Up for sale is my Jim Hammond Gray Ghost, Serial #25 with included Provenance. I am the second owner of this knife. I acquired it from the original owner a few years ago. He had purchased it directly from Jim at the Guild Show in 1984. It is in virtually mint condition. It has always been stored in a safe - never carried, used, or resharpened. I don't think it has ever been in the sheath other than perhaps when it was initially shipped.
This very knife was featured in the Sept. / Oct. 1984 issue of Sporting Classics magazine. If you look closely of the picture of the knife in the magazine opened to the article "Designs from the Bench", you can see that this is the exact knife pictured in the article. I will include the Knife Record Sheet and Purchase Letter (both signed by Jim), that were sent to the original owner documenting this fact. I will also include the issue of the magazine.
According to Jim's Knife Record Sheet, the overall length of the knife is 12" and the blade is 6" long. The blade is made of 440-C Stainless with mirror bevels and hand-rubbed ricasso. It is double hollow ground with a full tapered tang, and solderless bolsters. The fittings are hand-rubbed satin finish. The handle is presentation grade India stag and pinned in 4 places. The blade is as sharp as only Jim Hammond can grind steel - shaving sharp! It is sharpened on the top edge. The stag on the handles is highly figured - thick, deep and textured. Two of the nicest matched slabs I have seen. And in the interest of full disclosure, if you look at the top view of the handle very closely, you will see the slightest evidence of a gap. You probably wouldn't have noticed in the picture, and may not have even seen it in-hand. The prior owner thinks he may have received it this way, although it just as easily could be attributed to shrinkage of the stag due to age. It is stable, and certainly does not take anything away from the rareity or value of the piece. There are no cracks or chips in the stag.
Included with the knife is a right-handed leather pouch sheath made by Jim, and a padded zippered case for storage.
Asking $SOLD $SOLD U.S. Postal Money Order, or PayPal (and this time - no fees).
Includes USPS Priority Mail Shipping with Insurance in the CONUS.
Not interested in any trades.
First "I'll take it" by post, email or pm owns it.
Thanks for looking!
This very knife was featured in the Sept. / Oct. 1984 issue of Sporting Classics magazine. If you look closely of the picture of the knife in the magazine opened to the article "Designs from the Bench", you can see that this is the exact knife pictured in the article. I will include the Knife Record Sheet and Purchase Letter (both signed by Jim), that were sent to the original owner documenting this fact. I will also include the issue of the magazine.
According to Jim's Knife Record Sheet, the overall length of the knife is 12" and the blade is 6" long. The blade is made of 440-C Stainless with mirror bevels and hand-rubbed ricasso. It is double hollow ground with a full tapered tang, and solderless bolsters. The fittings are hand-rubbed satin finish. The handle is presentation grade India stag and pinned in 4 places. The blade is as sharp as only Jim Hammond can grind steel - shaving sharp! It is sharpened on the top edge. The stag on the handles is highly figured - thick, deep and textured. Two of the nicest matched slabs I have seen. And in the interest of full disclosure, if you look at the top view of the handle very closely, you will see the slightest evidence of a gap. You probably wouldn't have noticed in the picture, and may not have even seen it in-hand. The prior owner thinks he may have received it this way, although it just as easily could be attributed to shrinkage of the stag due to age. It is stable, and certainly does not take anything away from the rareity or value of the piece. There are no cracks or chips in the stag.
Included with the knife is a right-handed leather pouch sheath made by Jim, and a padded zippered case for storage.
Asking $SOLD $SOLD U.S. Postal Money Order, or PayPal (and this time - no fees).
Includes USPS Priority Mail Shipping with Insurance in the CONUS.
Not interested in any trades.
First "I'll take it" by post, email or pm owns it.
Thanks for looking!
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