Gun Collectors Dream Auction #88 December 5th & 6th
Lot 1121:
Description
This lot consists of 4 knives, including one fixed-blade and three folding pocket knives.
The first is a Browning fixed-blade skinning style knife. The blade face is marked BROWNING with a registered trademark symbol. It features a matte-finished stainless steel blade with a large circular finger hole and jimping along the spine. The handle is constructed with wood scales, likely pakkawood, showing a visible grain and secured by two hex-head screws. It is accompanied by a black nylon belt sheath featuring a Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation logo patch.
The second knife is a Schrade+ Old Timer 47OT folding pocket knife. The tang is stamped SCHRADE+ / U.S.A. 47OT on two lines. It features a clip point stainless steel blade with a thumb hole and partial serration. The handle consists of green textured synthetic scales with a black rubberized overmold grip and a brass lanyard hole. The knife utilizes a liner lock mechanism.
The third item is an unmarked modern tactical folding knife. It features a stainless steel clip point blade with a thumb hole and spine jimping. The handle is fitted with olive drab green textured G10 or synthetic scales secured by Torx-head screws and features a liner lock.
The fourth knife is a commemorative lockback folder celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Pony Express. The blade face features a circular etched logo reading 125 YEARS at the top and PONY EXPRESS at the bottom, surrounding a galloping horse. The reverse tang is stamped with the alphanumeric code FC 648. The handle features brass bolsters and liners with cream-colored synthetic scales; the presentation side displays a raised relief carving of a Pony Express rider in a Western landscape.
Condition report:
The Browning fixed blade and sheath appear in excellent, unused condition with no visible defects (Photo 2). The Schrade+ Old Timer 47OT is in good used condition, showing surface grime on the synthetic handle scales and minor spotting on the blade face (Photo 3). The modern tactical folder is in good condition with minor oxidation visible near the thumb hole (Photo 4). The Pony Express commemorative knife is in very good condition, displaying light tarnish to the brass bolsters (Photo 5).
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