For me, this is the Mother of all brown micarta fighters. I shopped for a double SS fighter for a long time, this hits all of the nails. Near mint condition, double SS stamp, brown micarta.
That's a beauty Joe. This is a great exchange of early 1960's knives.
Here is one more in my collection, an early brown micarta knife, brown button sheath dating it to 1963 ish. The kicker on on this one is the nickel silver, lugged hilt, which has never been offered as an option in the catalog.
Another trait on this one is the loose stitch on the sheath. The stitches per inch changed for brief period at the end of the brown button era. I have seen a handful of these.
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I think all of those knives could have belonged to Chip Youngblood. No connection to A.G. or Goldie. Just a thought. Perry bought a few of Chip's knives in his (Perry's) last few years. Chip shot on GTR's skeet team and could have had oddballs made. Best, Capt. Chris
Edited by Captain Chris Stanaback (08/30/1608:50 AM)
I think I have posted this photo before, but I think you will see some of the knives posted here in this group photo. Note there are three blacks at the top. IIRC, the black 15 and 16 were in there because they had filled bolt holes. Also not the earlier browns were of a lighter shade.
ron might have a better recollection of the model 3 third from the bottom. It had no spacers but was correct I believe. I think it had filled bolt holes also.