Hi guys i picked this up today

did you find it at bedford?

Yes nick i did

Nice score. I have one with a wood grip, never seen a metal one.

Cheers Tim i also have the wood gripped one. been looking for this one for a few years now (1st one i have ever seen for sale),its always very pleasing to get a knife that you have spent years looking for.

when I was collecting them years ago I could never get that steel handled example!
Great catch you got there!



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Thanks Gaspare, only 2 more to go and i will have all the metal handle types
Its going to be be a long long hunt finding them

Hi Sean,

I'd love to see your collection of the metal gripped knives. Can you post them, or have you posted them somewhere already I could check out?

Very nice
I never saw metal gripped knives.
thanks for sharing.

Stingray

Tim heres another one

Another nice one, thanks for showing it Sean. When you say you're close to getting all the metal gripped ones, how many are there?

Tim there are 5 different ones see photo below( courtesy of tom johnson's book)

left to right i have no 1 2 and 5. so want 3 and 4

Theres more than those 5,,,well at least one more,,
Looks like #5 but more of a eagles head with fake press bayo stud..
Nice pieces by the way!

Wow, small world. I've seen those in person, the collection in the pic is right down the street .

Hi Gaspare do you have a photo of that one
Tim thats cool a real treat to see for real i am sure

sean,,I had an actual photo [not from book] sadly it is still in a hard drive I couldn't retrieve my stuff out of!

I have a couple old fighting knife books,,if its in there I'll post.

Hello,

Neat thread on the metal fighting knives.. What have you all seen the first style sell for ?

The one on the far left with the checkered metal grip

thanks C

hey here's an all steel one for you guys to shoot for!

Hi Disbo100 the checkered metal grip one i have only ever seen the one i own never ever seen another one for sale and considering mine cost me �12.50 i don't think that's any guide line.

Hi Gaspare i have found a picture of the other one that you mentioned (Looks like #5 but more of a eagles head with fake press bayo stud )in Eugen von Halasz book.
The one above i would think is impossible to find! but hey i am going to keep looking

Found this one yesterday never seen another anywhere before not even in a book. sadly the quillon is broken

Picked this one up today been a long time coming

That top one looks like what is left of a bayonet.