metaladdict
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Hope the bracelet is real gold .
Just to play devils advocate, if it's bad karma, why would you sell it and not throw it away?
On another note, I was trying to get an idea of age, googled it, and I can't believe the amount of knives there were. Some Barlow knives those would be 1970's-1990's. Just scratch my head that there is still enough members to produce knives and other propaganda.
I see your point...it's valid.. I said it because it's in your possession now and you have choices of what to do with it.. you'd probably get complaints from eBay anyway..it's so shocking to find I don't know what I would have done.. definitely unique though
Great score on the bracelet! Did you look for any markings on the bracelet? There might be a tiny one hidden somewhere.
Wow! That knife was definitely not what I was expecting. That’s an eye popper.
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I wasn't what I expected either. In fact I was shocked. Found it under a walk way to the beach.
Looks like gold to me! Great find! Very unique knife!
The gold looked good but failed the acid test. The knife was indeed a unique find.
Good luck on the gold test. That could be a very nice score. The knife? Well, um, interesting find alright, but I guess it's a good thing the original owner lost it...'cause it ain't cool.
Nice bracelet, don't carry that knife around too long, could get you in trouble with having that in your possession. Might be better to put it back where it came from.. LOL
Thanks for the good wishes on the bracelet but it's plated. As for the knife a differant find for sure. And the not cool part for the kkk I agree. But the find was cool. Thanks for looking anyway.
D I fferant to say the least. But i'll never carry it.Fun find. Not one I'd make my normal carrier though.
Those are both cool finds! That Klu Klux Klan one is probably a pretty rare find. Definitely a conversation piece. I think if we can show condom tins, Nazi relics, bullets, and nudi tokens, I think that this ought to be a safe enough place to show that knife. I've even posted a few pot pipes.
Skippy
Thanks Skippy. I said at the beginning it was intended to offend anyone. But it's bound to happen. It always does.
Whoa...nice!
Gold looks like money to me!
We are diggers of history. The good,the bad, and the ugly.
Hopefully the bracelet checks out!
I'd sell that knife..get rid of it.. it's bad karma in my opinion.. nothing I would keep in my house or ever put on display.. people will make assumptions if you show it off outside of this forum..
Great score on the bracelet! Did you look for any markings on the bracelet? There might be a tiny one hidden somewhere. The KKK knife was a cool find as well.
Congratulations on your valuable bracelet and very unusual knife.
Penny
The Gold looks great to me, Congrats. The Knife will differently be a great talking piece, it is unusual to say the least. Trapper
Thats probably a vintage knife, I bet its worth 20-40$
Thanks Puppy brother. Unfortunately the bracelet looks good but is another of my plated finds. Man they make them look so real. And I don't expect I will ever find another knife like it so even with the bad Karma I'm supposed to get. I'm going to keep it.Thats a really sweet looking bracelet! Gotta be 14k! Yes, and a knife of the likes we have never seen...
Just to play devils advocate, if it's bad karma, why would you sell it and not throw it away?
On another note, I was trying to get an idea of age, googled it, and I can't believe the amount of knives there were. Some Barlow knives those would be 1970's-1990's. Just scratch my head that there is still enough members to produce knives and other propaganda.
It looks old but in good condition. Made by the Falcon company, which I have never heard of before. I know a knife expert I'll take it to later. He lives in the middle of the state but I see him at gun shows sometimes.Those are some awesome finds. That’s an interesting knife. Hopefully that knife is old. I couldn’t imagine a knife maker making something like that now.
Hope the bracelet is real gold .
Congrats on the nice gold and odd but interesting knife. Never know what you find in this hobby. Here is a link to one that sold for $40 at an auction little different coloring.
https://www.leonardauction.com/auctions/auction-catalog-detail/?auctionID=184&lotID=678
I would keep that and hide it in my odd finds box though if I were you since you not likely to ever see another...
Bracelet looks nice, the knife not so... But like everyone says, we do not choose to find what we find, things turn up.
Congrats on the gold!
As offensive as it can be, history is what it is and it's not all good. I'm against trying to wipe the parts that aren't popular. I prefer to try to get the context and learn from it, even when it involves people like that.
That's an awesome bracelet, and like it or not, a rare knife.
It's something that I'd end up keeping because of its rarity, but as others have said, not display it. I personally wouldn't sell it in part due to not wanting it to fall into the "wrong" hands.
Here's hoping that bracelet is the real thing.
And the knife? Very, very, odd indeed.
R5
Here is another odd story. My wife's side, still has a farm that has been in the family since shortly after the civil war. My Father in law who is in his 80's showed me a trunk, at the bottom of this trunk was a robe, hood and book that belonged to his father. The conundrum is what the family should do with it. No one wants to sell it, no one wants to keep it and no one wants to destroy it.
^^^ I found a chain that looked tarnished in some areas, so I threw it in my junk pile. Months later, I acid test one of the areas that looked and it was 10k. I took a loop to the retractable clasp and sure enough, stamped 10k.
R5
That knife tho...
really cool. Wonder when it was made?
https://www.leonardauction.com/auctions/auction-catalog-detail/?auctionID=184&lotID=678
LOL. Thats a crazy knife! Probably a "Biggest A** hole of the year" award for their club. Still pretty cool. Sucks the bracelet failed the test. I bought an acid test kit for finds like that. The anticipation kills me and most places that will test them are closed when I go out.
The irony is that knife is probably stamped "made in china"
I would rub the letter off and toss it in my junk knife pile or give it to a kid
That knife has got to be quite valuable to a collector. If it is something you don't feel like keeping, or profiting from, then maybe a museum would appreciate it.
And I'm not saying that you should get rid of it or that you shouldn't profit from it! Any choice you make is perfectly fine with me!
Great finds, both of them!
Unique find for sure! Nice score on the bracelet!