Talk about one MINT toenail!
Did you see the extremely minty Camillus toenail that went off on eBay the other day? It was one fine sample of a toenail and a treasure.
I’ll be posting the results to Recent Sales here at ET.com soon, but had to say something about this knife. While I confess I am not totally crazy about celluloid handles, I wanted this knife.
It sold for the opening bid of $699. While I thought it was a bit on the high side, it wasn’t far off what I would have paid. Rarely will you find an older toenail with the original finish on the blades. It is one killer toenail.
Congrats at due “one old gray mare” the buyer.
Check out the stamp on this knife 
If you missed it here is the seller’s description-
Up for auction this vintage, circa 1919-1941, Camillus 4-line sunfish/elephant toenail knife is in near mint condition. The knife measures a full 4 ¼” long and 1 1/16” wide. Blade measures 2 7/8” long, blade is full and unsharpened, retains it’s original factory finish. This knife has not been polished. Spear tip blade features double pull. There are a few spots of very light pitting, etching on blade ( LITTLE GIANT ) is clear as could be. Both blades have a very clear and definite stamping. The fourth line ( U.S.A. ) is rarely visible on knives such as these. You can see the top of the “A” in U.S.A. in main blade. Small blade is in similar condition. Both blades snap well, steel bolsters, brass liners, beautiful brown-green celluloid scale handles. There is some shrinkage. Very small scratches on handles, one small nick near back spring on brass liner which is hard to see. This is the real deal.
June 15th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
It is has minty an old knife has you will see. But I was still a little surprised it got a bid with that high of an opening price. The seller did well and the buyer got a fine knife.
July 5th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
I thought you would find it interesting to know the seller of this knife paid $747.99 on Dec. 02, 2000. Sorry, I forgot I had this info.
It was an eBay sale with active bidding (18 bids).
Guess what the opening bid for was for that auction- it was $10.