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Greetings,
I just dug up my old butterfly knife collection and am trying to get a grip on what they're currently worth. Two are Pacific Cutlery skeltonized stainless steel customs: one dates from right around 1980 or so, and is dead-silent and smooth, the other is theoretically an identical knife, but was purchased sometime around 1990. There's also an "International Series", but it's one of the heavily built ones. None of the Pacific Cutlery knives are of the type with rivet tangpins; these are well built knives. What else? Two brass-sleeved knives marked "Manilla Folder" - one with a stag-horn handle, and one with a pinkish-tint bone of some type. There's also a Philippean (sp?) made butterfly (my cousin was stationed there for awhile). It came in a wooden gift-box and includes a leather sheath. The knife itself has stag-horn on the handles and was extremely stiff when acquired (it's gotten better). My cousin tells me it was hand-made. The rest of the knives are pretty much junk, but I'm really curious about these. Twenty years ago I used to be pretty good (read all the Imade books) with one of these; now I'm wearin' band-aids..... Time to tape that blade I guess.
Thanks in advance,
jb
I just dug up my old butterfly knife collection and am trying to get a grip on what they're currently worth. Two are Pacific Cutlery skeltonized stainless steel customs: one dates from right around 1980 or so, and is dead-silent and smooth, the other is theoretically an identical knife, but was purchased sometime around 1990. There's also an "International Series", but it's one of the heavily built ones. None of the Pacific Cutlery knives are of the type with rivet tangpins; these are well built knives. What else? Two brass-sleeved knives marked "Manilla Folder" - one with a stag-horn handle, and one with a pinkish-tint bone of some type. There's also a Philippean (sp?) made butterfly (my cousin was stationed there for awhile). It came in a wooden gift-box and includes a leather sheath. The knife itself has stag-horn on the handles and was extremely stiff when acquired (it's gotten better). My cousin tells me it was hand-made. The rest of the knives are pretty much junk, but I'm really curious about these. Twenty years ago I used to be pretty good (read all the Imade books) with one of these; now I'm wearin' band-aids..... Time to tape that blade I guess.
Thanks in advance,
jb
