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Posted: **Sat May 13, 2023 10:17 pm**

This is my first Marble's.
After looking through my copy of "The Encyclopedia of Marble's Knives & Sporting Collectibles" I believe it is an Ideal from the 1940s. The tang stamp is the roller-coaster stamp with left facing serif on the A.
MARBLE'S
GLADSTONE
MICH. U.S.A.
Small nut tear drop pommel.
5in blade, 5/32 thick.
Looks like it could be 1931 to 1949.

Please correct any errors that I have made and add any other information or narrow down the date.
I do not believe this to be an original Marble's sheath, but not sure.

Posted: **Sat May 13, 2023 10:36 pm**

War time versions had bakelite pommels, likely a pre war knife. That is not a serif in the A, and many collectors think the book is wrong about the left business. Sheath looks like it's from an Imperial, definitely not original to the knife. Decent old knife, I never understood why they were sought after for a while, Marbles never had as nice a finish as KA-BAR, Case, or Remington. The bottom has fallen out of the market for them in the last five years except for the rarer early models. Good knife if you got a good deal on it.

Posted: **Sat May 13, 2023 11:39 pm**

Gunsil wrote: ↑Sat May 13, 2023 10:36 pm War time versions had bakelite pommels, likely a pre war knife. That is not a serif in the A, and many collectors think the book is wrong about the left business. Sheath looks like it's from an Imperial, definitely not original to the knife. Decent old knife, I never understood why they were sought after for a while, Marbles never had as nice a finish as KA-BAR, Case, or Remington. The bottom has fallen out of the market for them in the last five years except for the rarer early models. Good knife if you got a good deal on it.

Thank you sir for the information.

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