BRASS Bolsters

[XBMX]

Anybody ever seen Brass Bolsers on a older Hubertus. Whenever I see Brass on a knife I think India or Pakistan but this looks so German. The only Brass I ever saw was on Linder's just before they went bust but I just figured they were China. This seller has this and a 10in Slim both with Brass. Othewise they really look legit 1990's Hubertus.

[Bill DeShivs]

For a while, Hubertus used a material that wasn't quite brass-and wasn't quite nickel silver. It polished up and looked almost like nickel silver, but it tarnished and looked brassy.
A copper alloy probably with lower amounts of zinc and nickel.

[XBMX]

Thanks Bill, so from the pictures would you rate them legit?

[XBMX]

Think someone read this and purchased them.

[button_man]

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Dunno exactly how old they are, but I have two of
the 10" with brass (or brass-like) bolsters.
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[Bill DeShivs]

Oh, yeah. They're legit.

[XBMX]

Linder Brass Bolster. These were available the year they went bankrupt. E 25.5 each assume from China.

[button_man]

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Didn't find any active listings for the Hubertus 10" slim
on Perry's or Apple Valley; and only one on AAPK.

Sort of shocked at the asking price..... last time I paid any attention to these, they were around 350 (which seemed really high at the time)..... I never even saw any in the
400 to 499 range.... they seem to have rapidly gone right
into the 500+ level. Wow.
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[Tom19176]

AAPK is so over priced it isn't in the real world anymore.......

[Panzerfaust]

I have one I bought in Germany in 1991 with bolsters that appear to be brass.

[XBMX]

I'v had several over the years with Bolsters like this, no ridges.