Folk's, I have just a super Rare oppurtunity for someone to become the new owner of this gorgeous Ideal...Made in Gladstone, Mich. at the Marble's Custom Shoppe LLC by Dave Shirley and Andy Hess & crew. 1st...its an Ideal...M.S.A. Co. stamped...1 of 50 made in the world..Sheath stamped front & back with Marble's trademark and it has a sharpening stone with pouch & both of the snaps are stamped...Stag & Buffalo Horn handle...I really don't know how a Marble's knife can have any more collectible attributes than this varmit has !!!

Ideal History : The Ideal Hunting knife was Webster Marble's 1st attempt at knife making, and as it turned out, his most successful. Introduced to the world in 1899, W L Marble had this to say about his design : This knife is the Ideal cross between a sticking and skinning knife.... hand made, hand tested. There is about as much difference between our Ideal Hunting knives and any other knife... as there is between a porcupine & a grizzly bear !!!

This is Marble's 1st knife pattern. Prototyped in 1899 in the 1st versions, and by 1901, this Marble's Ideal pattern took America by storm !!! It was in the cockpit on the 1st trans-atlantic flight, carried by explorers worldwide on expeditions to every corner of the world !!! By the end of its 3rd decade of production, (1930) from Pole To Pole, around the globe, the Marble's Ideal was the hunting knife that by which all others were measured !!!

Knife is 11 3/4" OAL

Blade is 6"

Blade is brushed finish high carbon. Ideals are 1st recognized by the Huge Fuller on each side. Heavy brass guard and the famous Marble's spacers.....Blade is etched 1 of 50...

It is stamped: M. S. A. Co. Gladstone, Mich. U.S.A. on the front and custom 2003 on the off side

It is handled in simply Gorgeous Stag with great character & deep lines all the way around this massive piece is Stag 5 1/2" long !!! It is capped of on the end with a beautiful Buffalo Horn end cap...a stunning Ideal !!! 

Comes to ya New, in original Marbles box, never used or carried. Box has some oil stains on bottom that came from the factory

Also has the Marble's deep oil tanned leather sheath W/ pouch for sharpening stone which is included !!! Sheath stamped on front & rear. Front of sheath has a few small oil stains on it that can be seen in pics

Please supersize the pics on the next page for a close-up look at one of the most famous pattern fixed blade hunters ever made in American Cut. History !!!

Item # 26890