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David- nice "toy"!!
Vagrant- you must only have ONE finger, then!
Bill

David
Unless you just love damascus, I don't think it's worth the money. The standard steel is probably better for using.
Bill

There was a thread on TSF about these. I have a freind who collects them. They are definitely real! I'm not sure they are currently made.
Bill

Dick
Since I don't sell knives, I really don't know. Swwms like I saw one go for $200-$250 on Bladeatction.
Bill

Dick I have quite a few of these knives. The Bonsa gravity/OTF is nicer than the newer Klaas version. The Klaas is painted, but still seems fairly nice. Military gravities- the originals were finely made, but getting expensive! The post WW2 version had a trap door cover, black plastic scales, and no...

Hi, Dick. I remember you.
Old Bill DeShivs

Spot
I believe you should let the expert examine it. I have never seen that particular knife copied accurately. I'm no expert on bowies, but to my knowledge there has only been one other knife marked as yours. I have a cheap copy made by Carvel Hall many years ago.
Bill

Spot
You would think there were a few more around!
Didn't I see a pic of a Bowie you had, somewhere? "S" guard, clip point, black handle? If so, I would like more information on it, please.
Thanks,
Bill DeShivs

No definite info on this one, but there were many handmade knives made by the Sheffield culery houses for presentation, so it could be anything. Generally, presentation pieces were built to order, rather than being production pieces.
Bill

Again, thanks. The knife is 8" overall. The bolsters on the prototype are solid, but they probably will be stamped on the production model. I hope they will be nickle silver. The blade opens with authority, but not so much as to cause undue wear. Again, these are toolroom samples, so production mode...

Go to TSF, and talk to Hermit.
Bill

Thanks. It took a lot of gozzintas, cypherin, and naught+naughts, but I done it!
Bill

Even I get sucked in every once in a while....
The manufacturer in question was founded by a Mr. Ross T. Frei, hence the name.

TSF

Thanks, all!
It should be a good work knife. I hope they will use 440 for the blade, but that will be up to the manufacturer.
I can't post pics here, but #2 justhasthe finger guards moved about 1/8" forward, and has horn scales.
Bill