THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL AND VERY RARE PRE-WAR MARBLES STAG HANDLED SAFETY FOLDER POCKET KNIFE. IT WAS MADE BY MARBLES IN U. BETWEEN 1913 AND 1935 ONLY BEING A THREE PIN SAFETY FOLDER.
I READ SOME WHERE YEARS AGO, WHEN I BOUGHT MY 1ST MARBLES STAG HANDLED SAFETY FOLDER, THAT BACK IN THE EARLY 1900's YOU COULD GET ROOM AND BOARD IN A HOTEL FOR A LITTLE OVER 3.00 TO 4.00 A MONTH, ABOUT THE SAME PRICE AS THE STAG HANDLED MARBLES SAFETY FOLDER WOULD COST. THIS MARBLES SAFETY FOLDER IS A LARGE KNIFE AND MEASURES RIGHT AT 4 IN THE CLOSED POSITION.
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his item is in the category "Collectibles\Knives, Swords & Blades\Collectible Folding Knives\Vintage Folding Knives\Factory Manufactured". The seller is "byidee" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, South Korea, Taiwan, South Africa, Hong Kong, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Norway, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Japan, Indonesia, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Chile, Jamaica.