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This knife was offered to the membership back in 2005 IIRC. A tribute to two forum members who had passed away. :( I am trying to pay off hospital/doctor bills and am forced to part out my collection. 11" Blond horn, dagger grind, swivel-bolster release. "Pushbutton~ 6-28-1952/7-7-2004" is engraved ...

Wooo old thread... Wooo senile old poster, too!!! :D I'm not even sure where this old leverlock is now...My desk drawer is full of Beltrames, Buck autos, Hubertus, Inox, etc...Can't even get anything else in there...Another drawer full of Buck folders & straight knives... Right now I'm tied up with...

...blade switchblade... I bought this off eBay about 15 years ago; shipped from Italy...The story (don't they all have a story???) was that the father or grandfather of the seller carried this in his fishing tackle box... 11" OAL, flat blade, pivot bolster, black plastic scales, .130" thick blade......

...thankyouverymuch!!!...

I hope y'all are doing well!!!

...Actually, quite an old guy...but due to health concerns, I've been off for quite a bit...

Still not back to normal...and can't quite do all I used to be able to...but still hanging on...

Thought I'd stop by and see who is still around...

11" overall; .135" thick blade; white scales; blade reads "FRANKB" over "ITALY"; some light scratches on scales from sitting 5 or 6 years... Never used; snapped a couple dozen times... Three day inspection; USPS MO's only please. $100 shipped, email only please (notifications do not seem to be worki...

What ever happened to SonnyBoy ? He suffered a period of ill health... :( In fact, he has been seriously considering selling off many (a couple dozen) of his autos to help pay doctors/hospital bills. He's back to work full time, but not 100% yet... Trying to get interested in metal fabrication agai...

whippersnapper wrote:Switch67 knows the etching is not original. Why can't he just say that instead of "I cannot guarantee it is an authentic factory etch."

I believe he did say that...

FWIW, I would base any estimate of authenticity on the tang stamp, not the blade etch...

http://www.jerzeedevil.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4315&stc=1&d=1146997040 (click on link to see pic) ...???... :cry: You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons: 1. You are not logged in. Fill in the form at the bo...

tr4252 wrote:...why not try a nice dark natural horn? Then all you have to worry about is bugs.

Bugs??? Horn knives gots bugs???

Xarathos wrote:I have the exact same set. May I ask what it fetched on ebay?

PM sent!

Does your set have "Stainless Steel" and a five-pointed star on the knife tang??? Or any other markings???

OK, we discussed this some months back...someone here had a set of four knives in a wooden block; I mentioned my late sister had a similar knife & fork in a wooden block... Well, somebody on eBay had a set like my sister's for sale...and I bought it!!! :wink: Here is what it is...these are the selle...

texasmad wrote:

I think I'm getting the hang of this Forum now...

Most of my storage space is already taken up by my Zippo lighter collection... No foolin'??? I also collect cigarette case/lighters; mostly Ronsons, but a few others. I've never smoked, but always thought they were cool (my sisters had engineer & test pilot boyfriends from Bell Aerospace back in th...

j.a.c. wrote: so the tang stamp is upside down ??

It's interesting that there are so many people who bought 37 cent tang stamps, and when the price went up to 39 cents, instead of buying a dozen or so 2 cent tang stamps, they just put two 37 cent tang stamps on a tang letter...