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Lot 1 Jess Horn handmade folder, I think he called this one his Longhorn), 4 3/4" long closed, exquisite stag handles with lanyard, hand rubbed finish, and #517. It is a Jess Horn folder, only a few as good, none better. (odr 93082) Minimum bid $650.00
Lot 2 Jess Horn pearl handled gents folder, sliplock, 3" long closed, 5 1/4" open, hand rubbed finish. Exquisite. (odr 93074) Minimum bid $500.00
Lot 3 Warren Osborne abalone handled interframe, 3 7/8" long closed, 7" open, saber ground spear blade, knurled thumbstud, lockback, marked on the back 013, 1989. (odr 93077) Minimum bid $400.00
Lot 4 Steve Johnson, Manti, UT, art knife invitation maker showing his expertise on a hunter, 7 7/8" oal, 3 1/2" blade, shaped wood handles, straight tang, leather sheath. Mint. (MOC 93024.jpg) Minimum bid $400.00
Lot 5 Lile Button lock folder, invented by Jimmy, stag interframe, 3 3/4" closed, 6 3/8" full opened. Mint. (odr 93030) Minimum bid $350.00
Lot 6 Paul Fox toggle folder, 4 1/2" closed, 7 3/4" open, pearl handles with a lot of fire, dovetailed bolsters, mint. (odr 93083) Minimum bid $350.00
Lot 7 Harvey Dean Mastersmith cover knife. 9 1/4" oal and 4 3/4" blade hunter, tooled leather sheath, handmade forged knife featured on the Feb. 2007 cover of Knives Illustrated magazine. (copy of the magazine included). Mint except for a few specks on the tip of the knife. Hidden tang. (PDW 93005) Minimum bid $400.00
Lot 8 Massive Jimmy Lile handmade Bowie, crown stag handle, 18 3/4" oal, 13" blade, leather sheath. Nickel silver guard with red and nickle silver spacer at the ferrule. Mint. (PDW 93003) Minimum bid $400.00
Lot 9 Jimmy Lile large Bowie. 18" oal, 12 1/2" blade, brass guard, straight tang, genuine stag handles with six pines. 7" long swedge on the clip. Leather sheath. Knife is mint. Some storage scratches on sheath but normal for a knife this old. (pdw 93002) Minimum bid $400.00
Lot 10 Joe Kious, Kerrville, TX fancy carved fluted pearl in a gents folder. Slant bolsters, fileworked backspring and blade back. Cutlery artistry at its best. (odr 93081) Minimum bid $275.00
Lot 11 Bill Ruple two blade stag handled trapper. Elaborate filework, fabulous fit, style, and craftsmanship. Arrowhead shield. There is a reason that Bill Ruple knives have to be drawn for--and this is a prime example. Nothing is flawless, but darned if I can find anything wrong with it! (Well there is one thing--the knife isn't mine!) (odr 93075) Minimum bid $400.00
Lot 12 Handmade by James B. Lile in script on this drop point hunter. Brass fittings, 8 1/2" oal, 3 5/8", appears unused and mint, but the years has yellowed the stag some. Doesn't look used but the handles looked held a lot. Sheath shows so carry and has a tear. My best guess is someone carried it but never used it enough to stain the blade or resharpen. (pdw 93016) Minimum bid $300.00
Lot 13 Lile metal anniversary knife. 3" closed, with etching on the handle, 20th anniversary (1970-1990) Lile Handmade Knives, Russellville, AR. Mint. (odr 93029) Minimum bid $120.00
Lot 14 Awesome Dozier Bowie. 17 1/2" oal, 9 7/8" blade, marked Dozier 2008. Guard is 4 1/2" wide. Handle is fossilized walrus tusk with a natural hole where the lanyard would be. Canvas micarta ferrule and black spacers on either side. Leather sheath also marked Dozier. Mint save for a single tiny speck on the back side. (pdw 92023) Minimum bid $300.00
Lot 15 Pat Tomes Scagle style large Bowie, crown stag pommel, stacked leather washers, brass guard, 17" oal, 10" blade, hefty leather sheath. Mint. Fancy double panel Paul Long sheath. (pdw 93021) Minimum bid $250.00
Lot 16 Randall Sportsman Bowie with a customer supplied pre-1972 Narwal handle. Brass guard with nickel-silver guard with aluminum spackers. (It is my understanding even this is banned from owning in NJ, so we will not ship there.) 14 3/8" oal, 9" blade. Orange stone. With lanyards. (Void where prohibited) (tgg 93026) Minimum bid $400.00
Lot 17 Craig Camerer Journeyman smith Bowie. 15" oal, 9" blade, blued and griveed pommel and guard, nice visble temper line, beautiful round amber stag handles (2 pieces joined around a rat tail tang) Mint except for 3 or 4 tiny specks, leather sheath with frog. (pdw 93022) Minimum bid $200.00
Lot 18 Bob Lum folder, sliplock, maroon micarta handles, leather interwoven lanyard, 3 5/8" closed, 6" open. Mint. (odr 93088) Minimum bid $200.00
Lot 19 TRO (Tom Oryender) very nicely done interframe, stag handles, 3 3/8" oal, SN3 on the tang, `983 on the reverse of the tang. Mint. (odr 93093) Minimum bid $225.00
Lot 20 Warren Osborne stag handled lockback, in the exquisite quality and finish he was known for, 3 1/8" long closed, 5 1/2" open, dovetail bolsters. Mint. (odr 93089) Minimum bid $200.00
Lot 21 Trindle sliplock fully engraved and fileworked. Buffalo horn handles, dovetailed bolsters, reverse engraved, fileworked liners, engraved blade, engraved backspring. 3 3/8" closed, 5 `1/2" oal. Mint. (odr 93091) Minimum bid $200.00
Lot 22 Bill Ankrom pearl handled lockback, 3 1/2", dovetailed bolsters on each end, slant bolsters, hand rubbed finish. Mint. (odr 93079) Minimum bid $170.00
Lot 23 G. W. Stone folder, 3 7/8" long, sliplock, five pins, imitation tortoise shell handles. Mint. (odr 93087) Minimum bid $150.00
Lot 24 Frank Centofante, Tampa, FL gents lockback, pearl handles, fully engraved bolsters on each side, 3" long closed, #017. Mint. (odr 93085) Minimum bid $200.00
Lot 25 R. L. Pelton, San Diego, CA mini lockback, 2 5/8" long closed, 4 1/4" open, buffalo horn handles, dovetailed bolsters. Hand rubbed finish. (odr 93097) Minimum bid $150.00
Lot 26 Jim Sorenberger, Volcano, CA 3" long sliplock, one piece mokume handles. Mint. (odr 93034) Minimum bid $100.00
Lot 27 D'Alton Holder "Toad" mini handmade folder. Warthog tusk handle, 2 1/2" clsoed, 4" oal. Mint. Locking liner. (odr 93090) Minimum bid $100.00
Lot 28 Wayne Goddard sliplock, slant and grooved bolsters, ironwood handles, 3" long closed, marked on the back of the tang, "2A #5". Mint. (odr 93068) Minimum bid $80.00
Lot 29 Cifton Polk, Ft. Smith, AR mini with stag handles, slant bolsters, 2 3/4" closed, 4 3/4" open, mint. (odr 93066) Minimum bid $80.00
Lot 30 Mel Pardue micarta handled lockback, thumbstud, 3 5/8" long closed, full blades but shows has been carried and used some Linerless model. Near mint. (odr 93095) Minimum bid $60.00
Lot 31 Wayne Goddard sliplock folder, linen micarta handles, 3 3/8" long closed, 5 7/8" open, on back of blade marked Model 2 #14. Lanyard hold. Mint. (odr 93096) Minimum bid $60.00
Lot 32 Mike Centofante (Frank's son) stag handled small gent's sliplock folder, 3 1/8" long closed, 5 1/2" open, fully engraved bolsters on both sides in a floral motiff. You can see Frank Centofante's influence all over this one. If not for the M. you would think Frank made it. (odr 93086) Minimum bid $100.00
Lot 33 Frank Centofante, Tampa, FL lockback, pearl handles, hand rubbed finish, 3 3/4" long closed, 6 3/4" open, mint beauty from the long time President of the Knifemakers' Guild. Mint. (93070) Minimum bid $200.00
Lot 34 Bill Ruple stag 3 1/2" trapper, hand rubbed finish, highly polished bolsters with a spacer on each end, perfectly matched stag handles, and some of the best filework currently being done on handmade knives today. Beautiful! (odr 93072) Minimum bid $350.00
Lot 35 Wow Wow and Wow. That is one wow for each of the three blades on this Bill Ruple multi-blade sowbelly whittler. Three backsprings, all blades are long (not a pen blade in the bunch.3 5/8" long closed, polished bolsters that are both curved and dovetailed. Matched stag handles. Mint. 9" overall with both all blades open. (odr 93071) Minimum bid $400.00
Lot 36 Fred Carter, W. F. Texas integral frame one piece hunter, interframe wood handles, 7 1/4" oal, drilled for lanyard, 3" blade. Mint. Former President of the Knifemakers' Guild. Mint. No sheath. (MOC 93028) Minimum bid $150.00
Lot 37 Randall Knives Mini 25 has a stag and stacked leather handle, stainless blade, brass single hilt, Brass butt cap, thumb notches, leather sheath. It is number 846 and stainless. It is 6 1/2" overall. MINT (MOC 93027) Minimum bid $350.00
Lot 38 Randall Knives Mini Model 14, with fingergrooved green micarta handles, brass guard, green cord and even a miniature stone. Mint. 6 7/8", "M" marked by the logo, and #608. Mint (MOC 93025) Minimum bid $250.00
Lot 39 Randall Model 1-7, burl wood handle, brass guard and pommel with brass spacers, orange stone, Randall marked button on the slick back sheath. Mint (GHT 93018) Minimum bid $300.00
Lot 40 Randall Model 8-4, burl wood handle, brass guard and pommel with spacer configuration that matches the Model 1 above. Mint. (GHT 93017) Minimum bid $300.00
Lot 41 Randall Model 1-7 with stag handle, red white and blue spacers, orange stone, mint except for three or four light water specks that should clean if you are good with a buffer. (MOC 93014) Minimum bid $325.00
Lot 42 Randall Model 1-7 with stacked leather washer handles, red white and blue spacers, brass guard and duraluminium pommel. Randall marked buttons on the sheath. Mint. (PDW 93015) Minimum bid $275.00
Lot 43 Randall Model 25-5, stag handles with brass fittings, stacked leather washers on each end if the stag. Mint. (MOC 93013) Minimum bid $225.00
Lot 44 Randall Model 26 Pathfinder (non-catalog version) with the brass pommel. 5" blade. Mint except for a couple of spots on the reverse side tip. (MOC 93012) Minimum bid $225.00
Lot 45 Jason Knight Mastersmiths Damascus Bowie that has been blackened, with a green micarta sculpted handle. 16 1/8 oal, 10 3/4" blade. Tooled leather sheath by Paul Long. Mint. (pdw 93011) Minimum bid $150.00
Lot 46 Lile stag handled coffin hilt small Bowie. Nickel silver guard, fileworked, 10" oal, 5 7/8" blade, Buffaloe, Magnoia ARK marked sheath that is also marked with Jimmy Lile, The Arkansas Knifesmith, Russellville, ARK (with his phone number). Mint. (pdw 93007) Minimum bid $200.00
Lot 47 Francis Boyd, San Francisco, Patented all metal button lock, on tang "93", engraved on both sides, 2 7/8" closed, 4 3/4" open. Mint. (odr 93067) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 48 Lloyd McConnell, Cacus Knives Black Label black micarta, locking liner, 4 1/2" oal. Mint. (odr 93098) Minimum bid $100.00
Lot 49 Wayne Hendrix drop point caping knife, 6 1/2 OAL, 2 1/2" blade, pouch leather sheath, ironwood handles, tapered tang with a black liner. Wayne trained under the legendary George Herron. (REL 93006) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 50 Case Classic 5111 1/2 lockback, made in 1997 for the Hawkeye Knife Collectors Club, 1 of 60. W. R. Case mark, bowtie shield. MIB. (odr 93124) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 51 Case Classic 5539 sowbelly, genuine stag handles, bowtie shield, one of 70 made in 1996 for the Hawkeye Knife Collectors club, MIB (odr 93138) Minimum bid $65.00
Lot 52 Case Classic 5339 stag handled sowbelly whittler, bowtie shield, W. R. Case mark, made in 1995 for the Hawkeye Knife Collectors Club. MIB except for a single stain on the long spay blade. (odr 93137) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 53 Pair of knives. Both produced in 1991 for the American Blade Collectors Association. Queen City stag handled stockman whittler with grooved bolsters, mint, 1 of 1500, and a Buck mini trapper with smooth blue bone handles. Both mint in the original gold stamped knifepak. (odr 93101) Minimum bid $75.00
Lot 54 Bowen USA bone handled hunter, 8 1/4" oal, 4 1/8" blade, straight tang, no sheath. Mint. (MOC 93117) Minimum bid $20.00
Lot 55 Bob Dozier micarta handled finger groove small hunter, 6 1/2" oal, drilled for lanyard, micarta handles, thumb rest on both sides of the handle, straight tan, kydex sheath. Mint (MOC 93116) Minimum bid $125.00
Lot 56 Dozier black micarta handled longer hunter, 9 1/4" oal, 5 1`/4" blade, straight tang, lined lanyard hold, finger groove, and kydex sheath. Mint. (MOC 93118) Minimum bid $150.00
Lot 57 Digby's, Kelham Island, Sheffield, England buffalo horn handled gunstock, engraved bolster, fileworked blade back and backspring. 4 1/4" closed. Mint (odr 93128) Minimum bid $75.00
Lot 58 Digby's Sheffield, England abalone handled 2 blade, 4" closed, pinched engraved bolsters, worked blade back and backspring. Mint (odr 93130) Minimum bid $80.00
Lot 59 Digby's Sheffield, England pearl equal end, 3 3/4" oal, grooved bolsters. Mint. (odr 93099) Minimum bid $70.00
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Lot 60 Digby's Sheffield, England, jigged bone 3" slip lock, engraved bolsters, worked backspring and blade back. Min (odr 93125) Minimum bid $70.00
Lot 61 Cory, Hamilton, MT handmade pearl handled lockback folder, dovetailed bolsters, 2 1/2" oal. Mint (odr 93122) Minimum bid $80.00
Lot 62 Ray Cook, Georgia handmade sliplock, fileworked backspring and blade back, river pearl handles with black mother of pearl bolsters, 3" long closed. Mint. (Before he became a custom maker Ray invented the category of customizing Case production knives). (odr 93123) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 63 Ray Cook Georgia 3 1/4" sliplock, jigged bone handles, mint. D2 steel. (odr 93127) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 64 Corbin handmade wood handled lockback folder, dovetailed bolsters, 4" long closed. Hand rubbed finish, mint. (odr 93141) Minimum bid $60.00
Lot 65 Norm Levine, Dragon knives handmade folder, goldlip pearl handles, dovetailed bolsters, assembled with hex screws, black liners, 3 5/8" long closed. Knife is mint, blade is a little slow. Levine pioneers ball bearings in the blade bolsters. Long time Guild member. (odr 93110) Minimum bid $70.00
Lot 66 Mike "Whiskers" Allen, 4 1/4" closed, engraved bolsters, engraved blade, fileworked. This knife locks open and is released by sliding the top bolster to the right, hidden lock. Locks closed too. Leather lanyard with bead. Slightly dovetail bolsters (odr 93109) Minimum bid $150.00
Lot 67 Mike "Whiskers" Allen 3" red bull bone handles, slant dovetail bolsters, some filework on half of the backspring and blade back. Made in 1988 for the Texas Knife Collectors Association (now defunct) Includes TKCA emblem. Mint. (odr 93106) Minimum bid $75.00
Lot 68 Bierman, St. Louis handmade folder, slant bolsters, jigged bone handles, thumbstud, annodized titanium locking liner. Mint. 4 3/4" closed. Early style blade finish. (odr 93120) Minimum bid $80.00
Lot 69 Chuck Hawes Damascus mini folding hunter, ivory canvas micarta handles that have yellowed some, Damascus blade, 4 1/8" closed. Mint. (odr 93119) Minimum bid $60.00
Lot 70 Norm Levine made jumbo folding hunter, front lock, 6 1/4" long CLOSED. 11 1/2" open, dovetail bolsters, laminated wood handles. Marked "Dragon" on the blade. (odr 93115) Minimum bid $125.00
Lot 71 Very Early Bob Ogg folder, genuine stag handles, dovetailed bolsters, some waves in the polish (i.e. early). 3 1/2" closed. Mint. (odr 93112) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 72 Unique lock Francis Boyd, San Francisco, smooth stag handles. The blade unlocks from the closed position by pulling on the extended tang, 3 1/8", knurled thumbstud. Early style blade finish. (odr 93104) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 73 Norm Levine Dragon knives, front lock, slant bolster, dovetailed bolster, jigged green bone handles. Stiff to unlock. Knife is mint. (odr 93111) Minimum bid $70.00
Lot 74 KCB ironwood handled sliplock with a half-stop on the blade, 3 1/4" closed, mint. (odr 93114) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 75 Cargill Knives, 3 3/8" closed length interframe, wood insert, 1985 marked on the reverse of the tang. Mint (odr 93105) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 76 Paul Meyers handmade snakewood handled mini handmade folder, elaborate fileworked thick interior liners, 2 1/4" closed, 3 1/2" open. Mark is the rising sun. Mint. (odr 93108) Minimum bid $75.00
Lot 77 Paul Meyers handmade jigged red bone handles small folder, 2 3/4" closed, 4 1/2" open, elaborate filework interior liners. Rising sun mark on the front, "Meyers" on the back. Mint. (odr 93107) Minimum bid $75.00
Lot 78 A.A. Sanders handmade folder, polished Damascus dovetail bolsters, jigged brown bone handles, lockback, fileworked locking bar/backspring. 3 3/4" oal. Mint. (odr 93113) Minimum bid $70.00
Lot 79 W. C. Davis stag handle front lock folder, 4 1/8" long oal, dovetailed bolsters with red liner. Precision lock that does not have cut out below the line of the backspring but takes very little pressure to unlock. Well done. (odr 93171) Minimum bid $125.00
Lot 80 Dick Atkinson, Wausau, FL lockback, dager ground, double thumbstud, maroon micarta handles, fileworked backspring, abalone oval inlet into both handles. 4" long closed. Mint. (odr 93132) Minimum bid $75.00
Lot 81 Cory, Hamilton, MT handmade lockback. Dovetail engraved bolsters, buffalo horn handles with red liners, extended tang to unlock. 3 5/8" long closed. Mint. (odr 93102) Minimum bid $70.00
Lot 82 Jess Horn Beretta jigged bone lockback, dagger ground, 4 3/4" closed, made by Moki, Japan (very high grade top end Japanese manufacturer). Lanyard hole. (odr 93172) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 83 Watts handmade sliplock, 3 1/2" closed, engraved bolsters, dovetailed, black liner. Fileworked backstrap and blade back. Fossilized Mammoth ivory handle, at the center rivet, mint except for a crack on the back handle. (This knife is prohibited in New York, NJ, California and some other states, please check your local laws before bidding. This is NOT elephant ivory). (odr 93140) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 84 Mike "Whiskers" Allen 3 1/4" closed lockback, curved dovetailed bolsters, ATS34 steel. Extended tang has lanyard with a pocket clip on the end. Brown Giraffe bone handles. (despite what you may have heard some idiots saying lately, the giraffe are not killed to harvest the bone. The bone is harvested from lion kills in African parks). (odr 93143) Minimum bid $80.00
Lot 85 Mike "Whiskers" Allen wood handled lockback, dovetailed engraved bolsters, fileworked backstrap, blade back, and inside liners. Pocket clip on the extended tang. 3 1/8" long closed. Mint. 440C steel. (odr 93142) Minimum bid $90.00
Lot 86 Mike "Whiskers" Allen multiblade. Three blade small stockman, jigged red bone, dovetailed bolsters, 3 5/8" long closed. Mint. (odr 93139) Minimum bid $100.00
Lot 87 Shawn Vallotten left hand blade liner lock. Thumb stud is on the left handle side. Ironwood handles, slant anodized titanium liners and bolsters. Engine turned liners inside. Mint. 4" long closed. (odr 93134) Minimum bid $70.00
Lot 88 Trindle sliplock fully engraved and fileworked. Genuine pearl handles , dovetailed bolsters, reverse engraved, fileworked liners, engraved blade, engraved backspring. 3 1/2" closed, 5 1/2" open. Mint. (odr 93084) Minimum bid $150.00
Lot 89 Leon "Worm" Pittman 3" long interframe sliplock, wood insert, mint. Blade is etched with state of Alabama outline and "VKC", dated 1982. (Vulcan Knife Club). Mint. (odr 93136) Minimum bid $80.00
Lot 90 Cargill handmade 4 5/8" lockblade. Leaf shield on genuine stag handles. Patented lock is released by pushing down on the front end of the bolsters. (Cargill would sell use of this lock to Frost Cutlery who utilized it on numerous knives, but Cargill designed the patented lock). (odr 93133) Minimum bid $100.00
Lot 91 RWB (Ron Wilson) 3 1/4" lockback, white delrin handles, handmade, some rust spotting on the blade. D2 steel. Unused, so near mint. (odr 93135) Minimum bid $50.00
Lot 92 Camillus/Fisk Bowie. Walnut handles, leather sheath, comes with a zip up case too. USA made. "OVB- Our Very Best" mark. Mint in the box except for a couple of specks on the front and a stain on the reverse. 11 1/4" blade, 16" oal. (GHT 93001) Minimum bid $100.00
Lot 93 Remington 1982 Bullet repo. First in the series that started a series that continues today. Includes the presentation box and the original paper. Mint expect for the typical crack in the delrin handles at the lanyard hole. (MOC 93004) Minimum bid $150.00
Lot 94 Case Texas Lockhorn, micarta handles, there are some spots in the bolsters where the green crud that gets on Case folding large knives stored in the sheath over a period of time. Would clean but going to take some serious buffing. Unused. There is some red tint on the back handle, like it was display on red felt. Mint except as noted. (rbf 93059) Minimum bid $100.00
Lot 95 Case 5197LSSP Sharkstooth, basketweave sheath, MIB with stag handles but needs some serious polishing. (rbf 93063) Minimum bid $75.00
Lot 96 Case 5158L SSP Hammerhead lockback, basketweave sheath, MIB (rbf 93060) Minimum bid $65.00
Lot 97 Case 5159L SSP Mako, basketweave sheath, original box, unused, but does have some green crud spots in the brass. Otherwise mint. (rbf 93062) Minimum bid $65.00
Lot 98 Four vintage knives. Miller Brothers bone barehead jack, 3 5/8" with grooved bgolsters, cleaned to exc., Miller Bros pear whittler, 3 3/8" oal, screw on handles, Miller Bros. swell center with screw on handles 2 blade, vg blades, marked "Terry Cutlery", and Miller Bros half congress, chip from the front handle, vg otherwise. (klg 93061) Minimum bid $20.00
Lot 99 Pair of Queen knives. Lockback with bomb shield, marked big Q and Titusville, PA with 1 of 100 etched on the master blade, 4 5/8" long closed, spear blade, and a pearl handled Schatt & Morgan whittler, grooved bolsters, and jigged liners. Both mint. (93040) Minimum bid $85.00