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RARE 1940’-50’S STRATEGIC AIR FORCE COMMAND BOKER 155 US SURVIVAL KNIFE/MINT
RARE 1940’-50’S STRATEGIC AIR FORCE COMMAND BOKER 155 US SURVIVAL KNIFE/MINT
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1 unissued condition ca. late-1940’s – 50’s U.S. Boker 155 Strategic Air Command survival knife. This knife model was featured in the September 2002 edition of Knife World. This knife would make an important edition to any collection.
The front ricasso is stamped ‘BOKER U.S.A.’. The reverse ricasso is stamped ‘155’.
The blade measures 4 9/16″.
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WWI WWII FRENCH FIGHTING KNIFE -1916 VENGEUR/AVENGER Dagger/Astier Prodon Thiers
WWI WWII FRENCH FIGHTING KNIFE -1916 VENGEUR/AVENGER Dagger/Astier Prodon Thiers
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1 WW1/WW2 French Le Vengeur trench fighting knife available. This classic model 1916 fighting knife would make an important addition to any Allied or world militaria collection.
The ricasso is stamped with the maker’s mark ‘ASTIER PRODON THIERS’. The blade measures 6 5/8″.
Interested in collecting all the different makers of the French ‘Le Vengeur’ trench knife? I have knives by other makers currently listed.
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WWII COLLINS V44 KNIFE -GREEN HORN -US WW2 JUNGLE FIGHTING -USMC/MARINE CORPS
WWII COLLINS V44 KNIFE -GREEN HORN -US WW2 JUNGLE FIGHTING -USMC/MARINE CORPS
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1 vintage WW2 Collins V-44 survival knife available. This V-44 combat knife would make an important addition to any collection.
The blade is stamped ‘COLLINS & CO. LEGITIMUS MADE IN U.S.A. No. 18’. This knife measures 14″ overall. The blade itself measures 9 7/16″. This knife has a brass guard, and desirable green horn handle.
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Japanese WWII Samurai Sword -WW2 Katana -SKULL & CROSSBONES Fittings -SIGNED -th
Japanese WWII Samurai Sword -WW2 Katana -SKULL & CROSSBONES Fittings -SIGNED -th
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St. Croix Blades buys Japanese swords! In need of an appraisal, or want to sell or consign your sword or entire collection? Pricing out an estate? Contact Us! 715-557-1688
1 antique World War II Japanese samurai sword available. This sword would make an important addition to any collection.
The blade measures 26 1/16″ (66.2 cm)–as measured properly with a tape pulled tight from the blade tip to the bottom of the notch in the habaki.
This sword is signed by the swordsmith on the nakago.
The blade has a wavy oil-tempered hamon.
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Japanese NCO Sword from the PLIMPTON Collection -MINT CONDITION -Published/th
Japanese NCO Sword from the PLIMPTON Collection -MINT CONDITION -Published/th
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St. Croix Blades buys Japanese swords! In need of an appraisal, or want to sell or consign your collection? Pricing out an estate? Contact Us! 715-557-1688
If you missed out on the swords from the John Plimpton collection when they were for sale a while back, here’s another chance to buy one. In fact, St. Croix Blades bought more than 50 of the Plimpton swords–we’ve just stowed them away to be listed here every so often.
Japanese NCO sword photographed for John Plimpton’s book Swords of the Emperor – A Guide to the Identification of Imperial Japanese Swords, 1873 – 1945. A book sword would make a rare addition to any collection.
The sword and scabbard/saya have the matching serial number ‘142771’.
A premium sword for only the finest collections.
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Japanese WWII Army Sword -WW2 Samurai/Gendai/AMAHIDE -Tamahagane -HOT STAMP -th
Japanese WWII Army Sword -WW2 Samurai/Gendai/AMAHIDE -Tamahagane -HOT STAMP -th
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1 water-tempered Japanese WW2 gendai sword by Amahide with special Silver-plated custom fittings. These special Silver-plated fittings are only seen once in a great while. This fine antique Japanese sword would make an important acquisition for any collection.
This sword is signed ‘Noshu Seki ju Ichimonji Amahide kitau kore’. This sword also has Amahide’s hot stamp (kokuin).
This is a special sword. Unlike roughly 95% of gendai swords, this sword was made with Tamahagane (traditional Japanese sand steel), and was made in the old ways. Note the beautiful hada (grain) visible in the close-up photos (especially in the last two photos above).
The blade measures 24 11/16″ from blade tip to notch in the blade spine. As mentioned, this is a traditionally-made gendai sword–there are no arsenal or Showa stamps on the nakago.
This sword also has its original blue/brown Company grade Officer’s tassel. The saya, as part of the special custom koshirae/mounts, is made of special textured lacquer over wood.
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Japanese WWII Army Sword -Samurai/Gendai/Water-Temper Gendaito -FIERY Hamon -th
Japanese WWII Army Sword -Samurai/Gendai/Water-Temper Gendaito -FIERY Hamon -th
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1 water-tempered Japanese WW2 gendai sword available. This fine antique Japanese sword would make an important acquisition for any collection.
This is a special sword. Check out the fiery temper line.
The blade measures 26 1/8″ from blade tip to notch in the blade spine. As mentioned, this is a traditionally-made gendai sword–there are no arsenal or Showa stamps on the nakago. The nakago is not signed. Note the carefully-made pattern of file marks up near the habaki.
This sword was made with multiple layers of steel–as can be seen by looking carefully at the blade.
Note the mounts are higher quality with 2 wide seppa among the fittings. The seppa and tsuba all have matching assembly numbers.
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OSS FAIRBAIRN SYKES KNIFE -US WWII PANCAKE SPATULA/FLIPPER DAGGER STILETTO -CIA
OSS FAIRBAIRN SYKES KNIFE -US WWII PANCAKE SPATULA/FLIPPER DAGGER STILETTO -CIA
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1 vintage U.S. World War II OSS stiletto fighting knife. This historic OSS stiletto would make an important addition to any collection.
The knife measures 11 5/8″ overall. The blade itself measures just under 6 3/4″. The blade has one Rockwell test mark. The original black rubber scabbard o-ring always breaks down over time. Many collectors replace the black rubber o-ring with one from a hardware store. The original o-ring was exactly that–a standard black rubber o-ring, plain and simple.
Mike Silvey’s book Knives of the United States Military World War II features this knife. M.H. Cole’s The Best of U.S. Military Knives also covers this knife. In addition, Frank Trzaska’s article “The O.S.S. Stiletto” published in Knife World Magazine’s Military Knives–a Reference Book discusses this knife as well.
The LF&C pancake flipper scabbard for this knife is in premium condition.
This OSS stiletto has both rare condition, AND it was actually carried—note that unlike most OSS stilettos in this condition with a mint blade (the were never carried) the top of the pancake flipper sheath had a belt woven through it.
