J. Bruce Voyles, Auctioneers Knife Auction 108
Auction Ends Feb. 19, 2019
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Lot 1 Ron Lake. Folders do not get better than this, by the master, stag handled, lockback, with gold toothpick inset int the handle. Mint. 3 1/2" closed, 6 1/2" open. This is a rare opportunity to own a knife by one of the best knifemakers in the world. You rarely see them for sale. (VIII-218-sha) Minimum bid $1,000.00
Lot 2 Jess Horn stag handled lockback, double ground master blade, drilled for lanyard, exquisite Horn quality. 4" closed, 7 1/4" open. (VIII-219-sha) Minimum bid $500.00
Lot 3 Paul Fox, Hickory, NC pearl handled folder, dovetailed bolster, blued blade and bolsters, locking liner mint. 4 1/2" closed, 7 7/8" open. (VIII-220-sha) Minimum bid $400.00
Lot 4 Jess Horn small lockback folder, drilled for lanyard, sheep horn handles, mint. 2 1/2" closed, 4 1/2" open. (VIII-2-sha) Minimum bid $350.00
Lot 5 Paul Fox handmade tactical fighter, serrated to edge, blue blade, anodized titanium bolsters, G10 handles, lockback, 5 1/8" closed, 8 3/4" open. (VIII-210-sha) Minimum bid $400.00
Lot 6 Jess Horn handmade lockback folder, horn handles, brushed finish on the guard, drilled for lanyard. Mint. 4 1/2" closed, 7 3/4" open, #076 (VIII-211-sha) Minimum bid $400.00
Lot 7 Eldon Peterson, Whitefish MT small hunter, nickel silver guard, pouch leather sheath, mint. White bone handles, dovetailed, tapered tang, hand rubbed finish, mint. (VIII-087-mng) Minimum bid $150.00
Lot 8 Lile Rambo The Mission knife. Cord wrapped hollow handle. No sheath. "RCN" initials etched on the back, bead blasted blade, light specks. (VIII-053-mng) Minimum bid $300.00
Lot 9 George Herron folder, interframe lockback with ironwood inlay. Herron folders are are. Hall of Fame knifemaker. Mint. 4" closed, 7 1/4" open. (VIII-230-sha) Minimum bid $350.00
Lot 10 Frank Centofante pearl lockback, Loveless design, slant bolsters, drilled for lanyard, mint. Frank is a Hall of Fame member and was for years the President of the Knifemakers' Guild. 4" closed, 7 1/4" open. (VIII-232-sha) Minimum bid $300.00
Lot 11 Jess Horn stag handled small folder, lockback, drilled for lanyard. #004, 2 1/2" closed, 4 1/2" open. (VIII-235-sha) Minimum bid $350.00
Lot 12 George Herron stag handled hunter, tapered tang, matching leather sheath, a knife by the master and legend. #647, 7 1/2" oal, 3 1/2" blade. (VIII-238-sha) Minimum bid $300.00
Lot 13 Ron Gaston engraved pearl handled folder, elaborate engraving on all four bolsters by "HL" (Liming?), hand rubbed finish, dovetailed bolsters. 3 1/2" closed, 6 1/2" open. (VIII-225-sha) Minimum bid $250.00
Lot 14 Simons well made trapper, handmade, Ladder Damascus blades, fileworked liners, dovetailed nickel silver bolsters on each end, mint. #157 stamped inside the liner. 4 1/8" closed, 7 1/4" open. (VIII-306-lmi) Minimum bid $200.00
Lot 15 Tommy Lee handmade mastodon ivory handled locking liner folder, Damascus bolster, with brass liners, thumbstud, mint. (check your state laws, NY, NJ, CA and others have banned mastodon ivory ownership--they are afraid it might cause the mastodon to go extinct). 3 7/8" closed, 7" open. (VIII-307-lmi) Minimum bid $150.00
Lot 16 Ron Gaston engraved guard folder, dovetailed bolsters, stag handles, hand rubbed finish, mint. LBSING engraving, 3 5/8"closed, 6 1/2" open. (VIII-234-sha) Minimum bid $200.00
Lot 17 Classic G. W. Stone interpretation of a Bowie. Lugged guard, brass pommel and spacers, long saber ground blade and even comes with a brass blage catcher blade back. Hidden tang, stag handles, heavy duty leather sheath, #L66, 17" oal, 11" blade. (VIII-340-rtt) Minimum bid $200.00
Lot 18 Pair of G. W. Stone handmade Massive knives, wood handles, large Bowie and large Arkansas toothpick. Great to have crossed and displayed on your wall. Bowie is 17" oal with an 11" blade, Arkansas toothpick is #AT53 and is 17" oal with an 11 1/4" blade. Both have nickel silver fittings. (VIII-342-rtt) Minimum bid $450.00
Lot 19 C. R. Sigman handmade stag handled skinner, hidden tang, nickel silver guard and pommel cap that is filed to match the grooves in the stag. Spacer at the guard, pouch leather sheath. A nice knife from one of the masters. 8 3/8" oal, 3 1/2" blade. (VIII-126-mng) Minimum bid $125.00
Lot 20 Lile long stag handled fillet hand engraved, "Handmade by James B. Lile", drilled for lanyard, with original leather sheath. 14" oal, 9" blade, mint. (VIII-048-rtt) Minimum bid $200.00
Lot 21 D'Holder swinger clip on the sheath, oosic and amber stacked handled, mint. 7" oal, 2 7/8" blade. (VIII-091-mng) Minimum bid $160.00
Lot 22 M. J. Oliver, Phoenix, AZ black lip pearl inlaid interframe folder, hand rubbed finish, lockback, mint except there is a spot on the pearl on the back side that extends to a pit on the outer frame. No clue to the cause it it is strange, as if a drop of acid or something hit it. 3 1/4" closed, 5 1/2" open. (VIII-229-sha) Minimum bid $150.00
Lot 23 Steve Fecas handmade pearl handled folder, with thumbstud and pieced metal handle, mint. Front lock, 3 3/8" closed. (VIII-314-lmi) Minimum bid $90.00
Lot 24 Jot Kalsha handmade art folder, Damascus bolsters and blade, distinctive shape gold lip pearl handles, Opal cover center pin on both side and thumbstud. Locking liner. 4 1/4" closed, 7" open. (VIII-303-lmi) Minimum bid $300.00
Lot 25 Nolen knives handmade burl wood hunter, pouch leather sheath, straight tang. Dovetailed aluminum bolsters, 6 1/2" oal, 3" blade. Longtime Knifemakers' Guild members and Doyal was the hunting guide that taught legendary outdoor writer Jim Carmichael how to rattle deer. (VIII-301-lmi) Minimum bid $100.00
Lot 26 G. W. Stone stag handled hunter, brass guard, spacer, and pommel, leather sheath. Unused and mint except there is some grune pitting on the brass guard. It should clean, but we do not buff consigned knives, #d233, 10" oal, 5 1/4" blade. (VIII-338-rtt) Minimum bid $120.00
Lot 27 De Leon micarta handled dagger, brass guard, straight tang, Johnson smooth back sheath with stone, drilled for lanyard. B108 stamped on the reverse, Johnson sheath, 12 3/8" oal, 7 3/4" blade. Mint. (VIII-001-rtt) Minimum bid $100.00
Lot 28 Bill Reddix, New Zealand handmade Bowie, coffine hilt, slab wood handles, fancy escutcheon, filed guard, hand rubbed finish, wooden fitted box stating this knife is one of a maximum of 20. #1 on the tang. Mint. Hidden tang, 14 3/4" oal, 9 5/8" blade. (VIII-288-lmi) Minimum bid $200.00
Lot 29 Cliff Polk, Ft. Smith, AR black lip pearl gents knife, engraved bolsters that have some tarnish, slant bolsters, filedworked liners, matchstriker nail mark. Mint except as noted. Start of a hairline at the front rivet. #87, 3" closed, 5 1/4" open. (VIII-228-sha) Minimum bid $140.00
Lot 30 Tommy Lee engraved wood handled dagger, sculped guard, dovetailed bolsters, tapered tang, wire inlay in the ironwood handles (both sides), mint, no sheath. 11 1/4" oal, 6 3/4" blade. (VIII-228-sha) Minimum bid $200.00
Lot 31 Bowie made by Hastings Knife Works Palestine TX on one side, Parrish marked on the reverse, ironwood handle nickel silver guard and pommel, handle has ferrule spacers, sharpening steel in the leather sheath. As I recall these were Don Hastings knives in the work at his passing that were finished by Parrish. Rare, mint except for a couple of specks, 14 1/2" oal, 9 1/4" blade. (VIII-130-mng) Minimum bid $200.00
Lot 32 G. W. Stone handmade micarta handled fillet knife, extended tang drilled for lanyard, tooled leather sheath. 10" oal, 6" blade, marked BT190 (VIII-118-rtt) Minimum bid $100.00
Lot 33 Harris stamina wood handled hunter, nickel silver guard, straight tang, pouch leather sheath. Tapered tang. #185. 8 1/2" oal, 3 3/4" blade. (VIII-103-mng) Minimum bid $75.00
Lot 34 Charles Ochs (Ox Forge) handforged hunter, fancy burl wood hidden tang hunter, with red and steel spacers, with leather sheath. 10 1/2" oal, 5 3/4" blade, tarnish splotches on the blade. (VIII-088-mng) Minimum bid $100.00
Lot 35 Keith Kilby hand forged Damascus long camp knife, stacked handle of oosic, amber, white composition and steel spacers, mint but some shrinkage, Journeyman smith stamp, with cordura sheath (not original to the knife). 13" oal, 8 1/2" blade. (VIII-084-mng) Minimum bid $125.00
Lot 36 B. Johnson black micarta handled tanto, saber ground, leather sheath. 9 3/4" oal, 5 3/8" blade. (VIII-049-rtt) Minimum bid $60.00
Lot 37 Unusual DeLeon knife, long and slender fixed blade, ivory micarta with red inlay. 9 7/8" oal, 6 1/2" blade. Mint. (VIII-047-rtt) Minimum bid $60.00
Lot 38 Zolan McCarty folder, lockback with his distinctive thumb opener with smooth bone handles. 4 3/89" closed, 8 1/2" open. (VIII-066-mng) Minimum bid $70.00
Lot 39 Randall Gilbreath micarta handled fighter, straight tang, drilled for lanyard, with leather sheath. 8 of 25, 11" oal, 6" blade, scratched handle on the back. (VIII-083-mng) Minimum bid $70.00
Lot 40 J Jacobs impala horn handle skinner, marked Custom 440 under the name, brass guard, no sheath. 10 1/2" oal, 5 1/4" blade, mint. (VIII-085-mng) Minimum bid $100.00
Lot 41 Zolan McCarty folder, lockback with his distinctive thumb opener with fossilized bone handles. 4 3/4" blade, 8 1/2" open (VIII-069-mng) Minimum bid $70.00
Lot 42 Harvell Price handmade stag handled one blade folder, barehead on one end, dovetailed bolsters. #610 3" (VIII-158-rdm) Minimum bid $60.00
Lot 43 Harvell Price handmade bone handled one blade with bone handles scrimmed in a barbed wire design, barehead on one end, P felt pouch. #607, 3 3/8" closed, 5 5/8" open, dovetailed bolsters. (VIII-161-rdm) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 44 John Greco fighter, brass guard and fittings wood handled hidden tang with a single pin, spacers at the ferrule, bead blasted. Mint. Marked #5, 13" oal, 8" blade. (VIII-132-mng) Minimum bid $70.00
Lot 45 Harvell Price handmade Giraffe bone one blade with P marked felt pouch, mint. 583, 2 1/2" (VIII-159-rdm) Minimum bid $60.00
Lot 46 Ed Love Bowie, nickel silver fittings, ironwood handles over a hidden tang, spacer with 2-piece wood handles, leather sheath, mint. #32, well balanced, 13 1/4", 8 1/4" blade. (VIII-129-mng) Minimum bid $80.00
Lot 47 Unusual Rowe pearl handled belt buckle knife. Buckle is hinged and held in with steel pins. Lifting the handle away from your body frees the small fileworked knife, pearl handles on both the knife and the buckle. Knife is 4 1/2" oal, 2" blade (VIII-064-rtt) Minimum bid $60.00
Lot 48 Harris Combat Bowie, serrated false edge, drilled cross guard, extended pommel, micarta handles, bead blasted, leather sheath, with hangers for Korean war era web belts. 16" oal, 10 1/4" blade (VIII-059-mng) Minimum bid $90.00
Lot 49 Durio Damascus bowie, nickel silver guard, wood handle, with spacers, no sheath. 15" oal, 9 3/4" blade, hidden tang, spacers, couple of specks on the sharpened edge, otherwise mint. (VIII-057-mng) Minimum bid $150.00
Lot 50 Zolan McCarty folder, lockback with his distinctive thumb opener with genuine stag handles. "V" on back of tang, 4 1/4" closed, 7 3/8" open. (VIII-071-mng) Minimum bid $70.00
Lot 51 Harvell Price handmade bone handled one blade, slant dovetail bolsters with P marked felt pouch. 591, 3" (VIII-160-rdm) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 52 Mickey Maddox engraved folder with engraved bolsters and blade, jigged bone handles. 3 5/8" closed, 6 1/2" open, dovetailed bolsters, mint. (VIII-212-sha) Minimum bid $80.00
Lot 53 John Fuller, Douglasville, GA pearl handled small front lock gents knife, mint. Dovetailed bolsters, 2 1/2" closed, 4 1/2" open. (VIII-213-sha) Minimum bid $60.00
Lot 54 Harvell Price handmade 2 blade mini folder with bolsters, mint. Horn handles, dovetailed bolsters, #592. (VIII-173-rdm) Minimum bid $60.00
Lot 55 Bob Conley Jonesboro, TN stag handled engraved folder, dovetailed bolsters, lockback, fileworked blade back. Mint. 3 1/2" closed, 6 1/4" open. (VIII-221-sha) Minimum bid $90.00
Lot 56 Harvell Price handmade two blade peanut pattern giraffe bone, slant bolsters, P felt pouch. Mint. #643, dovetailed and slant bolsters, 2 7/8" blade. (VIII-163-rdm) Minimum bid $60.00
Lot 57 Mickey Maddox stag handled folder, fileworked bolsters and liners, mint. Fileworked liners, 3 3/4" closed, 6 3/4" open. (VIII-227-sha) Minimum bid $60.00
Lot 58 Harvell Price handmade jigged bone teardrop one blade, with P felt pouch. #617, Dovetailed bolsters, 3 5/8" closed, 6" open. (VIII-162-rdm) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 59 Chuck Hawes handmade all Damascus one blade sliplock folder. Marked on the handle. Mint. 3 1/4" closed, 5 1/2" open. (VIII-297-lmi) Minimum bid $60.00
Lot 60 Mickey Maddox Damascus lockback folder, wood handles, dovetailed aluminum bolsters, mint. 4" closed. (VIII-233-sha) Minimum bid $90.00
Lot 61 Harvell Price handmade fancy celluloid 2 blade peanut pattern, nickel silver dovetailed bolsters, 2 7/8" closed, #629. (VIII-172-rdm) Minimum bid $40.00
Lot 62 Chuck Hawes handmade oosic handled skinner, handforged with a nice temper line, Mokume bolsters with red and black spacers, hidden tang, no sheath. Mint. Mosaic pin end cap, some filework 5 3/4" oal, 2 5/8" blade. (VIII-298-lmi) Minimum bid $60.00
Lot 63 Dick Atkinson, Wausau, FL handmade micarta handled locking liner folder, with thumbstud. Mint. Fileworked liners, bead blasted, with belt clip. 3 3/4" closed, 7" open. (VIII-305-lmi) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 64 Chuck Hawes handmade 2 blade folding hunter, giraffe bone handles, mokume bolsters on each end, Damascus blades, mint. 5 1/4" closed. (VIII-312-lmi) Minimum bid $80.00
Lot 65 Wayne Hendrix handmade worm groove bone skinner, tapered tang with spacer, nickel silver guard, pouch leather sheath. Wayne trained in the shop of George Herron and it shows. Nice. #1082, 7 5/8" oal, 3 5/8" blade. (VIII-302-lmi) Minimum bid $150.00
Lot 66 Pair of BJ marked all metal handled knives. Skinner and Folder, both in a combo sheath, handles drilled for lighter weight, lanyards. Folder is 4" long closed, , fixed blade is 8 3/4" oal with a 4" blade, both marked #20. Mint (VIII-054-rtt) Minimum bid $70.00
Lot 67 Harvell Price 2 blade Physician’s knife, spatula blade, etched, nickel silver slant bolsters, includes photocopy of his feature in Blade Magazine. 3 3/4" closed, dovetailed bolsters, #620 (VIII-174-rdm) Minimum bid $100.00
Lot 68 Joe Prince handmade Stag folder, front lock, mint. Dovetailed bolsters, black liner, 4" closed, 7" open. (VIII-304-lmi) Minimum bid $80.00
Lot 69 B. Johnson horn handled 2 blade mini skinner, straight tang. Handmade. 5 1/2" oal, 2 1/2" blade. (VIII-035-rtt) Minimum bid $40.00
Lot 70 GWJ hunter, hidden tang, brass guard with spacers and brass pommel, finger groove stag handles. Marked #116, 8" oal, 3 1/4" blade. (VIII-044-rtt) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 71 BJ (Bob Jones) stag handled folder, saber ground, fileworked blade back, basketweave sheath. #59, 4 3/4" closed, 8 1/4" open. Mint. (VIII-045-rtt) Minimum bid $80.00
Lot 72 GWJ stag handled hunter, brass guard and butt cap, spacers, hidden tang. Leather sheath. #115, 8 3/8" oal, 4" blade. Mint. (VIII-046-rtt) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 73 G. W. Stone integral, ivory micarta handles, drilled for lanyard, 3264, 8 3/4" oal, 4" blade. (VIII-050-rtt) Minimum bid $85.00
Lot 74 BJ tactical with laced string in the handles, leather sheath. "O" on back of the tang, 9 1/2" oal, 5" blade. (VIII-051-rtt) Minimum bid $60.00
Lot 75 Unusual Rowe stag handled belt buckle knife. Buckle is hinged and held in with steel pins. Lifting the handle away from your body frees the small fileworked knife, stag handles on both the knife and the buckle. Knife is 4 1/4" oal, 2" blade and marked 1987 (VIII-055-rtt) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 76 John Greco crown stag fighter, brass guard, hidden tang, bead blasted finish, unused, no sheath. 15" oal, 8 3.4" blade, brass fitting and spacers, 6" sharpened false edge. Some spots only on the sharpened edge that should easily clean. Mint otherwise. (VIII-056-mng) Minimum bid $75.00
Lot 77 Ralph D. Harris, Grovetown, GA stag handled massive tanto, no sheath. 17 1/2" oal, 12 1/4" blade, (VIII-058-mng) Minimum bid $100.00
Lot 78 C. M. English (McCarty style) folder with smooth bone handles. 4 1/8" closed, 7 1/2" open mint. (VIII-072-mng) Minimum bid $70.00
Lot 79 Pratts Custom Knives mastodon ivory handled fighter, fileworked guard, with snakeskin windowpane sheath. Mint. Mokume guard, 12 1/2" oal, 7 1/2" blade, 4 3/4" false edge, #161. (VIII-081-mng) Minimum bid $90.00
Lot 80 McCarty bone handled Bowie, nickel silver guard and pommel, hidden tang, leather sheath. 12 3/4" oal. (VIII-082-mng) Minimum bid $90.00
Lot 81 Ken Largin oversized Bowie, brass guard and pommel, hidden tang, stag handles, no sheath. 20" oal, 15 1/4" blade, brass fittings, hidden tang, mint. (VIII-089-mng) Minimum bid $70.00
Lot 82 Wilson oosic handled Damascus hunter, Damascus ferrule, pouch sheath, mint. 11 1/2" oal, 6 1/4" blade. (VIII-090-mng) Minimum bid $80.00
Lot 83 IS is the only marking on this well made ironwood handled finger groove hunter with pouch sheath, straight tang. # 288, 8 1/2" oal, 4" blade. (VIII-097-mng) Minimum bid $40.00
Lot 84 Marvin Poole crown stag handled hunter with fancy sheath, finger gimping on both sides of the finger grooves. Marked 1988-286, 12" oal, 6" blade. (VIII-099-mng) Minimum bid $80.00
Lot 85 KRG with a vibrating pen is the only marking on the guard of this small hunter, engine turned hunter, brass guard, scrimmed smooth stag handled, antler pommel. Leather pouch sheath. 5 3/4" oal, 2 1/2" blade. (VIII-106-mng) Minimum bid $35.00
Lot 86 "Raeen" is what we tried to make out on the knife. Wood handle small hunter, rough finished, baskeweave leather sheath.8" oal, 4" blade. (VIII-110-mng) Minimum bid $35.00
Lot 87 Wilson stag handled hunter, finger grooved, brass guard, pouch leather sheath, some filework on the blade back. Straight tang, 10" oal, 5 1/2" blade. (VIII-111-mng) Minimum bid $60.00
Lot 88 RPF marked bone handled caper, liner, tapered tang, leather sheath. 7 1/2" oal, 3" blade. (VIII-125-mng) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 89 Murr, 95 straight tang hunter, sculpted micarta handles, drilled for lanyard, snakeskin sheath, mint. 8 1/2" oal, 4" blade. (VIII-127-mng) Minimum bid $70.00
Lot 90 D. Arvel, Micarta handled Damascus fighter with nickel silver guard, eight pins holding on the guard. Mint. Leather sheath, tapered tang, dovetail, 11 3/4" oal, 6 3/4" blade, spotted. (VIII-133-mng) Minimum bid $90.00
Lot 91 McCarty stag handled hunter, slab handles drilled for lanyard, thumb gimping, brass guard with red spacer, pouch leather sheath, mint. Tapered tang with a red liner, 9" oal, 4 1/2" blade. (VIII-134-mng) Minimum bid $70.00
Lot 92 Harvell Price handmade two blade green bone handled mini knife, slant bolsters. Green bone. Mint. Dovetailed bolsters, 3" closed, #587 (VIII-175-rdm) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 93 Mickey Maddox Damascus blade lockback, handles are pink ivory wood, aluminum bolsters, mint. 4 7/8" closed, 7 3/8" open. (VIII-214-sha) Minimum bid $70.00
Lot 94 John Fuller micarta handled folder, dovetailed bolsters, sliplock. 2 7/8" closed, 5" open. (VIII-217-sha) Minimum bid $80.00
Lot 95 Pair of handmade folders, both with jigged bone handles, one is a Bob Conley lockback with dovetailed nickel silver bolsters 4" closed, 7 1/8" open, the other a John Fuller locking liner with anodized titanium liner and bolsters with thumbstud. 3 1/2" closed, 6 1/2" open. Bothy mint. (VIII-222-sha) Minimum bid $120.00
Lot 96 Pair of handmade knives. Melvin Dunn Small wood fixed blade caping knife 6 1/4" open, 3 1/4" blade, and a wood handled folder with dovetailed aluminum bolsters, lockback, black micarta handles, both mint. 4 1/2" closed, No sheath on the fixed blade. (VIII-223-sha) Minimum bid $80.00
Lot 97 Paul Meyers jigged bone handled 2 blade gents knife, dovetailed nickel silver bolsters on each end, #333 stamped on the smaller blade, mint. Fileworked liners. 3 1/4" closed, 5 1/4" open. (VIII-224-sha) Minimum bid $65.00
Lot 98 Ray Cover 2 blade, ATS34 steel, dovetailed nickel silver bolsters, jigged red bone handles, hand rubbed finish, sharp grind lines, nice. 3 3/4" closed, 6 3/4" open. (VIII-231-sha) Minimum bid $100.00
Lot 99 Randall Gilbreath Dora, AL marked "1", lockback, jigged green bone handles, Mint. Randall was a close compadre of Mel Pardue. 4" closed, 7 1/4" open. (VIII-236-sha) Minimum bid $60.00