What Is Your "Holy Grail" Knife

[allmightyoz]

GEC Gambler in genuine stag... or maybe a Buck 184 buckmaster... - grails i could get with some saving.

but the holiest of holy would have to be a vintage Randall Made M-1 with stag handles...

seeing MB pistol knife post... i think this one would be a little more attainable to me, and have added it as my most supreme holy grail knife

[knife-nut]

It would have to be a Remington scout with the spanish etching, or a Holly charter oak.

[rangerbluedog]

...but the holiest of holy would have to be a vintage Randall Made M-1 with stag handles...

+1 on that one oz

[allmightyoz]

dad had one of these blue... sold it on the bay about 7 years ago for 2,800... we had no idea how much it was worth or what it was, and a $125 reserve!

the m-1 SPRINGFIELD

he had the holy grail for 25 years, n never knew it!

[Miller Bro's]

^^^They made that model with a stag handle?

[rangerbluedog]

be still my heart!
That's purty.
I might would settle for a new made in Richmond Virginia John Ek Model 5, with checkered walnut handles as a "cheap substitute"

[allmightyoz]

i highly doubt it, but that makes it even MORE like the holy grail... unattainable i know they made the springfield fighters not marked orlando OR springfield, which is what my dad had. rumor has it they were outsourced to a different company and made only about 250 of them, thats what the guy that bought it told us. just marked randall made. the guy that bought it said basically it was his holy grail knife, and he'd never seen another.

[rangerbluedog]

oz, I'll bet the $125 reserve price was busted pretty quickly on that one!

[allmightyoz]

got a rooskie offer for 500 the first hour !

[stockman]

This might be someone's "Holy Grail" This is my knife maybe not my "Holy Grail" knife
but nice. Also my friend did these pictures.

[Toejammer]

My Holy Grail is whatever knife I can sneak past the wife into the house.........

[sextonknifeworks]

Mine would be a WR Case Green Bone Long Pull 6488 Congress with a center shield. Had one in my hand one time but couldnt afford to pull the trigger and still cant.

[bonehead]

Folks,

Not sure if there is one. There are just tooooooo many Real vintage knives out there I would like to have, many do not come up for sale either at auction or by other means. That said I'm happy with the beauty's that I have, some nice, others not so. I love them all, the older the better.

BH

[FRJ]

I'd like to have something made by the Platts.

[Dave O]

I asked Buster Warenski in 1972 if he would build me a folder. His comment cannot be used in public, but the answer resembled ... Not a chance. In 1994 he walked into my office and said here is your @#$%^& folder. I will post a photo here when I get home today. Since he passed on. I have been able to get a few more of his rigid blades and cherish them, as there will be no more.

[MrBlister]

Guess one of my fav's is this TESTED 6207 Long Pull

diddle bit rare.........

[wazu013]

I was lucky enough to find mine a while back. It's a Case 551 folding hunter (Pig Sticker). Now I am dreaming of owning a Case 5171L bolster stamped lever lock switchblade and I just want to hold a Case 5172 zipper Clasp switchblade. I guess you never really find the end of the tunnel. That's what makes it fun to collect. It's up to each person as long as it for them.
wazu013

[Miller Bro's]

Love the Stag on that Case knife wazu


Thanks to everyone who responded to this thread, it is interesting to see what different collectors hold in high regard as their "Grail" knife

[knife-nut]

Its kind of funny how your Holy Grail knife changes as you get older and taste in knives change. You aquire some of the knives you can't seem to do without, but you always seem to have a few more that you hunt for. To me, half the fun is in the chase.

[IMBand]

Case zipper release switchblade 61050L 1920-40 Tested XX, green bone of course.

[FRJ]

I asked Buster Warenski in 1972 if he would build me a folder. His comment cannot be used in public, but the answer resembled ... Not a chance. In 1994 he walked into my office and said here is your @#$%^& folder. I will post a photo here when I get home today. Since he passed on. I have been able to get a few more of his rigid blades and cherish them, as there will be no more.

I came across this article (I don't show the full article) Gun Digest Knives, 1973, on Warenski.

[olderdogs1]

Ok, mine is a Bulldog Stockman, BKC#49, 1st Bulldog produced. Has the Winchester tang stamp and Pit Bulls Terrier etch, bone handles. This knife is in the books but I have never seen one and am not even sure that one exists. I have fished unsuccessfully for years to no avail.

[sextonknifeworks]

Ok, mine is a Bulldog Stockman, BKC#49, 1st Bulldog produced. Has the Winchester tang stamp and Pit Bulls Terrier etch, bone handles. This knife is in the books but I have never seen one and am not even sure that one exists. I have fished unsuccessfully for years to no avail.

Ive never seen that one either. I have had the smaller version BKC50A. Thats the only one Ive seen with the winchester stamp.

[knife-nut]

I just thought I need to add one more to my Holy Grail list. How about an original Michael Price bowie knife. Might as well wish big.

[Miller Bro's]

How about an original Michael Price bowie knife. Might as well wish big.

Good one


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