SCHRADE is a knife maker although i didn't see the seller mentioning that ,they do look good, and especially the $35.95 buy it now price.
LK D~D
Jack.Tanis 07 Apr 2010
#3Dear Barry,
Schrade goes back to the very early 20th Century, I believe before 1910. It was an high quality pocket knife manufacturer, with a reputation comparable to Case's. In the 1970s, Schrade was acquired by Taylor --
http://www.taylorbrandsllc.com/ -- which also owns Smith & Wesson knives and something like 80 other knife companies. In the trade, Taylor and other huge cutlery companies, like Frost, are facetiously known as the Tennessee Knife Mafia. None of these knives are American-made anymore. Tennessee also is home to perhaps the largest knife seller in the world, Smoky Mountain Knife Works --
http://www.eknifeworks.com/ or
http://www.smkw.com/.
Cheers,
Jack
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