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EIG's

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Outstanding!
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so?, that is where all of them are,nice Allen.
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That is the most exhaustive and impressive collection of EIG's that I have seen. Thanks for sharing these gems, Allen.

Is that a leftover implement from your practice in the upper left of the photo?

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Jim
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jim d, wrote: Thu Jan 07, 2021 5:29 pm That is the most exhaustive and impressive collection of EIG's that I have seen. Thanks for sharing these gems, Allen.

Is that a leftover implement from your practice in the upper left of the photo?

Regards,

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Lol. I didn't notice that. It is a scalpel. Good eye Jim and thanks.
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Thank you Eric and Terry.
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Nice group Allen ! Thanks for the show
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Wow what a great looking group, the leverlock is quite the eye catcher . Thanks for sharing.
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Very, very nice assortment of EIG autos. One thing that I’ve noticed when it comes to pre-60’s stamps is that EIG is one of the few among Italian stamped knives that had leverlocks in their stable. I noticed the one in your lineup. Which family produced the EIG brand or was there more than one? If there were other leverlock stamps there must have been very few.
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Beautiful collection of EIG’s Allen! Really nice!
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Very cool set you have there my friend. It's cool that you have examples of bayo, swedge and kris blades. Just curious, did they import any manual stilettos?
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I'll try to answer these as best I can. Apparently Jeff at some point many manuals were introduced. I think Belmont stated he had many of them. I also believe I read that Japan later on produced EIGs.
Thanks Chris. I'm stuck in the past. Your collection transcends time.
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Appreciate it JJ and Sprink.
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Charley sent me some info on the leverlock. Here goes. Rats, it was too large to open. Anyway this knife was designed by the cutler A. Centazzo. I believe I have seen this style with other tang stamps (I may be wrong). Thanks for the info Charley.
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I left a message on another board about 'Saul Eig'. A Miami, FL importer of 'Saturday Night Specials, knives and other misc. cutlery. Eig was in and out of court because of the guns. I remember one company, I think it was 'Rohm' in Germany that supplied most of the parts. I lived across the street, more or less, and had a summer job there, 1959 or so. I and several old men assembled the parts into guns along with the 'automatics'. Saul's wife dealt with customers in the showroom. Both wore flashy Rolex Presidentials. I learned what that 'watch' was years later. His tang stamp was similar to Randall's. The shop was on NW 20th St. A bicycle ride from 'Ek' who had moved from CT to Miami
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Scagel I remember that post but couldn't remember where it was. If I had I probably would have stolen some of the information. Thank you.
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