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Value on Blade Marked M3 Kinfolks Bad Handle


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Local Gun Shop has a Blade Marked Kinfolks with 3 or 4 washers missing from the handle. VERY nice blade. Not pristine but a nice patina and not ground on. Nearly 100% original profile on the blade. I think it had the date on the blade too but I dont remember. Have to visit him this week.

 

Any ideas on the value with the bum handle?

 

Thanks!

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Well

How much did the guy want to sell it to you for? think.gif

THAT is the value

ME PERSONALLY====>I would pay 15 bucks and use it as cool a letter opener

(I currently use a M7 for letter/package opening) thumbsup.gif

 

Or you could just put it in a display case AS IS and tell your friends it was used on Okinawa w00t.gif

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A man after my own heart. When I'm trading and someone asks what I want for something I always ask "What's it worth to ya?" Plus being a garbageman I sometimes have to say "I'm not at liberty to discuss my sources for these fine specimens of military accoutrements but....". :lol:

 

He wouldn't un-a*$ it for $100. Anyone know how to rehandle M3s?

 

I like the Okinawa idea. Sounds like a story on ePay don't it? :D

 

I use an M3 with the hallmark ground off the guard for my letter opener. Hey, It was only $38.00 plus shipping!

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For what its worth there was a blade marked Kinfolks with no handle and a sheath that went for $118.03 today on E-pay. wow........... There was a posting on this forum about a guy that refurb m-3's. It listed his email for contact info. I think he is still in business. I can't recall what page it was on. I have a wood rehandled M-3 I use as my mail opener as well. Yard sale find.

Rich

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For what its worth there was a blade marked Kinfolks with no handle and a sheath that went for $118.03 today on E-pay. wow........... There was a posting on this forum about a guy that refurb m-3's. It listed his email for contact info. I think he is still in business. I can't recall what page it was on. I have a wood rehandled M-3 I use as my mail opener as well. Yard sale find.

Rich

 

Shows how much I know!!! w00t.gif

I wouldn't have bid on it because of the crappy pictures

I think Kinfolks have finally gotten some love recently among collectors

I always thought they were a bargain for what you get

History and quality wise......

 

Ultra rare KINFOLKS USM3 trench knife, usm8 sheath

 

ROFL

Now I can sleep better knowing I am NOT CRAZY for using a bayonet for a letter opener!!

I thought I was the only one who did that

Hehehehehehe

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Shows how much I know!!! w00t.gif

I wouldn't have bid on it because of the crappy pictures

I think Kinfolks have finally gotten some love recently among collectors

I always thought they were a bargain for what you get

History and quality wise......

 

Ultra rare KINFOLKS USM3 trench knife, usm8 sheath

 

ROFL

Now I can sleep better knowing I am NOT CRAZY for using a bayonet for a letter opener!!

I thought I was the only one who did that

Hehehehehehe

 

The M3s work better than Corpmans Bolo w00t.gif Thinkin about one of them F/S stiletto repops out there. The thin blade looks like it would work like a charm.

 

ePay Item number: 130206340608

 

I didnt see this one on ePay. I wouldnt have bid on it because of the chips in the blade either. And whats the deal on the "two bend guard"? :lol: Why not use a hammer and make a rare prototype straight guard one? It would resale for $200.oo then!

 

The blade on the one I'm lookin at has a smilar patina but no chips. It has the ordnance bomb on the pommel too so I might try him with a buck and a quarter and see if he moves.

 

Brian

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