J. Bruce Voyles, Auctioneers Knife Auction 112
Auction Ends Thursday, August 29, 2019
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Lot 1 R. W. Loveless City knife, matched stag handles, finger groove on the bottom of the tang but flush with the frame, nickel silver guard, "J.M" pantographed on the tang (Jim Merritt), red liners and tapered tang, Naked lady logo on the front--and back in reverse view, drilled for lanyard, mint. 6 1/4" oal, 2 5/8" blade. No sheath. A rare chance to own a rare knife from one of the legendary makers of all time. (pmn FS-309) Minimum Bid $2,000.00
Lot 2 Jac Jack Busfield engraved folder, interframe with a black lip pearl insert, lockback, dagger ground blade, marked Roanoke Rapids, N.C. A gret example of his internationally acknowledged exquisite workmanship. 2 5/8" closed, 4 3/4" open. Engraved by Master Engraver Ray Cover. Mint.. (pmn FS-306) Minimum Bid $750.00
Lot 3 Frank Centofante stag handled folder, adorned with file worked liners top and bottom, drilled for lanyard, hand rubbed finish and marked "O41" on the inside of the backspring. Credited "Loveless Design", gently tapered dovetail, fine handrubbed finish bolsters. (lmi FS-307) Minimum Bid $350.00
Lot 4 Ruana Bonner Mt long Bowie, aluminum fitting, unused but some specking toward the tip, mint except for the specks. 13 1/2" oal, 8 3/4" blade. With sheath. (rhh FS-242) Minimum Bid $300.00
Lot 5 Ruana large stag handle Bowie, heavy brass guard, with stippled brass blade catcher inlaid into the top of the blade, heavy duty. Mint. 15" oal, 9 3/4" blade, heavy thick guard with cleaned up spots where the green gunk from the sheath got to it. (rhh FS-243) Minimum Bid $300.00
Lot 6 Mickey Maddox handmade sliplock, ironwood handles, slant bolsters, nickel silver fitting mint, 4 1/4" closed, 7 1/2" open. (lmil FS-199) Minimum Bid $50.00
Lot 7 William Rodgers, England "I cut my way" buffalo horn handled fixed blade with leather sheath, etched "Bushman's Friend". This knife is unused but specked overall from storage, bomb shape escutcheon and curved guard. 9" oal, 5 1/4" blade, unused but speckled overall, near mint. (rhh FS-200) Minimum Bid $50.00
Lot 8 Jack Hawk bone handle Bowie, stippled flat surfaces, ironwood spacer, nickel silver fitting on a hidden tang, with tooled leather sheath, exceptional balance, mint. (rhh FS-218) Minimum Bid $60.00
Lot 9 Ed Brignardello, Beecher, Ill handmade ironwood handled hunter, leather laced lanyard, tooled leather sheath, mint except for a speck, fileworked tang, 11 1/2" oal, 6 7/8" blade. (rhh FS-220) Minimum Bid $60.00
Lot 10 W. R. Hurt ironwood handled hunter, handforged, fileworked, spear point, leather sheath, hidden tang. Spotted but otherwise mint. Hidden tang, scary sharp. (rhh FS-222) Minimum Bid $60.00
Lot 11 Ken Hawk ironwood handled Bowie hunter, stippled flat surfaces, spacer, brass fittings, snakeskin sheath. 11 1/2" oal, 6 1/2" blade. (rhh FS-223) Minimum Bid $50.00
Lot 12 Wise handmade leather washer and stag hunter, excellent, used and sharpened, nice heavy duty leather sheath by Rom Strachan, 11 1/2" oal, 6 3/4" blade. (rhh FS-228) Minimum Bid $40.00
Lot 13 North and Prater handmade hunter, scrimmed deer on a smooth stag handled hunter, tooled leather sheath with brass rivets, 11 1/2" oal, 6 3/4" blade, stamped 4-91, 3-019. Mint. (rhh FS-231) Minimum Bid $40.00
Lot 14 Griffin hunter showing Randall influence, brass guard, and spacer, micarta handled, heavy duty Johnson rough back leather sheath with stone pocket but no stone. 10 3/4" oal, 6" blade. (rhh FS-232) Minimum Bid $70.00
Lot 15 Mick Langley (Australia) exotic wood handled with white spacer, nickel silver guard, double ground, leather sheath, hidden tang mint. 11 1/4" oal, 6 3/4" blade. Mint (rhh FS-235) Minimum Bid $70.00
Lot 16 F. Nornimen Damascus stacked stag and bone hunter, lugged guard, brass fitting and spacers, leather sheath. Some filework, 12" oal, 6 3/4" blade. (rhh FS-236) Minimum Bid $40.00
Lot 17 D'Beaver (Butch Beaver) slab side ironwood hunter, pouch leather sheath, straight tang. 8" oal, 3 3/4" blade. (rhh FS-237) Minimum Bid $60.00
Lot 18 L. C. Smith handmade hunter, wood handles with slant spacers, brass fitting, leather sheath. 12 1/4" oal, 7 1/4" blade. (rhh FS-238) Minimum Bid $35.00
Lot 19 R. L. is the only marking on this finger grooved wood handled hunter with tooled leather sheath, spacers, fancy juxtaposition of different woods for the handle, deep finger grooves, used and carried so near mint. 11" oal, 6" blade. (rhh FS-239) Minimum Bid $30.00
Lot 20 M is the ony marking on this small wood handled hunter with a brass guard. Sheath shows carry use, knife is unused. Straight tang, 8 1/4" oal, 4" blade. (rhh FS-240) Minimum Bid $20.00
Lot 21 Wilmer spalted wood hidden tang Bowie with heavy brass guard and leather sheath. 15" oal, 9 3/4" blade, hidden tang with two piece handled around the tang. Minty. (rhh FS-244) Minimum Bid $40.00
Lot 22 Wise handmade hunter, brass guard, amber spacer, oosic handle, brass butt cap, no sheath mint 10 1/4" oal, 5 3/4" blade. (rhh FS-245) Minimum Bid $50.00
Lot 23 O'Dell stag handled hidden tang Bowie, brass spacer and guard, leather sheath, mint with specks, 13 3/4" oal, 8 1/2" blade. (rhh FS-263) Minimum Bid $50.00
Lot 24 Pair of Chuck Hawes handmade small hatchets, both with curly mable handles, matching sheaths, on is handled in carbon steel, the other in Damascus. 7" handles. One is W2 steel, the other is 300 layer 1080-15n20 Damascus. Some specks, otherwise mint. (lmi FS-337) Minimum Bid $75.00
Lot 25 Steve Fecas handmade keyring daggers, made to be carried on your keyring and utilized for self defense. A pair. (lmi FS-342) Minimum Bid $25.00
Lot 26 Mike Mercer miniature folder, complete with his miniature business card. (Quarter shown in photo for size comparison). One of the very best of the miniature makers, and the knife folds with a working backspring. 1 1/4" closed. (lmi FS-364) Minimum Bid $40.00
Lot 27 Don Cousino handmade wood handled hunter, tapered tang, four pins, nickel silver guard, #382 on reverse of the tang, 7 5/8" oal, 3 3/8" blade. Tooled leather pouch sheath. (rhh FS-435) Minimum Bid $50.00
Lot 28 Nolen Knives buckle knife, stag handled fileworked fixed blade that fits into a turquoise inlaid buckle sheath (also handmade, by one of the other Nolen family members as I recall). Mint. 5 3/4" oal, 2" blade. (lmi FS-375) Minimum Bid $50.00
Lot 29 Handmade marked "BG" with a buzzard or condor graphic, wood handles with white liners, nice light balance, basketweave sheath, mint. 8" oal, 3 1/2" blade. (lmi FS-380) Minimum Bid $40.00
Lot 30 Chuck Hawes handmade paring knife, black micarta handles, mosaic pins inlay, some filework. 6" oal, 2 5/8" blade, no sheath. (lmi FS-381) Minimum Bid $20.00
Lot 31 Pair of Wart Hog tusk Damascus push daggers by Chuck Hawes, 6" long, 3 3/4" blade. (lmi FS-383) Minimum Bid $80.00
Lot 32 Morseth ivory micarta boot knife, spacers, nickel silver guard, AG Russell Era, leather sheath. (Knives from this era were made for AG but Bob Dozier, Tom Maringer or others). Spotted and carried, exc/nm 8" oal, 3 3/4" blade. (rhh X-198) Minimum Bid $50.00
Lot 33 Morseth Ivory micarta with pouch sheath, AG Russell era when his Morseth knives were made by Bob Dozier and others. 8 3/8" oal, 4" blade. (rhh FS-384) Minimum Bid $50.00
Lot 34 R. M. Morris New Market, VA handmade wood handled brass fitted hunter, with pouch leather sheath. Brass guard that could use buffing, 8 1/4" oal, 3 7/8" blade. Mint except as noted. (rhh FS-389) Minimum Bid $40.00
Lot 35 Holloway, Norfolk, VA handmade micarta handled fighter, nickel silver fittings, leather sheath, mint. 9" oal, 4 5/8" blade. (rhh FS-390) Minimum Bid $40.00
Lot 36 Cannady, Allendale, S.C. wood handled hunter, drilled for lanyard, tooled leather sheath, mint. #2442 7 3/4" oal, 3 3/8" blade. (rhh FS-391) Minimum Bid $40.00
Lot 37 Charlton Ltd stag handled Damascus Bowie, brass guard and pommel cap, red and white spacers, no sheath. (rhh FS-392) Minimum Bid $60.00
Lot 38 Wilding handmade ivory micarta long hunter, finger grooved, nickel silver fittings, drilled for lanyard, no sheath. 1982. 10 3/4" oal, 6" blade. (rhh FS-393) Minimum Bid $35.00
Lot 39 Marvin Poole, Georgia maker, handmade finger groove stag handled hunter, gimping on the back for the thumb rest, pouch leather sheath mint, straight tang, 7" oal, 3" blade. (tgg FS-394) Minimum Bid $35.00
Lot 40 Poole 2 white bone handled small neck knife, drilled for lanyard, with leather neck sheath. Mint with natural checking in the handle, 5 1/2" oal, 2 5/8" blade. (tgg FS-395) Minimum Bid $35.00
Lot 41 Poole 2 stag handled push dagger, with neck sheath, engine turned blades, mint. 5" oal, 3" blade. (tgg FS-396) Minimum Bid $35.00
Lot 42 Marvin Poole stag handled hunter, gimping for a thumb rest, drilled for lanyard, pouch leather sheath. Mint. 7 1/4" oal, 3 1/4" blade. (tgg FS-397) Minimum Bid $35.00
Lot 43 Wayne Hensley handmade ivory micarta folder. This Knifemakers' Guild Board member made these in 2000 for the Chattahoochee Cutlery Club in Atlanta. #00. 3 5/8" closed. (tgg FS-399) Minimum Bid $40.00
Lot 44 Barrett handmade wood handled slipjoint folder, mint. Dovetailed bolsters, 3 1/4" closed, 5 3/4" open. (tgg FS-400) Minimum Bid $55.00
Lot 45 Unusual Sangster handmade locking liner folder, stag handles, bolsters appears to be poured copper. Mint, some natural checks in the bark stag. Mint. Reverse dovetail bolsters, 3 1/2" closed, 6" open. (tgg FS-401) Minimum Bid $80.00
Lot 46 Case Midnight Pearl set, 92033 and 9242 pair of imitation smoked pearl pen knives, with original paper and presentation box. Mint. (lmi FS-145) Minimum Bid $50.00
Lot 47 Ron Hewitt hunter, straight tang, sculpted black & maroon handled with six pins, drilled for lanyard, 8" oal, 3 1/2" blade, pouch leather sheath, mint. (tgg FS-439) Minimum Bid $40.00
Lot 48 Marvin Poole stag handled drop point made for the Atlanta based Chattahoochee Cutlery Club's 30th anniversary in 2004, sixty were made. Chattahoochee club's logo is on the front, and on the back marked M Poole, 03 4290. 6 1/2" oal, 3" blade, mint with Chattahoochee marked sheath. (tgg FS-437) Minimum Bid $40.00
Lot 49 Wilbert Cutlery Co. big coke bottle folding hunter, 5 1/4" wood handles, iron bolsters with long scalloped guard, exc. (bev FS-108) Minimum Bid $50.00
Lot 50 Puma White Hunter, knife appears mint, sheath shows carry use, embossed with the Puma head on it. (bev FS-109) Minimum Bid $100.00
Lot 51 J. Russell Green River Works marked spear point stag handed bowie with shield, modern with Russell etching, 10" oal with 5 3/4" spear blade, made in Argentina. Mint with sheath. (rhh FS-443) Minimum Bid $45.00
Lot 52 Case Classic 61050L folding guard big coke bottle with brown bone handles and bowtie raised letter shield, mint, XX struck on the blade. Case Brothers, MIB. (clp FX-444) Minimum Bid $60.00
Lot 53 Challenge Cutlery Co. Bridgeport, Conn big coke bottle folding hunter, wood handles, scalloped guard, vg. (bev FS-112) Minimum Bid $50.00
Lot 54 Pair of Frost miniature sets, Doctors set of four mini -Razor knives in stag, pearl abalone, bone, and Little Barlows with clip blades in a variety of pearl and bone configurations, both sets in presentation boxes, nine knives in all. (lmi FS-441) Minimum Bid $50.00
Lot 55 Pair of Knives Schatt & Morgan English Jack file and wire tested, jigged bone, and Case green bone swell center moose pattern, in a green box (not common). Both MIB. (clp FS-442) Minimum Bid $80.00
Lot 56 Utica vintage bone handled skinning knife, leather sheath matches, "Utica" in cursive, big belly to the blade, excellent. OLD. 8 1/4" oal, 4 1/2" blade, snap strap missing on the sheath (bev FX-446) Minimum Bid $60.00
Lot 57 Pair of vintage knives, RCC stamped bolster Robeson Shuredge Rochester 511224 bone handled Daddy barlow, vg, and Hammer Brand New York Knife Co. early official scout knife, shield stamed "Be Prepared" blade is low very good. (dso FS-116) Minimum Bid $70.00
Lot 58 W. H. Wragg Sheffield small coke bottle folder with stag handles, near mint. 20th century. 3 5/8" closed. (lmi FS-117) Minimum Bid $35.00
Lot 59 Two Bulldog brand knives, stag four blade congress with fighting bulls etch and tang marks, and later stag canoe with bar shield, fighting dogs logo not in reverse, and both unused but speckled overall. Some pitting on the canoe on the top of the master blade. (see photo in our high-res section of the web site.) (dso FS-118) Minimum Bid $75.00
Lot 60 Case Olympic knife, made in 1980 with Shaw-Liebowitz sterling silver handles cast in the lost wax process, on a '278 pattern, both sides in relief design, made during a time when silver was $50.00 an ounce. In a gift presentation box. Mint. (lmi FX-447) Minimum Bid $60.00
Lot 61 Two Bulldog brand knives, stag stockman (mint) and a moose, stockman with acorn shield, Lumberjack with a diamond shield, German made, There is a single pinprick size speck on the long blade of the Lumberjack, otherwise pristine mint. (dso FS-120) Minimum Bid $80.00
Lot 62 Two Bulldog Brand stag handled knives, both stockmen, with the dogs head logos on one, 2000 logo 3 3/4" on the other with Tennessee Walking Horse reverse etch, 4". Mint (dso FS-121) Minimum Bid $80.00
Lot 63 Group of four knives, Marbles Stag trapper etched 1 of 250 made in Gladstone, Michigan, Canal Street jigged bone handled sleeveboard with ring openers for each blade, made in Ellenville, NY, Elkhorn 1980 pearl handled lockback and a 1991 10th annual knife of the Soy Knife Collectors, a pearl handles stepped down bolster Sargent, Germany congress. All mint. Marbles and Canal both MIB. (lmi FS-122) Minimum Bid $120.00
Lot 64 Three Bulldog Brand knives, all German made with stag handles, 4" Tennessee Walking Horse stockman, 3 5/8" Bulldog brand reverse etch stockman, and Lumberjack moose pattern with the fighting bulldogs tang mark. All mint. (dso FS-123) Minimum Bid $100.00
Lot 65 Two knives, Robeson Shuredge strawberry bone modern coke bottle folding hunter, and Marbles wood handled lockback with large plastic shield, Gladstone Mich. Both MIB. (lmi FS-124) Minimum Bid $60.00
Lot 66 Four Case knives, Moss green Muskrat, antique bone gunstock with raised letter shield, relief laser carved canoe and laser engraved 6347 with fancy bolsters, all in Case boxes but pattern numbers may not match the box. (dso FS-125) Minimum Bid $110.00
Lot 67 CASE metal handled hunting knife with a hollow handle and screw off pommel (very similar to the KA-BAR version of this knife). Full blade, some original polish, 8 3/4" oal, 4 3/4" blade, left side leather sheath, excellent plus. (bev FS-457) Minimum Bid $70.00
Lot 68 New York Knife Co. pre-1932 front lock peachseed bone folding hunter, "NYK" stamped bolsters, grooved bolster, cleaned to excellent plus. 5 1/4" closed. Pre-1932. Typical exquisite quality on this one. (bev FS-458) Minimum Bid $200.00
Lot 69 Four Case peanut knives, brown delrin on a card, sea green select, Mediterranean blue with Case logo overlay, and blue Case select. All mint. (dso FS-128) Minimum Bid $75.00
Lot 70 Holley, Lakeville, Conn lockback folding hunter, jigged bone, humped front lock, full blade, and so rare that if I have to explain it you would not understand. Finest one of these I have ever seen. 5 1/2" closed, cleaned to near mint. (bev FS-459) Minimum Bid $250.00
Lot 71 Western USN shark knife with the rare plastic guard and pommel, stacked leather washer handle, USN stamped sheath, full blade but used and carried, exc. (bev FS-460) Minimum Bid $100.00
Lot 72 Pair of Case knives, NKCA 5251 toadsticker trapper and mosaic opal synthetic handle MO254, with engraved bolsters, both MIB. (lmi FS-131) Minimum Bid $70.00
Lot 73 Three NKCA club knives, pair of Hen & Rooster 1990 club knives, and Eye brand stag whittler 1996 one of 1550. All German made and mint. (lmi FS-132) Minimum Bid $80.00
Lot 74 Four Case knives, Med. blue bone trapper with white Case logo overall, two raised letter shield half whittlers 6208 in Pacific blue bone, and TB028 Teardrop jack with amber bone, all MIB (dso FS-133) Minimum Bid $100.00
Lot 75 Pair of A. G. Russell knives, lockback with ironwood handles and etched to look like Damascus, 3 5/8", Japan made and a 3 1/2" folder with double pulls, China. Both mib. (lmi FS-134) Minimum Bid $55.00
Lot 76 Pair of Case '51 patterns made for the Case Collectors club, 1981 and 1982, 82 is a two blade, both with etched blades, one box, mint. (lmi FS-136) Minimum Bid $75.00
Lot 77 Three Case knives, Trapperlock 6154L in Tested red bone, 6383 whittler in cayenne bone, and William Russell Case tiny trapper in chestnut bone, all MIB (dso FS-137) Minimum Bid $80.00
Lot 78 Three Ka-Bar club knives, Swell end stag handled jack with dogshead shield, and two four blade congress knives, one in stag, one in smooth bone, both with curved bar shields, CE94 tang marks, 3 3/8" long closed, all MIB. (dso FS-138) Minimum Bid $110.00
Lot 79 Three bone handled Ka-Bar knife club knives, humpback 2 blade in smooth green bone and jigged bone, HMP89, and 2 blade physician’s knife with jigged bone handles, PHD101. Boxes for the humpbacks, all mint. (dso FS-139) Minimum Bid $95.00
Lot 80 Two Puma SGB series fixed bones, one in smooth bone, the other in stag, Mule Deer Hunter and Deadwood Canyon models, states on the box the knives use German steel but are assembled in China. Both MIB. (lmi FS-140) Minimum Bid $80.00
Lot 81 Three Case '96 pattern tiny toothpicks, two burnt stag 52009 and a jigged crimson bone Select. All MIB. (lmi FS-174) Minimum Bid $75.00
Lot 82 Four Case '96 tiny toothpicks, ironwood and turquoise channel inlay handles, all MIB (dso FS-135) Minimum Bid $100.00
Lot 83 Group of four mesc knives, 70's 6143 Daddy Barlow, Schrade-Walden plastic handled marlin spike in peachseed jigging, stag Lockwood brothers budding knife exc, and Bowen Knives baby bullet with black delrin handles. All mint except as noted (lmi FS-141) Minimum Bid $110.00
Lot 84 Trio of Ka-Bar Collectors club knives, jigged bone standard trapper, dogshead three blade serpentine stock and sleeveboard both with dogs head shield, all MIB. (lmi FS-142) Minimum Bid $80.00
Lot 85 Case stag handled 2006 Case Collectors club set of three different barlows, life, regular and junior members, 5143, 5205 raz, and 52009 1/2, all mint in tins. (lmi FS-143) Minimum Bid $110.00
Lot 86 Case Moby Dick, scrimshaw on a white bone handled folding hunter, with engraved bolsters and mint walling hanging box. Mint. (lmi FS-144) Minimum Bid $80.00
Lot 87 Case 1 Dot starter set, produced in 1979 as a set to get young collectors interested, highlighted by the 6250 with the Bradford Bonanza etching and the SR6225 1/2 coke bottle in smooth red bone with "Pilot Run" etched on the blades. All knives have the same serial number and come in the original pumpkin box. Other knives includes Sodbuster, one blade folding hunter, 06247 bone, 6344, 6333 in delrin. Mint. (lmi FS-146) Minimum Bid $150.00
Lot 88 Group of three Case club knives, 6211 green bone, 5243 stag Daddy barlow, for the Case Collectors club, and a Jigged bone NKCA saddlehorn, all MIB (lmi FS-448) Minimum Bid $80.00
Lot 89 Pair of Parker 5" lockback folding hunter, Parker-Imai sandbar stag "Wolf Hunter' and a Parker Brothers in the same pattern in genuine stag, both mint. (tsd FS-449) Minimum Bid $35.00
Lot 90 Pair of Parker lockback folders, Parker-Imai with sandbar stag handles, and Parker Brothers in a slightly smaller pattern with genuine stag handles, both with the Eagle with the banner in its mouth etching. Both mint. (tsd FS-450) Minimum Bid $35.00
Lot 91 Group of Cutlery Items. Three stag handled miniatures, 4 blade, canoe, serpentine stock, and a black pearl handled one blade, plus pins for Case, Shepherd Hills, and IBCA collectors clubs and 1992 ABCA Blade Show pin. Quarter shown for size not included. (lmi FX-445) Minimum Bid $20.00
Lot 92 Of Ka-Bar Collectors Club gold dogshead shield knives, English jack and 2 blade barlow, in original presentation cases. Only 250 of each were made with gold dogsheads. Mint. (lmi FS-151) Minimum Bid $90.00
Lot 93 Case stag handled Kodiak Hunter, in the original colorful bear illustration box, this is the older no stars on the guard version. Mint (lmi FS-153A) Minimum Bid $90.00
Lot 94 Pair of Ka-Bar Collectors club folding guard lockbacks, one in pear one in stag, both mint in the box. (lmi FS-154) Minimum Bid $150.00
Lot 95 Pair of Ka-Bar Collectors club knives, jigged bone with the rare gold dogshead shields, large 4 blade congress and swell center whittler. In original presentation cases). Mint. (lmi FS-155) Minimum Bid $70.00
Lot 96 Two rare Ka-Bar Collectors club knives, long Texas toothpick and folding guard lockback both with the short run gold dogshead shield, in the brown satin lined presentation box. Mint. (lmi FS-157) Minimum Bid $80.00
Lot 97 Three Ka-Bar club knives, sleeveboad jumbo whittlers, one stag, one with bathing beauty celluloid handles, the third a teardrop jack with a WWI biplane scene on the handles, all MIB (lmi FS-159) Minimum Bid $110.00
Lot 98 Pair of Ka-Bar club knives, stag gunstock 2 blade, and stag lockback with dogshead shield based on the old dogshead pattern, both mint. (lmi FS-160) Minimum Bid $90.00
Lot 99 Three Ka-Bar club knives, swell centers, two stag 2 baldes, the third a scroll etch with dogshead shield on white delrin, 2 blxes, all mint. (lmi FS-161) Minimum Bid $80.00