Let’s See Your Rarest Knives!

Not the most rare, but since J jfk1110 brought up Lone Wolf Knives, their Paul Knives like this pre-Benchmade-buyout Executive in 3D Carbon Fiber isn’t one that you see everyday. Shown here with one of the older Gerber versions of the Paul Knife. I think it’s interesting that Gerber and Lone Wolf Knives chose to put the button on opposite sides.

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Gerber Guardian II Camo knives from the early 80's. The original production knives had no serrations, and the blades were made from 440 stainless steel. Gerber was pretty accommodating to make modifications to these knives, but did not advertise their willingness to do so. Very few Guardian II Camo knives were made with serrations, but I am only aware of one knife, with the blade made with L6 Tool Steel. The serial numbers that ended with the letter "T" indicated that the blades were made with L6. Similar stainless steel knives from this time had a serial number that ended with the letter "S". This serial numbering was on the Mark I & Mark II, Command I & Command II, Guardian, Guardian I, & Guardian II knives.
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Here is a matching set of Buck 497 Ergo Hunters with and without gut hook. They are rare because they are both pre-production prototypes used as salesman samples as denoted by the asterisk/star following the steel type on the blade. The production knives were later made with the 12C27 but these prototypes are made in 420HC.

Have you ever seen a more gorgeous handle on a non-custom knife?!

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I recon these are getting kind of scarce. Swamp Rat M9 and M6. Differential heat treat, best handles they ever made. Two of my absolute favorite knives. The M6 is possibly my favorite knife ever.

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Smaller knife in this pic is rare. Allen Blade MEUK. Not many were made that I know of. Lots were ordered and paid for, but the guy was a POS and only followed through with a few.

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