bikerdoc
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Saturday I went to the gun and knife show in Norfolk. Good crowd, prices coming down on guns and ammo, but I digress.
The usual knife dealers were there, ranging from off shore junk ( Amazing how people are willing to pay 18 bucks for an A/O 440) to high dollar customs. As always there were 2 or 3 newbies looking to make the rent, electric, or beer money.
Newbie one had a table full of customs from South Africa, done by a guy nameded Boshoff (Sp) S30V with bone and horn handles ranging from 2 hundred to 1500 USD. Nice work! Too rich for me.
Anybody know of him?
Newbie # two, (not a very likable guy) had and assortment of all kinds of junk, like he was having a yard sale. Except for a cigar box with a few old, rusty dirty, broken, pocket knives. Mother load for the Doc!
Yep, I scored.
Got an old Imperial 3.5 inch stiletto with a yellow handle.
and
A Vann Camp hardware stockman with bone handle.
Both have walk and talk.
Both are dirty,and rusted and the blades look like the were sharpened by a chimp with a wood file - nothing I cant make make presentable.
The sad part is the guy said he got them from his grandfather and they have been lying around since the 70's. Said a small prayer to his grandpa that they will be restored and have a good home.
The stiletto will go in the collection drawer, the stockman may be a user.
Pics to follow later in the week.
The usual knife dealers were there, ranging from off shore junk ( Amazing how people are willing to pay 18 bucks for an A/O 440) to high dollar customs. As always there were 2 or 3 newbies looking to make the rent, electric, or beer money.
Newbie one had a table full of customs from South Africa, done by a guy nameded Boshoff (Sp) S30V with bone and horn handles ranging from 2 hundred to 1500 USD. Nice work! Too rich for me.
Anybody know of him?
Newbie # two, (not a very likable guy) had and assortment of all kinds of junk, like he was having a yard sale. Except for a cigar box with a few old, rusty dirty, broken, pocket knives. Mother load for the Doc!
Yep, I scored.
Got an old Imperial 3.5 inch stiletto with a yellow handle.
and
A Vann Camp hardware stockman with bone handle.
Both have walk and talk.
Both are dirty,and rusted and the blades look like the were sharpened by a chimp with a wood file - nothing I cant make make presentable.
The sad part is the guy said he got them from his grandfather and they have been lying around since the 70's. Said a small prayer to his grandpa that they will be restored and have a good home.
The stiletto will go in the collection drawer, the stockman may be a user.
Pics to follow later in the week.
