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#2  Latama Square Button Switchblade Kris Bladed PROTOTYPE.  Measures 11".  Blade has seen some light sharpening with a rough stone.  Front scale has delamination.  Not a mint knife, but an exceedingly rare knife.  Less than a dozen were made after Latama secured a patent on both the Kris blade style AND the square button mechanism.  The square button mechanism never went into production because of difficulties in the amount of hand fitting required, and it is a very weak design.  Click through for an entire page devoted to this knife including 4 pages from Switchblades of Italy by Tim Zinser, Dan Fuller, and Neal Punchard.

$8500

 

   
#4  Chuck Stewart Switchblade Elephant Toe Custom.  This nearly perfect knife is the LAST knife that Chuck Stewart made.  It actually was finished having handles installed by Judy Gottage for the the customer.  The originally intended handlers are the elephant ivory with amber spacers pictured.  Installed handles are colorful bark Mastodon ivory.

ALL FOUR blades on this knife are sprung.  Each handle has the same release mechanism  Not every blade on this knife opens fully as the maker didn't get to finish the knife.

Original handle projects included in sale.  This very massive knife has some minor blade scuffing from liners.  Measures 10 1/4" overall and 1 3/8" thick! 

$4200

  #5  Shur-Snap Master Fish Knife.  Super rare in the sheath.  Blade has some sharpening marks but great toning.  Handles are lightly shrunk but no cracks.  Spring set, function, and ride height are perfect.  Sheath just has the scuff marks shown.  4 15/16" closed, 8 3/4" open.

EXTREMELY RARE with the sheath

$750

#6  Italian double spring souvenir with pouch.  Springs and catches are perfect.  Handles have some cracks around pins on both handles.  2 1/4" closed, 3 3/4 open.

$180

#7  Presto BRAIN Floating Guard- STONE MINT

Not cleaned or restored - AS FOUND!  You will never see another in this condition!

$1400

#8  Bonsa one-way OTF

STONE MINT

VERY RARE

$500

#9  Pastor Aleman spring pull similar to a Schrade pullball.  Blade is much different in that it locks and to release it is pulled forward from the frame to release.  Rear pull then is used to retain blade closed.  Black plastic handles with no cracks or shrinkage.  4 3/8" closed, 7 5/8" open.

$225

#10  Edgemaster?

Blade grinding marks on surface, no maker marks either side

$225

#11  Snappy

$140

#12  Stiletto Roller Bolster.  Walnut handles with no cracks or dings.  Bayonet grind with a nail nick.  Double click, nice strong, and tight.  Spring set and ride height are good.  4 7/8" closed, 8 5/8" open.

$150

#13  Mexican with rare leaf blade.  Mint.  Measures 7 1/4" plus bail.

$260

 

#14  Italian Flylock style.  Mechanism is different than Flylock by button slide locking both blade and kickout spring

$300

#15  GIANT Wandy Inox Roller Bolster.  Blade has been sharpened and the very tip has been broken off.  Black figural horn handle front and half black, half blonde horn rear.  Handles have some mild layer separation and one small worm mark.  Blade is crooked (probably when tipped).  Spring set and ride height are good.  Backstrap and spring are darkened.  7" closed, 13" open.

$375

#16  Unmarked Picklock.  Bayonet grind, blade is loosey-goosey when open.  Black plastic handles have no cracks.  Spring set and ride height are good.  4" closed, 7 1/8" open.

$120

#17  Hammer Brand hollow-scale.  Rear scale has some edge separation.

$175

#18  LL Bean only has the crack shown

$375

#19  Remington  Scale crack across spring pin.  Blades sharpened.

$450

#20  Italian version of a Mexican Lucite.  Blade is unsharpened and only carries a Stainless and Rostfrei stamps.  Handles are black plastic with raised dragons, silver and gold.  4 1/4" closed, 7 1/4" open.

$100

#21  Mexican mini

$180

#22  Mexican Full-size.  Mint. Measures 7 3/8" open plus bail.

$210

#23  Snappy.  Needs some light clean-up.

$125

#24 Shursnap

$250

#25  Shur-snap SHORTY.  Bolsters are slightly loose.  Measures 7" open.  Handles have marginal shrinkage.

$300