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Lot 9240
Jimmy Lile Knife with Sheath
Sale 2029 - Arms, Armor and Militaria Online
Lots Open
Aug 27, 2024
Lots Close
Sep 10, 2024
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$500 -
800
Price Realized
$480
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Lot Description
Jimmy Lile Knife with Sheath
4.875" blade length. 4.3" long handle. 10.25" overall with sheath and hilt. Single edged bowie knife featuring a brass guard and full tang construction with black Micarta grips, brass fasteners, and a lanyard loop to the pommel. Left ricasso is signed simply LILE with a dot above the I and L. Comes with a leather sheath stamped on the obverse side with Lile Handmade Knives/The Arkansas Knifesmith/Russellville, AR/501-968-2011. A full time knifemaker from 1971, James "Jimmy" Lile continued to produce handmade knives until his death in 1991. The company now bearing his name continues to offer a wide variety of knives following Lile's original patterns. The best known of these being the enormous clip-point serrated bowie knives that Lile produced for the movie "Rambo: First Blood", starring Sylvester Stallone.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
From the Collection of Vern Gregg