A 119 not seen to often

Nice score Matt......one day I hope to find one of the M fixed blades!
jb4570
 
jb4570 said:
Nice score Matt......one day I hope to find one of the M fixed blades!
jb4570
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The problem is that the melamine handles broke in cold weather and there are very few around. Collectors have them all and you have to wait till someone dies to have a chance at one. This is a discussion I've had with a few collectors. Our theory is that there will be a large influx of hard to find and rare knives coming available. Baby boomers are beginning to fall off of the map and with that, their 40s and 50s knives will beginning showing up at auction...
 
Nice find Matt, I really like the looks of the white handle on that knife :thumbup:
Melamine was some pretty tough plastic, we had a bunch of bowls that were made from it when I was a kid...it seemed unbreakable, but as it got older they became brittle...I remember one of them shattering from a hard knock...

Interesting observation about the ageing collectors, as some move to simpler lifestyles, and/or living arrangements, there won't be room for large collections of things like knives and guns...If there is no one to pass them on to, I'm sure many of these collections will show up in auction sites, or for sale sites...
 
mbjannusch said:
The problem is that the melamine handles broke in cold weather and there are very few around. Collectors have them all and you have to wait till someone dies to have a chance at one. This is a discussion I've had with a few collectors. Our theory is that there will be a large influx of hard to find and rare knives coming available. Baby boomers are beginning to fall off of the map and with that, their 40s and 50s knives will beginning showing up at auction...
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Matt, I'm going to do everything I can to delay this......... :)

My collection focuses on the 60's and 70's knives because I was born in 1952. The 60's and 70's knives were what I feel were my generation.
 
Matt,
I encourage you to leave the knife as is. It is a good honest knife and to "clean" it would take away from what it is.
Respectfully,
Larry
 
Very nice Matt that is what I love about the forums all the knowledge and beautiful knives everyone shares, now I have another one to put on the list. I do not know do you leave a knife alone or let them get a touch up usually long deserved? For me I wanted mine restored to original luster so I can see what the knife looked like at time of purchase even if it was 40+ years ago then some notes and into easy accessible
storage for show and tell. Great knife thanks for sharing
 
Baby boomers are beginning to fall off of the map and with that, their 40s and 50s knives will beginning showing up at auction...
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(Teetering on the edge of the map.)

:D
 
Larry Oden said:
Matt,
I encourage you to leave the knife as is. It is a good honest knife and to "clean" it would take away from what it is.
Respectfully,
Larry
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In addition to the knives breaking, Melamine knives are hard to find because a certain collector has most of them;)
 
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