A sway-back toenail?
At the Dalton show I found would have been a first for me but after I scoped it out, determined it was a fake.
It was reported to be called a Case Brothers “swayback” toenail. As I walked up on it, it immediately caught my eye (sorry for the blurry photo…I got this one shot and then my battery died).
It was greenbone Case Brothers that appeared a bit thinner than usual. It was a really cool knife and there for a minute I thought it might be a new toenail “style.” In case you are curious he was asking $2200 for it.
I couldn’t help but get my glass out to look closer and upon a more thorough inspection found the bolster pins had been dug out. No longer where the pins nice and round and there was an unusual “rust” on top of each one- both sides and both ends. Really, that was about all I found that I didn’t like, but put it back fairly quickly after discovering the pin problem and therefore didn’t continue to inspect it. The handles followed the contour of the liners nicely. I did notice there were some “bumps” where the bolsters came to meet the handles in a couple of areas, but probably wouldn’t have been too bothered by that had the pin problems not jumped out at me. The blades and stamping were original…..just don’t know where the counterfeiter came up with the handles and frame.
I walked away from the table disappointed. I thought I had found a real jewel because not all “one of a kind” knives/toenails are fake.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:37 am
I saw this knife at a show last fall. At that time I think the price was $1500. I believe he knows it is a fake. Maybe he will dupe someone with the price.
March 11th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Yeah, I got the impression he knew it was funky, even though he represented it as a ’swayback’ toenail.