Folk's, when the Lauermans took over Marble's in the mid 1990's, they hired Mike Stewart to head their knife division, they also started up their Custom Shoppe, to run along side the old Gladstone factory...they accepted custom orders for organizations, clubs, and regular folk's that wanted a custom Marble's knife made...well this Ideal here is 1 0f 100 made, has the custom etch on the off side of the blade, and at a 100 piece run , is a super scarce knife too run up on !!!

Folk's, the Marble's Ideal was the 1st knife in the Marble's lineup...1899 was its birthday, and by 1915 this knife had taken America by storm !!! Explorers from Teddy Roosevelt to Peary & Byrd who were the explorers to reach the north & south poles carried Ideals...Charles Lindbergh spent 1lb of his precious cargo weight to carry a Marble's Ideal, Matchbox, and Compass in the cockpit of the 1st solo Trans-Atlantic flight, now on display in the Smithsonian Institution !!!

By the end of its 3rd decade of production(1930) Marble's had become the world's most famous maker of outing equipment...From pole to pole, around the globe, the Marble's Ideal was the standard by which all other hunting knives were measured !!!

This is a M.S.A. Co. Stag Ideal...Custom 2003

This is a 1/2 Guard / 1/2 Hilt Ideal

Knife is 12" OAL with a 7" blade

Blade has the massive fuller in it thats makes the Ideal instantly reconized

Blade is deeply struck stamped: M.S.A. CO. Gladstone Mich. USA

Handle is genuine Stag, with great Stag bark all the way around it...very heavy gorgeous chunk of Stag

Blade is a huge 7" long, etched on front in the fuller: 1 of 100...and Custom 2003 on the off side

Comes with a very rare deep oil tanned double stamped Marble's sheath with sharpening stone pouch & stone, also never used...Marble Trademark stamp on front, Marble's stamp on back...Just here in May-2012, I saw a used sheath like this sell for 80 bucks on ebay...this is a top shelf sheath folk's, and if you intend to make this your carry knife, sure is nice to have every thing you need in the wild all in one package to stay sharp !!!

Comes in Original Marble's box

Condition: Mint...never used or carried

Please supersize pics on the next page for a close-up look at one, if not thee, most famous knives ever made !!!

Item # 38735