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these ARE from the guy on ebay, i had seeen the case pearl e toe

but went in to look at others completed this was a darlin.... IF CORRECT
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This is only my opinion but I would that knife in the class of authentic Wells Fargo knives and belt buckles.I have never seen a Price folding knife(have seen fixed blades)and I don't think that particular pattern is as old a when Price was making knives. Again just my opinion.
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I know nothing about M Price knives...however just based on my sense of old knives in general I can tell you that one is a fake. Most likely made out of Cattaraugus parts, modern stag handles. Was that one on Ebay?
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Steve is right a complete piece of crap made out of Catt parts.
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And it sold for $525 !
It is as if some knife collectors are completely unaware that fakes exist.
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kootenay joe wrote:And it sold for $525 !
It is as if some knife collectors are completely unaware that fakes exist.
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Before I found this forum it never occurred to me that anyone would bother faking a pocketknife. Of course, back then I never knew that anyone would spend $500 for a pocketknife!
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Regardless of the price tag, I just don't "get" the Toenail/ Sunfish knives....what's the intended purpose?
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SteelMyHeart85420 wrote:Regardless of the price tag, I just don't "get" the Toenail/ Sunfish knives....what's the intended purpose?
::shrug:: I don't get 'em either.
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SteelMyHeart85420 wrote:Regardless of the price tag, I just don't "get" the Toenail/ Sunfish knives....what's the intended purpose?
As far as I know their original purpose was for sailors to cut rope.I only own one of them(a 4dot Case)and I don't remember why I even bought it.Not a practical knife to carry in my opinion;although I'm not a sailor anymore either. :mrgreen:
Did anyone see the other items he was selling? He had a rather large herd of toes by different makers.Didn't look at them that closely but they looked OK.
EDIT: Just looked and he has TEN more toes! There is one knife he has that I am mildly interested in and may bid on if he will take money orders(I don't do PayPal);a Jacques Mongin folder. I have a similar one with an additional marlin spike in it.
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SteelMyHeart85420 wrote:Regardless of the price tag, I just don't "get" the Toenail/ Sunfish knives....what's the intended purpose?
I've heard and don't know for sure but toenails/sunfish were used in the old lumber industries by workers (i.e., lumberjacks) ... big hefty knives for big hefty cutting jobs... and certainly you would need 2 pairs of suspenders to EDC them :D ...
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Levine states they were used by carpenters and linemen, but I believe they were used in hardware stores to cut hemp rope, and the large blade was driven through the heavy rope with a wooden mallet. I am a carpenter and I can see them somewhat useful in the trade but a hawkbill and whittler are actually more useful for framing. ____Dave
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kootenay joe wrote:And it sold for $525 !


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No, the "best offer" was accepted, it sold for somewhere north of $350.
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The original listing says this: "Sold for: US $525.00"
How can you tell that this is not correct ? There are no other amounts shown.
Sunfish/Toenail knives were used to cut through the very thick rope used in the days of large sailing vessels and early steam ships. A wooden baton was used to hammer on the blade spine to drive the knife edge through the rope. The blades are deep because the ropes were thick and the cutting edge needed to cut through before the spine got buried below surface of rope.
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Sunfish knives are an American pattern.They showed up around 1900.First makers could have been Platts, Case Brothers , or Phoenix .Most likely for the oil industry in the Western Pa.- Western NY.area.Sailing ships were pretty much a thing of the past by the time the pattern was developed.They were probably used a lot to cut rope with the aid of some kind of club.Quite a few old toes I''ve had and seen had chips on the top edge from being beat on..
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Doesn't say anything about cutting rope in this ad! :)
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Well, another knife myth debunked !
I have read numerous times about Sunfish/Toenail knives having the intended use of cutting through thick ropes used on ships. Likely most others here have also read such posts.
It sounds reasonable to me so i took it to be true, but i am willing to accept that this is incorrect, as are many knife 'facts' that knife collectors relate to each other.
The internet is great for enabling 'research' into knife facts & myths.
thanks for the correction. I do appreciate it. It is a part of why i am here.
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