SOLD - SOLD - SOLD to one of the smartest knife buyers I know
Boot Fighter with overall length of 9 1/4" and 4 5/8" blade of ATS-34. Nice original elephant ivory scales with toned color and great figuring. Note the butt image which shows the beautiful Shreger lines. Absolutely no shrinkage or expansion in the scales, transition from scale to tang cannot be felt. The original leather sheath is included featuring snap closure. The shop number (#721) is etched on the ricasso and penned inside the sheath, both on the leather snap and inside face. Blade is mirror-finished, guard is satin finished, guard pins absolutely do not show in any way.
This is a Riverside made knife with the sought-after Riverside nude logo. Some would call this mint, but being conservative, I prefer something like "near mint" instead. After all, it's around 30 years old. The images tell the story here and show the details I am mentioning. Small yellow spot on the front scale, hard-to-see "chicken scratching" along the edge of the guard at the front red liner, small spot on the solder line on reverse side and truly minor pin crazing on one reverse-side pin (probably two decades old).
I bought this one "right" and someone will be getting a HUGE deal if they purchase it - $XXXX today (FIRM) - not sure if it will even be around by tomorrow. A dealer could easily mark this up to over $xxxx and get it, but that mark-up wouldn't go into my pocket, so I might as well give you forumites first try on it.
Only email communications (I'll gladly respond to all emails with requests for information)- but no private messages - and I will not respond to posts in this thread, either. First email to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx saying "I'll take the xxxxxxxfor $XXXX - deposit will follow" gets the Boot Fighter. I'll respond quickly to the first email-buyer, who must, thereafter, respond quickly with the Paypal deposit.
BOOT FIGHTER - RIVERSIDE NUDE LOGO
Boot Fighter with overall length of 9 1/4" and 4 5/8" blade of ATS-34. Nice original elephant ivory scales with toned color and great figuring. Note the butt image which shows the beautiful Shreger lines. Absolutely no shrinkage or expansion in the scales, transition from scale to tang cannot be felt. The original leather sheath is included featuring snap closure. The shop number (#721) is etched on the ricasso and penned inside the sheath, both on the leather snap and inside face. Blade is mirror-finished, guard is satin finished, guard pins absolutely do not show in any way.
This is a Riverside made knife with the sought-after Riverside nude logo. Some would call this mint, but being conservative, I prefer something like "near mint" instead. After all, it's around 30 years old. The images tell the story here and show the details I am mentioning. Small yellow spot on the front scale, hard-to-see "chicken scratching" along the edge of the guard at the front red liner, small spot on the solder line on reverse side and truly minor pin crazing on one reverse-side pin (probably two decades old).
I bought this one "right" and someone will be getting a HUGE deal if they purchase it - $XXXX today (FIRM) - not sure if it will even be around by tomorrow. A dealer could easily mark this up to over $xxxx and get it, but that mark-up wouldn't go into my pocket, so I might as well give you forumites first try on it.
Only email communications (I'll gladly respond to all emails with requests for information)- but no private messages - and I will not respond to posts in this thread, either. First email to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx saying "I'll take the xxxxxxxfor $XXXX - deposit will follow" gets the Boot Fighter. I'll respond quickly to the first email-buyer, who must, thereafter, respond quickly with the Paypal deposit.
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