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I don't know if you guys saw this on ebay. Not my knife, but a very rare auto. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-folding-kni ... 1e87217a04

Wow !

From the listing :

"Old folding knife - KORN'S PATENT - CRITERION QUALITY - for parts - rough con."

That, my friends is a lot of money for a parts knife! Current bid $510

And it's going to cost whoever buys it a lot to get it working!
I'm pretty sure this one will come through the shop.

That`s rough ... would it even be worth restoring it ?

Awesome rare knife. Don't see many of those. Definitely worth restoring.

I know a very knowledgeable collector who bought a Korn's Patent parts knife ($165 or some ridiculous low price) on ebay. He figured by the time he had it restored he would have about $1,200 into the knife and figured it was worth 2 or 3 times that price.
He was a happy camper!

Apparently seller stopped the bidding and relisted it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-folding-kni ... 626wt_1151

can a bolster even be found for it ? or could one possibly be made . I don`t see it re-listed

It sure looked like an open auction a couple hours ago!
They must have gotten an offer they couldn't refuse.

I don't see any problem with making a new bolster, even if a person had to file it by hand.
The knife is definitely worth the work to restore it.

The bolster is the release mechanism on these. It requires fairly precise milling on the underside. There is a screw and a threaded spacer plate missing also. I recently rebuilt one that was in much worse shape and was also missing the bolster.

Was this knife also made with a black composition handle? With a pressed in pattern kind of like some of the Marbles? I seem to remember a picture of one somewhere.

Yes, it was discussed over at TalkBlade a couple years ago.......

IM

That black one is cool

Thanks for posting the link in in the middle of auction ......some A-hole spooked the seller after you did and auction got closed . Still cost me . Here`s the knife now