American Blade Collectors Association-25 Blades

[Pat Stanley]

Up for sale is my collection of American Blade collectors knives. Not sure if is in any way complete. All are unsharpened, unused and near mint. I say near mint because you can find minor blemishes from storage or manufacturing. All but one have good to excelent snap. Quite a few have the factory oil contributing this. From my experience with this my collection once the 30+ yo factory oil is cleaned they are as good as new. For the photos I did not polish most of these, only some glaring fingerprints and I did miss a few. Check the photos and enlarge for a detailed view. I did not take extensive photos due to the quantity. For serious inquiries I can take more photos. I would prefer to sell these as a collection as I have had some unplanned expenses recently. I may be posting a day or 2 prematurely as I have yet to come up with an accurate evaluation. I think I'll have to place photos in multiple posts due to file size.

I can be reached via pm but I can respond much quicker via email at patgf58@gmail.com. During the day I am not often near a computer. Ill have all the photos post hopefully in order of the listing.

Year Maker, Bld markings Model # Qty. Handle #Blds SN Notes

1982 Case 5288 SSP 1of 5000 Stag 2 L413 1 ea.
1983 American Blade 1 of 5000 Synt.? 3 L413 Japan, Blade lock
1983 American Blade Trapper Mo.of Pearl 2 413 Japan
1984 Hen&Roost/Frank Buster Congress,AK-838, 1 of 600 Pick Bone Stag 4 L413 Solingen,Germany
1984 Amer.Blade,Chatt, TN Congress,No.689-3,,not avail. Mo.of Pearl 3 L413 Japan
1985 Parker Edwards Locking Hunter 1 of 5000 Bone/Stag? 1 L413 Jacksonville,AL
1985 Amer.Blade,Wolstemholm Congress 1 of 5000 Mo.of Pearl 6 L413 Japan, Replica of Abe Lincoln congress
1986 American Blade Canoe/Congress 1 of 3997 Mo.of Pearl 3 L0413 Chatt. TN
1986 Parker Edwards Folding Hunter 1 of 3990 Mo.of Pearl 1 L0413 Damascus blade
1987 Case 51050 51050 LSSP 1 of 3500 Stag 1 L413 Locking bld w/guard USA
1987 Parker Edwards 2 blade razor 1 of 3500 Bone/Synt ? 2 L413 Alabama
1988 Parker Edwards 2 blade trapper 1 of 2100 Synt/Bone? 2 L416 Alabama, possible SN issuance error
1988 Case ROG 61113 SS 1 of 2100 Jigg Synt 1 L413 USA
1989 Case 51050 SS 1 of 2500 Stag 1 L0413 USA
1989 Parker Liner lock 1 of 2500 Stag? 1 L0413 USA, Damascus w/ thumb screw
1990 Parker Barlow 1 of 2500 Stag/Bone? 1 L0413 USA, Damascus blade
1990 Case GROG 62100 SS 1 of 2500 Jigged Synt. 2 L0413 Bradford, PA
1991 Buck 312X Muscrat 1 of 1500 Synt. 2 0124 USA,Satin finish blade
1991 Queen City Stockman 1 of 1500 Synt.Stag 3 0124 USA
1992 Shatt&Morgan,Queen Steel Stockman 1 of 1000 Stag 3 0391 Titisville, PA
1992 Case 05200 SS 1 of 1000 Stag 2 0391 USA
1993 Shatt&Morgan,Queen Steel Locking Hunter 1 of 600 Rosewood? 1 L0413 Titisville, PA, Swing guard.
1993 Case Muscrat 1 of 600 Stag 2 L0413 USA
1994 Case DR6354SS 1 of 600 Synt.worm grv. 3 L413 USA, NIB w/ papers

Thanks for looking,
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[Pat Stanley]

More photos.
All but a few do not have papers or boxes. About 20 are stored in the velvet lined folding case as shown in one of the photos.

Payment can be made through Google Pay, PayPal or credit/debit card with a 3.25% fee.

Again thanks for looking. Any thoughts or insights would also be appreciated.

Pat

[Pat Stanley]

Just found this on fleabay. My father was a life subscriber/member and his member # is 413. L413, 413, 0413 and L0413 are the numbers on my set. What do you think, factory mix up, or more than the 2100 produced?

Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1988-A ... Sw0nhcy6Ck

[danno50]

That is a nice collection of knives, Pat. However, there is currently not a lot of interest in club knives. Better to look at sold listings on ebay. I just searched and there are 5 ABCA knives listed as being sold in the last while. Prices ranged from $17.50 to $87.86, with and average of $55.
I started out by collecting NKCA knives about 12 years ago. I believe that right now I would be lucky to get back half of what I originally paid for the 27 that I have.

[danno50]

Sorry, I missed the gist of your query. Seems strange that the ebay knives have the same number as your father's collection. However, I have not answer as to why.

[Pat Stanley]

Wondering if $1000 for 24 (not 25 sorry) would make this attractive.
Thanks for looking.

[pearlroosterman]

Pat, have you sold the collection yet? John

[Pat Stanley]

Pat, have you sold the collection yet? John

No sir John I have not.