Looking for info on a Solingen knife

[npueppke]

I'm looking for some info on this knife my grandfather showed to me. He described it as a "damen messer" or ladie's knife. The blade is engraved "Fight'n Rooster" and the tang stamps say "Fight'n Rooster Solingen" and "Frank Buster Celebrated Cutlery Germany". The handle appears to be some kind of synthetic plastic with nickel bolsters and brass liners. It appears to be of fairly high quality-the action is very smooth and the fit and finish is quite good, strong backspring, dead-center blade.

Doing a bit of research on google, I found this site where I gathered that my knife was made between 1982 and 1994, but I haven't been able to find much information about their line up or my specific model.

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[Absintheur]

There were so many different Fight'n Roosters knives that I don't know if a complete list has ever been compiled. They are good quality and most will go for 40 to 60 bucks for second generation. I would say your knife is Frank Buster's take on a toothpick.

 

[navihawk]

Nice knife. The scales look like bone to me. Can you see pores in them?

 

[rprocter]

I cannot find your knife in my Fight'n Rooster book. Frame looks like a Serpentine Stockman, but i've never seen a single blade version before this.
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[npueppke]

Thanks for the help guys, yes it does seem to be pretty high quality. I don't really know anything about slip joints but the blade appears to have the same shape as 'toothpick' style knives. It is pretty small, the blade length is probably about 2", maybe 1 or 2 eights more than that. I guess there's really no way to know exactly what it is, when I did some searching on google they seemed to hint that the Fight'n Rooster line is/was very varied.

I wasn't expecting it to be worth anything but even if it's worth half of your estimate that's pretty good! I'm going to hold onto it though, obviously.

The scales are smooth except for a few dimples on one side of them. They look like bone to me, but feel like dense plastic-like the stuff Victorinox uses but denser. I don't know, maybe this is what bone handles feels/looks like when they're coated with varnish? If you turn it in the light you can see what looks like the pores in skin or sanded wood, and I guess if it was plastic it wouldn't have that. I'll take a few more pictures and post them.