Dave Thinkstoomuch
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Here's info, photos and lots of scans showcasing a fine set of knives offered back in 1987. That was the year Sports Afield magazine was celebrating it's 100th Anniversary and they put together a very impressive set of knives to commemorate the milestone. I have never seen these sets mentioned anywhere at all so here's a big post to fill that vacuum. These very fine knives deserve it!
Included in the set there were two by Schrade, two by Buck, one Coleman-Western, one Case and one Gerber. Seven knives in all and the set went for a whopping $1750.00USD back in '87. All the knives feature animal scrimshaws, blades are mirror-polished and Aurum 24K gold etched with nickel silver bolsters, end-caps, guards etc. 100 of these sets were made and there was even one more super-special set with sterling silver throughout that was auctioned off for a price I assume was way more than $1750.00.
Here's the vintage ad from 1987 detailing the whole offer:
As you can see, these sets came in a fancy cherry and velvet case and a medallion was also included.
Now here's where I come in... Back in October one of these complete matching sets showed up on eBay and I watched it longingly for a couple weeks wishing all the time that I had a couple extra thousand kicking around so I could snatch them all up and keep the set together. There was no way I could pull that off right then so I figured I was out of luck.
After two or three weeks with no bids on the full set the seller then listed the seven knives separately. Although this meant the matching knives were going to be scattered all over the place never again to be together as a complete set it also meant that I could set my sights on the two Schrade offerings and at least keep them together. Luck and vigilance won the day and I now own the two Schrade SFOs.
This set was number 86 of 100 and all the knives are marked as such. I have since been told that only 50 of these sets were sold back in 1987 and the rest were broken up and sold off individually so now there are a max of 49 more matched sets still out there. These knives come from the estate of someone who knew an editor of Sports Afield back-in-the-day and had been in storage all these 25 years.
I archived pictures of all the knives and the full set so at least a photo record will be saved of the set in it's entirety. First I will show pics of what I DO NOT HAVE (the full set etc) and then lots of scans detailing the Schrade stockman (885UH pattern) and fillet (modified 167UH pattern) that I now proudly add to my collection.
Included in the set there were two by Schrade, two by Buck, one Coleman-Western, one Case and one Gerber. Seven knives in all and the set went for a whopping $1750.00USD back in '87. All the knives feature animal scrimshaws, blades are mirror-polished and Aurum 24K gold etched with nickel silver bolsters, end-caps, guards etc. 100 of these sets were made and there was even one more super-special set with sterling silver throughout that was auctioned off for a price I assume was way more than $1750.00.
Here's the vintage ad from 1987 detailing the whole offer:
As you can see, these sets came in a fancy cherry and velvet case and a medallion was also included.
Now here's where I come in... Back in October one of these complete matching sets showed up on eBay and I watched it longingly for a couple weeks wishing all the time that I had a couple extra thousand kicking around so I could snatch them all up and keep the set together. There was no way I could pull that off right then so I figured I was out of luck.
After two or three weeks with no bids on the full set the seller then listed the seven knives separately. Although this meant the matching knives were going to be scattered all over the place never again to be together as a complete set it also meant that I could set my sights on the two Schrade offerings and at least keep them together. Luck and vigilance won the day and I now own the two Schrade SFOs.
This set was number 86 of 100 and all the knives are marked as such. I have since been told that only 50 of these sets were sold back in 1987 and the rest were broken up and sold off individually so now there are a max of 49 more matched sets still out there. These knives come from the estate of someone who knew an editor of Sports Afield back-in-the-day and had been in storage all these 25 years.
I archived pictures of all the knives and the full set so at least a photo record will be saved of the set in it's entirety. First I will show pics of what I DO NOT HAVE (the full set etc) and then lots of scans detailing the Schrade stockman (885UH pattern) and fillet (modified 167UH pattern) that I now proudly add to my collection.
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