The sheath is wood and has a lever that applies pressure to the blade to retain it. The hole and groove serves no purpose as far as I know, it is a signature mark of Rockstead Knives. This is without exception the sharpest knife I have ever seen in my life. I can set a phone book on the table and with little straight down pressure this blade will cut completely through it. It has a true Appleseed grind like some Samurai Swords have.That's really something. Is that wood on the sheath/scabbard?
What's the point of that hole & groove feature at the top of the blade?
Todd.
This came in today. There appears to be a significant exaggeration of color from the manufacturer's picture versus reality. I still like it fine though. Maybe in full sunlight...……
That thing is gorgeous. I'd struggle to use it for anything but light duty also.
Did you buy that Gerber Aussie Bowie recently? I have a few old catalogs that were selling them for less than $100 in the 1990's. I am not sure that they ever retailed for over $200. They were a pretty decent knife but I always liked the Cold Steel Trailmaster better. I still have a special edition CS Trailmaster called the Flight of the Intruder Bowie, from the movie of the same name.
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I collected a lot of Cold Steel and Gerber knives back in the 1980's and 90's. I still have a few but, for a while there I had literally hundreds of them.
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I made some of the earliest detailed lists of Gerber Mark II's by production year and characteristics.
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"Gee, nice gas station knife."
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This one was well worth it, and I dont see myself spending this much again in the future.
Looks like we got bitten by the same bug. My CT just became my most expensive knife by edging out my Inkosi.
Not as good of a picture as yours
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I really dig this one.
Good score on the 204p!
That is one hell of a score. I'm retired from S.F. and am always on the lookout for one so I've known the market for a quarter century. Your provenance is epic.Here is my latest knife - a bucket list knife for me, for some time.
It is a Case V42 - issued to a Forceman of the Canadian/US First Special Service Force, in 1943.