HEN & ROOSTER BY BOKER NKCA STAG HUNTING SKINNING KNIFE & SHEATH - NOS GERMANY

Description

* MANUFACTURER : BOKER
* BRAND : HEN & ROOSTER
* MADE IN : SOLINGEN, GERMANY
* MODEL : 552 DS 1990 NKCA CLUB KNIFE
* SERIAL NUMBER : LI854
* BLADE PROFILE :  FULL TANG TRAILING POINT - BLADE AND TANG ONE PIECE OF STEEL.
* BLADE FINISH : POLISHED
* BLADE MATERIAL : 420C STAINLESS STEEL,
* BLADE STAMP FRONT : TWIN BIRD LOGO - SOLINGEN - GERMANY
* BLADE STAMP REAR : BERTRAM CUTLERY - 552DS - STAINLESS
*  BLADE ETCH : 1 OF 1500 - 199O - NKCA INSIDE BANNER SURROUNDED BY GOLD SCROLL
* OVER ALL LENGTH :  9 1/4 INCHES
* BLADE LENGTH : 4 3/4 INCHES
* BOLSTERS AND PINS : BRASS
* HANDLE MATERIAL : CONTOURED FINGERGROOVED STAG ANTLER WITH INLAY COIN SHIELD AND
LANYARD TUBE.
* ORIGINAL SHEATH : YES. BROWN TOP GRAIN LEATHER WITH BROWN
WAXED
LINEN THREADS AND
BRASS ALLOY BUTTON SNAP.  HEN & ROOSTER AND BIRD  LOGO EMBOSSED ON  FRONT.
STITCHING
IS INTACT.
NO VISIBLE FLAWS.
ORIGINAL BOX : NO
* ORIGINAL PAPERS : NO
OUT OF PRODUCTION. BOKER STOPPED MAKING THE MODEL 552 DECADES AGO. REGULAR
PRODUCTION WAS DONE IN SEVERAL WOODS AND MICARTA. NO STAG. ONLY STAG HANDLED MODELS
I KNOW OF ARE THIS ONE AND ANOTHER LIMITED EDITION  RELEASED UNDER THE MAUSER BRAND.
199O NKCA CLUB KNIFE
EVERYTHING IS FACTORY ORIGINAL.
KNIFE WAS TREATED WITH MUSEUM WAX, THEN PLACED INSIDE A ZIPLOCK BAG AND STORED
SEPERATELY FROM BOX AND SHEATH WITH PERIODIC INSPECTIOINS AND CLEANING TO PREVENT
OXIDATION.
A DUPLICATE IN MY COLLECTION. KEEPING ONE SELLING THIS PIECE.
VERY NICE KNIFE. IF I DID NOT HAVE ANOTHER I WOULD NOT BE SELLING THIS PIECE.
KNIFE IS A COLLECTION PIECE NEVER CARRIED, USED
OR RESHARPENED. EVERTHING IS FACTORY
ORIGINAL. IT'S IN THE SAME CONDITION AS WHEN IT LEFT GERMANY 31 YEARS AGO.
OVERALL FIT AND FINISH OF THIS KNIFE IS SUPERB. THE QUALITY IS WHAT
ONE WOULD EXPECT OF A FACTORY CUSTOM MADE KNIFE.
FIT AND FINISH OF THIS KNIFE IS EXCELLENT.
EDGE  IS ORIGINAL ,UNMARRED  AND SHARP
STAG SCALES ARE PRECICELY MOUNTED. SEEMLESS, NO GAPS ALONG THE TANG,  OR FLAWS IN
HANDLES. BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF GERMAN CRAFTMANSHIP.
BLADE STAMP IS DEEP, BOLD, AND WELL DEFINED.
BLADE ETCH IS FULL , NO FADING
EXCELLENT OPORTUNITY FOR THE COLLECTOR TO AQUIRE LIMITED PRODUCTION
PIECE.
WITH PROPER CARE COULD PROVIDE DECADES OF RELIABLE SERVICE.
* NO SHIPPING OUTSIDE THE U.S.A
* I AM A HOBBYIST I DO NOT RECEIVE BULK DISCOUNTS FOR SHIPPING AND
CAN NOT AFFORD TO ABSORB THE COST.
* I SHIP PRIORITY MAIL FOR MOST OF MY LISTINGS.
YOU GET YOUR ITEM SECURELY PACKED IN TWO OR THREE DAYS VERSUS A
WEEK OR TEN DAYS. I THINK IT'S WORTH THE ADDED COST.
* BUYER ASSUMES ALL LIABILITY AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLYING
WITH ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS
* PLEASE CHECK MY OTHER LISTINGS I GENERALLY LIST MORE THAN ONE
ITEM AT A TIME. THANK YOU