Gun Collectors Dream Auction #87 General Gun Auction
Lot 566:
Description
This collection consists of four distinct pocket knives, each presented with its original factory packaging. The first item is a Schrade Lake and Walker folding liner-lock knife, model SLW2. It features a single partially serrated drop-point stainless steel blade with a thumb stud. The blade is etched with the Schrade and Lake and Walker logos, and the tang is stamped vertically with U.S.A. The handle is constructed from black textured synthetic polymer with a checkerboard pivot pin and stainless steel screws. It includes the original blue and white ribbed box. The second item is a Kissing Cranes Indianhead three-blade stockman pattern folding knife, produced for the company’s 150th anniversary. The blades include a clip point, pen, and sheepsfoot. The main blade tang is stamped Solingen Germany and the secondary blades feature the Indianhead logo. The handle is made of multicolored pink, green, and gold glitter acrylic with brass pins and bolsters. It includes the original yellow Kissing Cranes box. The third item is a Frost Cutlery Tobacco Congress II folding knife. This four-blade congress pattern features two sheepsfoot and two pen blades. The main blade is etched with Tobacco Congress II and the tang stamp depicts a bird emblem above the word STEEL. The handle scales are second cut bone stag with nickel silver bolsters. It is accompanied by its original yellow cardboard box. The fourth item is a Parker Cutlery Co. 1982 World’s Fair commemorative folding knife. It features a single clip-point surgical steel blade with a tang stamp for the Parker Cut. Co. eagle logo. The handle is made of stamped brass scales depicting a log cabin, mountains, the 1982 World’s Fair flame symbol, and the names Boone, Crockett, and Jackson. It includes the original white commemorative box.
Schrade blade length: 3.25 inches
Kissing Cranes main blade length: 3.0 inches
Frost Cutlery main blade length: 2.25 inches
Parker Cutlery blade length: 2.5 inches.
Condition report:
Overall the collection is in good to excellent condition. The Schrade knife shows minor oxidation spotting on the blade tang near the pivot area. The Kissing Cranes knife is in excellent condition with minor handling marks and light tarnish on the brass bolsters. The Frost Cutlery knife displays light surface scratches and tarnish on the bolsters. The Parker World\'s Fair knife exhibits a dark, aged patina on the brass scales consistent with its age, while the blade remains bright. Original boxes show various degrees of shelf wear, light scuffing, and minor crushing at the corners.
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