Barn Find: 440 Opportunist, Osborne First (1st) Production

[ATTAKK]

Looooong time lurker, first time post. Thought this was a fun one.
Barn find is to classic cars as junk drawer is to pocket knives - found this this one unexpectedly. Thought I lost it long ago…
How many of these are still floating out there?

https://imgur.com/a/CelLMdX

https://imgur.com/a/smcPpmd

 

[pholder]

I have one of those, carried it once, beautiful knife actually. Carried nice in the pocket, comfortable to hold and good size, more for the collection than carrying for me. First s30v for me also, don’t see many thanks for sharing , I will have to get mine out to see if it is first production

 

[Benchmade]

Very nice find!

 

[psquared]

Previously used image. Mine is one of the later production units that was tapped for a tip down clip (non presentation side only).

It really is an elegant knife, a proper modern gentleman’s folder.

 

[ATTAKK]

Previously used image. Mine is one of the later production units that was tapped for a tip down clip (non presentation side only).

It really is an elegant knife, a proper modern gentleman’s folder.

Great picture, and agree!

 

[colin.p]

To my "lack of sophisticated" eyes, at first glance it looks rather William-Henry-ish. A true beauty nonetheless.