June 12-13, 2019 Edged Weapon, Armor, & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/12/2019
Lot consists of: (A) Liner lock custom folder, with a bead blast and brushed finished blade and ambidextrous thumb studs. Blade features its original edge with "Pheasants Forever" and maker's etch, polished bolsters and clip, patterned wood handles and backspacer. No sheath. CONDITION: Highly polished with a few light handling marks; appears unused. (B) Medium-sized hunting knife, featuring a mirror polished upswept clip-shaped blade, maker's etch of "Thourot" over "MWT" over "Napoleon, OH", mirror polished bolsters and collar, a dropped grip with dovetailed nickel silver pinned wood handles and a lined lanyard tube. No sheath. CONDITION: Knife is unused, with its original edge showing a small amount of rust. (C) A second medium-sized hunting knife, featuring a mirror polished upswept clip-shaped blade, maker's etch of "Thourot" over "MWT" over "Napoleon, OH", mirror polished bolsters and collar, and a dropped grip with dovetailed nickel silver pinned ivory handles. No sheath. CONDITION: An unused knife. Ivory scales show cracking at the pins and the lined lanyard tube. (D) A very handsome upswept, mirror polished hunting blade, features its original edge, maker's etch of "Thourot" over "MWT" over "Napoleon, OH", polished brass guard, dovetailed dark wood handles and black liners, secured by brass center Loveless bolts. No sheath. CONDITION: Light tarnishing on the brass, the knife presents as-new and unused. (E) A large, upswept and mirror polished bowie knife with its original edge and maker's etch. Features brass bolsters, a contoured grip with dovetailed, nicely grained wood handles secured with mosaic pins and red liners. No sheath. CONDITION: Blade shows some light rust and spotting, otherwise appears unused. Mike Thourot (MWT Custom Knives) of Napoleon, Ohio has been designing and crafting knives for well over 35 years. Mr. Thourot always and continues to craft each of his knives by hand, so no two are alike. For him, knives simply are ""...fun to use...fun to design, and...fun to make."
Blade Length
(A) 3 - 1/4" (B) 4 - 5/8" (C) 4 - 5/8" (D) 5 - 1/8" (E) 6 - 1/8"
Overall Length
(A) 7 - 3/4" (B) 9 - 3/8" (C) 9 - 3/8" (D) 9 - 1/2" (E) 10 - 3/4"