstock in carbon for some time. Nice snag