Factory rarities and oddities

jdm61

jdm61

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Okay, so they aren't all that rare or odd, but They are pretty nice. :D Pics will take up a couple of posts. All prices include PayPal fee and USPS Priority shipping to the lower 48.
First up are a couple of the smaller models of the Ontario Bagwell bowie line. The big one is the Gambler. The smaller one is the Frontiersman. the difference is that the Gambler has a slightly longer blade. It also is missing its box. No idea where it got off too. As such, the price has been adjusted a tad. $SOLD for the Frontiersman, SOLD for the Gambler.
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Up next is the Ontario Bagwell model that was pretty popular when it came out, the Hell's Belle. This one has what appears to be a stainless guard instead of the brass like the other two and it is the bent "fighting guard" this one also has the box but no paperwork. I have seen people asking silly money for these things, but sleeping appeals to me more than silly. Asking SOLD. All three of them have never been used or sharpened. The Gambler sat on my dresser for years just in case the zombies busted down my door. :D
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Up next we have a pretty early Effingham, IL made Blackjack 1-7 with the black linen Micarta handle. The current ones are made from A-2 but I have heard that these were made either from 1095 or possibly the 0170-6 Sharon steel aka Carbon V aka 50-100B aka 1095 CroVan. .The only blemish on this one are a couple of little black stains in the short and a couple of spots where the lacquer on the guard has peeled up and very faint stopping marks. Some of these are listed for silly money too, but I have already addressed that. the new ones with the aluminum buttcap seem to go for around $200 discounted. Asking SOLD.
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Next up is a very early Beretta Bob Loveless design drop point hunter. My memory is a little fuzzy, but I I bought this one in Dallas for sure and I may have gotten it at the Beretta Gallery in Highland Park Village. At the time, I seem to remember that this was the only model they were selling. They later realize and el cheap rubber handles version and a finite run of ones with stage scales, which sell for that silly money we talked about earlier. This one has the shiny blade and the burl handle. I have seen some listed as being quince burl, but I seem to recall that this one was advertised as being they burl. I comes with the sheath. The last one that I saw sold for $150 with the sheath and box, so this one gets a little drop. Asking $125.
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Let and certainly not least is another old school Blackjack. this is the Warner-Moran Rio Grande Camp knife spear point bowie. It is a copy of the knife that Bill Moran made for Ken Warner of knife magazine and coffee table book fame. it is a rather large spear point bowie made from SK-5, which from what I have read is basically the Japanese version of 1084. It has the full convos find, of course and a brass guard and Honduran rosewood handle. I have seen people asking like $450 of these on EvilBay, but that is beyond silly. Typically these go in the low $200's for the common rosewood model and the mid $200 range for the more rare Micarta version. Minor stropping scratches on the edge. Asking SOLD.
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As always, reasonable offers entertained.
To quote that great American philosopher Porky Pig, "th-th-th-th-th-that's all. folks!!!!!"
 
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I'll take all three of the Ontario-Bagwell knives [Gambler, Frontiersman, Hell's Belle]. Thanks! osprey888
 
Okay. Let me know about the Beretta via PM. Warner-Moran is sold pending ROF.
 
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