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Harold Corby - '80 Vintage Small Micarta Fighter - PRIVATE COLLECTION - custom knife
KNIFE WITHDRAWN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: Previously purchased from Lorenzi's cutlery shop in Milan, via Monte Napoleone, presumably in the 1980s.
* Condition: In good condition
* Commercially available: the craftsman long ago stopped making knives.
* Sharpening: Factory original, can be improved, with some cosmetic abrasion
* Marks on blade: Small marks and slight hairlines also on the through-guard.
* Marks on handle: A few small marks.
* Packaging: absent
* Scabbard: Leather, handcrafted, original, stamped "Coltelleria Lorenzi," with marks given by use and time
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: absent.
* Checked and Certified by our in-house laboratory
Intended use: collection/tactical
Type of production: handcrafted
Country of manufacture: USA
Blade: full tang stainless steel, steel composition not stated (presumably RWL34 or 440C)
Blade finish: mirror polish
Handle: nickel silver through-guard and brown micarta grips, with red spacers
Blade length: 97mm.
Blade thickness: 4mm.
Total length: 202mm.
Weight: 97g.
Sheath: handcrafted, leather, with stainless steel back clip
Packaging: -
Notes: Specimen presumably from the 1980s, previously purchased knife, from a private collectionAP-CORBY -
Rudy Ruana Knives - Vintage Sticker Stag Horn - PRIVATE COLLECTION - handcrafted knife
KNIFE WITHDRAWN FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION
* Type: Previously purchased, presumably from the late 1970s/early 1980s.
* Condition: In very good condition
* Commercially available: Rudy Ruana passed away in 1986, Ruana knives are still in production and orderable on their site with waiting lists, but in different configurations from this one.
* Sharpening: Factory original, improvable, with some cosmetic abrasion.
* Marks on blade: Small horizontal marks due to insertion and removal from scabbard.
* Marks on handle: A few small marks on the aluminum handle.
* Packaging: -
* Scabbard: Leather, handcrafted, original, with a few small marks given by age.
* Manuals, Certificates and Warranties: - -
* Checked and Certified by our in-house laboratory
Intended use: hunting / light hiking
Type of production: handcrafted
Country of production: USA
Blade: made of undeclared high carbon steel (presumably 1095 or 5160), hammer-forged, ground, individually oil-hardened and heat-treated using a zone tempering method that makes the back and tang of the blade softer than the cutting edge
Blade finish: satin-finished
Handle: cast aluminum directly on tang with beveled and riveted elk horn inserts. The tang runs inside the full length of the handle, and the cast aluminum produces a strong handle that is impossible to break.
Blade length: 125mm.
Blade thickness: 4.5mm.
Total length: 235mm.
Weight: 190g.
Sheath: handcrafted, leather, for vertical carrying on the belt
Packaging: -
Notes: Specimen presumably late 1970s/early 1980s in excellent condition - previously purchased knife from a private collection
Company History.
In 1938, Rudy Ruana began making knives in a small store in Montana. Members of his family continue to this day to handcraft Ruana knives in the same store. In 1964 Ruana's son-in-law, Vic Hangas, left a job with a telephone company and put his artistic talents to good use, joining Ruana in the business. Hangas' son Mark began working in the business in 1976. In 1983, Ruana retired at the age of 80 and sold the business to the Hangas family. In 1984 Mike Hangas joined his brother and father and the company was incorporated. Rudy Ruana died in April 1986. He was honored with posthumous induction into the American Bladesmith Society's Hall of Fame in 1997 and Blade magazine's Cutlery Hall of Fame in 2002.
Ruana knives are still handmade in the small Montana store where Rudy Ruana began forging blades more than 80 years ago. In an era of outsourcing and diminishing Made in America products, Ruana knives are still handmade in the United States, with a focus on quality rather than quantity. Although some things have changed over the years, still using the same methods and much of the same equipment used by Rudy Ruana.AP-RUAST -
Puma - Defender LM - 154CM Limited Edition - 14 6481 - PRIVATE COLLECTION - knife
Iconic knife produced by Puma and dating back to the late 1980s, characterized by a then very modern line and a very advanced steel for the time (154CM). Knife withdrawn from private collection - Overall in very good condition - Never used, never sharpened, still with factory sharpening - A few small marks on the right side handle, in concomitance with the sheath that goes to hook the knife through a pin that tends to irreparably rub the handle itself - Supplied with original wooden case and leather sheath - Checked and certified by our internal laboratory Coltelleria Collini
Intended use: Collection / Vintage / Tactical
Type of production: handcrafted
Country of manufacture: Germany
Blade: stainless steel 154CM
Blade finish: satin-finished
Handle: Integral, stainless steel and Micarta
Blade length: 160mm.
Blade thickness: 5.5mm.
Total length: 290mm.
Balance: backward
Weight: 285g.
Sheath: leather
Packaging: wooden case
Notes: 1980s Vintage knife - Limited edition of only 500 pieces, numbered on the blade, specimen 170 of 550 - Knife withdrawn from private collection globally in excellent conditionPU-DEFLM-CP -
Buck Custom - Stag Horn Hunting Fixed Blade - PRIVATE COLLECTION - knife
Collected from a private collection, this Custom model of the American Buck made prior to 1986 is numbered on the blade with serial number 0023 - Never used and never resharpened, overall in excellent condition - Devoid of packaging and certificates, supplied with its own brown leather sheath - Distinguished by its full tang construction, prominent brass guard and beautiful stag handle with finger grooves - Checked and certified by our in-house laboratory Coltelleria Collini.
Intended Use: Collection / HuntingType of production: handcrafted
Country of production: USA
Blade: full tang in 420HC stainless steel with concave rounding
Blade finish: mirror polish
Handle: brass guard and deer handle with finger grooves
Blade length: 134mm.
Blade thickness: 5mm.
Total length: 258mm.
Weight: 325g.
Sheath: leather
Packaging: -
Notes: Pre-1986 specimen withdrawn from private collection - Custom series, numbered version on blade, specimen number 0023 - Never used, never resharpened, in excellent conditionBU-CUSHFG