Thank you for your interest in this knife. My father, Jay Bigler, a hobbyist knifemaker, was pretty much self-taught and didn't begin making knives until after he retired in 1993. He passed in 2016, but had suffered from a severe stroke in 2012 at the age of 82. He was not able to work on knives from that time on. Before that he was prolific in the knives he produced. No two were ever completely alike.

He did not catalog his knives as to when they were made or the materials that he used. However, I have been able to discern a range of years from how he put his name on the knives. The stamped “Jay Bigler Maker Anna Il” dates this knife sometime from 2001 to 2004. This is what I call Dad’s “middle period”, and this was around the time that he made his first folding knives.

Although I am no expert on knives – and as wonderful and creative as Dad’s work is – I do try to point out any flaws with a knife that I can discern so that the buyer will be aware of what he or she is buying and not be “surprised” by the condition of the knife when it is received.

The handle of this off-white knife has some light discoloration which I think could have been caused by a polishing compound. When fully extended, the blade does not lock in place. When closing he blade, however, the locking device catches it at a 90-degree angle. When closed, the knife is 3.75”; opened, it’s 6.25” with a 2.75” blade.

Selling “as is”.

As a side note: I am so grateful to all the buyers who have purchased Bigler knives. It makes me glad to know how widely appreciated my father’s work is. Through sales elsewhere, knives have gone to collectors in over 25 states, from coast to coast and border to border.

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