vintage knives

The Model 26 Pathfinder is an excellent lightweight skinning and outdoor knife. The blade design favours both cutting and pointing work. This knife has become one of the most popular small hunting knives.

KNIFE WITHDRAWN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: Previously purchased
* Condition: Good overall condition
* Sharpening: Original
* Marks on blade: None
* Marks on handle: Slight on the guard, the deer part is parts as new
* Packaging: -
* Scabbard: Original, leather, in good condition, some marks on the front
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: -
* Checked and certified by our in-house laboratory

Intended use: utility

Type of production: handcrafted
Country of manufacture: USA
Blade: stainless steel 440B
Blade finish: satin
Handle: Deerskin
Blade length: 100mm.
Blade thickness: 4mm.
Total length: 215mm.
Balance: set back about 2cm from the guard
Weight: 124g. (206g. scabbard included)
Sheath: brown leather with belt loop
Notes: -

The Model 16 was designed to meet the demand for an almost indestructible multi-purpose knife, including intensive use in salt water (careful cleaning and maintenance is however recommended). A special wax-impregnated sheath is included.

7″ (17.8cm) stainless steel blade with 6.5mm thickness. The top of the blade is slightly serrated to allow easy thumb placement. Black Micarta handle. Extra-heavy 7/8″ (2.2cm) wide tang that extends through a channel in the handle, securely fixed with epoxy. 

KNIFE TAKEN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: Previously purchased, manufactured in 2023
* Condition: Very good condition, like new
* Sharpening: Original
* Marks on blade: None
* Marks on handle: None
* Packaging: -
* Scabbard: original, leather, in very good condition
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: - - * Checked and Certified by our in-house laboratory.
* Checked and certified by our in-house laboratory

Intended use: utility

Type of production: handcrafted
Country of manufacture: USA
Blade: stainless steel 440B
Blade finish: satin
Handle: Micarta
Blade length: 178mm.
Blade thickness: 6.5mm.
Total length: 297mm.
Balance: on the guard
Weight: 362g. (522g. including scabbard)
Sheath: Brown leather with belt loop
Notes: -

Knife withdrawn from private collection presumably dating back to the first half of the 1980s - overall in good condition - knife still has factory sharpening, but now ineffective - has a couple of small scratches on the blade and a few small marks on the guard - comes with Randall handcrafted leather sheath in excellent condition - Checked and certified by our in-house lab. 

Randall's Model 11 was designed in 1952 by Tommy Thompson, noted Alaskan guide. An otima blade for skinning big game, it features a serrated top of the blade to facilitate thumb placement and prevent thumb slippage.

Intended use: hunting/collecting

Type of production: handcrafted
Country of manufacture: USA
Blade: O-1 carbon steel
Blade finish: satin-finished
Handle: deer antler, with brass guard
Blade length: 855mm.
Blade thickness: 4mm.
Total length: 195mm.
Balance: set back, at 2cm.
Weight: 165g.
Sheath: Leather
Notes: knife withdrawn from private collection, overall in good condition

Knife withdrawn from private collection, dates from the very first production in 1984 (in fact, it does not indicate the patent engravings, affixed in 1985 and does not indicate the production date, affixed only from 1986). Globally in good condition, it has marks on the blade and handle due to the normal passage of time and the very aggressive scabbard which, containing a spring-loaded metal foil, irreparably scratches the blade both in insertion and extraction - It still has the factory sharpening and comes with a compass in the tang and two harpoons already engaged on the guard branch; lacking instead the box and additional accessories - Checked and certified by our in-house laboratory.

Intended Use: Sporting / Collection

Type of production: Industrial
Country of manufacture: USA
Blade: knife made entirely of 425M stainless steel
Blade finish: satin-finished
Handle: hollow, stainless steel, with rear screw cap
Blade length: 185mm.
Blade thickness: 7.5mm.
Total length: 315mm.
Balance: set back from the guard branch
Weight: 675g.
Scabbard: black ABS
Notes: The feature, patented, is the presence of two removable screw-on harpoons/hooks. The function of these is simple anchorage. In fact, this knife can be used as a throwing hook by attaching a rope to the ring on the pommel. The manufacturer guarantees a harpoon hold of up to 600 pounds. The Navy Seals, specifically, had requested a knife that could be used underwater in order to anchor the vehicles to an underwater attachment point, and that is the reason for the total steel construction.

Intended use: hunting / collection

Production Type Semi-Handmade
Blade: stainless steel M.V.S. 8 (AUS-8)
Country of production: Japan Seki
Handle: wood and leather rings, with knob and guard in mirror polished alpaca
Blade length: 90mm.
Blade thickness: 5mm.
Overall length: 210mm.
Weight: 172g.
Sheath: leather, hand-stitched
Packaging: cardboard box with Hiro logos
Notes: Knife in 1992, again, in perfect condition