Grandpa's Coricama Switchblade
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Re: Grandpa's Coricama Switchblade
What Bill said. You don't want pitting in the metal.
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Re: Grandpa's Coricama Switchblade
1st, glad to have you with us, and your Coricama is a very hard size to find, I like how you can see the pins through the cow horn.
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Didn't want to mess with the knife, but it sounds like I need to clean the metal.
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Re: Grandpa's Coricama Switchblade
As JulesVane mentioned, that 12cm swivel/transitional is a bit different and was only up for about 5sec before it was gone like the wind… if another of those came up for auction/sale it would likely be 1K+ at least.. I can’t tell if yours is a 14cm 5.5” or 16cm 6.3” the way it’s positioned against the scale/ruler
Re: Grandpa's Coricama Switchblade
I'm considering consignment of my Coricama. I'd rather it go into someone's collection to be admired rather than sit in a box in my house for eternity.
I reached out to Arizona Customs and they're willing to sell it for me, but they need 3-4 weeks to offer it up. I asked them if they could tell me more about the knife and 'Andrew' knew very little about it which seems odd for a knife specialty retailer.
Any other recos out there?
I reached out to Arizona Customs and they're willing to sell it for me, but they need 3-4 weeks to offer it up. I asked them if they could tell me more about the knife and 'Andrew' knew very little about it which seems odd for a knife specialty retailer.
Any other recos out there?
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Re: Grandpa's Coricama Switchblade
There is no more to tell. It's a nice knife made in the 1950s. Fairly valuable. I'm surprised you haven't already received offers. After 25 posts, you can offer it for sale here.
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Re: Grandpa's Coricama Switchblade
What a beautiful rare piece. Would maintain the knife and keep it, as a memory from your grandpa. If you still plan to sell, than its should be above the $500 easy as some experts already has mentioned.
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Re: Grandpa's Coricama Switchblade
Let’s see the other nicer one
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That's cool, Jerry. Hard to imagine it's 7", but really nice! Looks smaller.
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