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I think people get confused when they hear the term "laminated abalone", like it meant artificial. But, I believe it refers to the protective coating genuine abalone is encased in.

I think there was a time when importing horn from Brazil to Italy was less expensive and the term just stuck no matter what the cow's address was

Seen it on quite a few auto and manuals. Never heard much info on it.

Love those “purplish/redish” JPL’s!

That's cool, Jerry. Hard to imagine it's 7", but really nice! Looks smaller.

Nice to see an old thread brought back to life. Gives me a chance to inquire about my Raimondo. I have no doubt it is one, but mine doesn't have the word "SPRING" on the tang. Everything else seems to check out: 11", the keyhole shaped locktab, of course RAIMONDO lengthwise on the blade. The scales ...

A beautiful knife, and I agree, quite a financial investment.

It's a great little knife, for sure! The 4.5" one that sold on Arizona Custom Knives for $700, was actually a rare swivel bolster, which the fact that it's a swivel bolster Coricama in a rare size. But, your knife has definite big value.

I hope Bob doesn't make the forum completely disappear, even if we can't post or comment there. There's still 20+ years of knowledge there that is still very valuable.

Get well soon, Bill.

I think they call that style a "Karambit" ?

Unfortunately, the FB version of SharperDeals isn't much of a sales or auction group. At least, no more than any other switchblade group. I'm not sure what Bob's original plans were for it.

Nice knife!

I don't find a lot of quality differences either. To me, "Beltrame" covers all 3 names.Then, there is always that one may supply the blades, the other the liners...etc., all on the same knife.