This one just strikes me as having been customized. The strawberry bone doesn't seen to have the right dimensions, and the pins are too clean. Usually pins with any age start to create a dark spot on the surrounding bone. But the real kicker, for me, is the pivot pin. The bolster is nickel silver / stainless I guess, but that pin looks brass. It just strikes me as some as my old customs before I started using nickel silver pins
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ESTATE-FIND-Vin ... d%3D777003%
Case 6143 Daddy Barlow
Case 6143 Daddy Barlow
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Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee
Re: Case 6143 Daddy Barlow
Looks like you nailed that one. Is that Robeson bone? This guy is an estate buyer and not a knife guy. He doesn't live far from me and has a talent for outbidding me on every single knife I have an eye on. He lists them all on ebay and does surprisingly well on them. He has been told before that his knives were suspect but lets them run anyway.
“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.” (Paulo Coelho)
Men make plans and God laughs
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.
Men make plans and God laughs
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.
Re: Case 6143 Daddy Barlow
Also I forgot to mention. The one picture of the backspring shows where the bolsters / bone meet up....and they are offset. Believe me, I know about that problem, as I've screwed up like this myself when customizing.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee
Re: Case 6143 Daddy Barlow
I was just looking at this guys other items. Hard to explain how it is perfectly acceptable to sell a sword on ebay, but if you try and list a key chain switchblade you're threatened with suspension.
“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.” (Paulo Coelho)
Men make plans and God laughs
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.
Men make plans and God laughs
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.