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Lot 570: Three Cased Knife Sets and One Sword with Scabbard

Auction Location: Rock Island, IL

Auction Date: August 4, 2007

Lot 570: Three Cased Knife Sets and One Sword with Scabbard

Auction Location: Rock Island, IL

Auction Date: August 4, 2007

Estimated Price: $700 - $1,000
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Three Cased Knife Sets and One Sword with Scabbard

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Catalog Page: AD6
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1) Parker-Frost 22 knife traveling display kit. Number 0418 out of 3000 kits, with all knives matching. Case has a black simulation leather exterior, padded lid and plastic interior tray. 2) Cased Browning Centennial knife set, three knives, all numbered 0704 with stag grips and brass furniture, with one 3 3/8 inch single blade, a 2 1/2" and 1 1/2" double blade, and a 2 1/2", 1 3/4", and 1 1/3" triple blade. In locking hardwood case with red interior. 3) Cased Browning pocketknife, 3" single blade, brass furniture, and stone grip. In hardwood case with red interior. All knives excellent to near new. 4) Knight Templar lodge sword with sheath and leather scabbard has 27-1/2 inch long straight blade, 3/4" across at base, with double unsharpened edge. Both sides have a 21" long panel of acid etching, with "Ralph C. Taylor." in Old English on one side, along with two armored men, several Templar-style banners, and crosses emerging from crowns, and the other side has a scene from the Crusades, with "THE/ MOLILLEY/ & CO/ COLUMBUS/ OHIO" On the left ricasso (poor etching causes the reading of M.C. Lilley as Molilley. There are traces of a gold wash in the lower, protected areas. Brass dual quillion crossguard with a bust of an armored man in the center of each side, an armored helm for the pommel, and scrimshawed ivory grip, with a cross emerging from a triangle on one side and a "RT" monogram on the reverse. Sheath is nickel finished with silver washed hardware, and the scabbard is brown leather, with impressed border designs, carrying handle, marked "Ralph C. Taylor/ St. Omer (cross) No 14K.T./ Great Bend, Kans." ion black ink on the back. In fair to good condition, with some spotting on the blade and looseness in the grip. The scabbard is fair, with cracking and staining overall.

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