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VIC ANSELMO Rare 3 Sided Dagger PRICE REDUCED SOLD
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The handle is cast aluminum just like the Armorhide used by Gerber Knives. OAL: 10".
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One piece 3/16" steel construction with thumb notch, The blade measures 3" and the oal; 7.75".
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Vintage 1981 3 sided dagger Knife by Vic Anselmo. The blade measures 3.75" x 7/16" and has a mirror polish finish.
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RARE JOHN NELSON COOPER CUSTOM APACHE SOLD
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COOPER RARE EXPERIMENTAL BOWIE KNIFE KUKRI KNIVES SOLD
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JOHN NELSON COOPER DAGGER BOOT KNIFE PRICE REDUCED SOLD
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Rare one of a kind Apache fighting knife by John Nelson Cooper. This special order knife looks like an Apache fighter only it has a Bowie style blade that is 6.75" and ground from 1/8" stock instead of the usual 3/16" stock. The blade has been polished but is in excellent condition. The handle is brown micarta accented with brass fittings which have been hammer peened. OAL: 11.5". The knife feels great in the hand with perfect balance. This beauty is in excellent condition and comes with the Cooper logo sheath.
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Clif Linderman the owner of Copper Knives said that he and Jody Samson made only a few of these knives.
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The handle is brown micarta accented with brass spacers and fittings. OAL; 11".
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COOPER RARE ELMER KEITH STYLE KNIFE SOLD
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Vintage John Nelson Cooper Boot Knife with original sheath. The double edge blade measures 4.5". The handle is stacked micarta with white, brass, and black spacers. Brass double guard and pommel. OAL: 9.25". This beauty has never been used and in about as mint as you will find for a 40 year old knife. There is a picture of this in John Nelson Cooper book page 15 by Martin and Basch. The double stitch premium leather sheath is original to the knife with Cooper logo.
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Rare John Nelson Cooper Texas Skinner 1 of 4. The 5 1/2" blade is ground from 3/16" steel and is 1 3/4" wide. The handle is kind of yellow orange micarta accented with brass spacers and fittings. The handle is kind of interesting in that tapers down about 1/2 below the guard so the handle is not so thick. OAL: 10 3/4". This is one massive heavy knife but it feels great in the hand. The knife does not look like its been used but does have some light sheath scratches and some very light peppering here and there. The knife comes with a heavy duty hand made leather sheath with rivets. Note: According to Clif Lenderman this knife is called the "Texas Skinner" and Cooper only made 4 of them.
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Special order one of a kind skinner by John Nelson Cooper from the Cardinal Collection. The blade measures 6" X 1/4" with file work and its razor sharp. The handle is brownish red micarta with a grainy brown spacer. The fittings are brass and its has a #2 hilt which you don't see on many of his knives. OAL: 11 5/8". The knife has never been used and is near mint with just a few light carbon spots and an eagle claw that looks like a carbon spot. Just to the lower left of his logo is a small eagle claw. I am not sure if he was trying a new style logo or what but it adds an interesting touch and is not harmful to the knife or its value. As with all of the knives from this collection this is the cream of the crop. It would be hard to find a nicer example. Zipper pouch included no sheath. The logo dates this knife as being made between 1968 and 1978.
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JOHN NELSON COOPER PRICE REDUCED SOLD
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Vintage John nelson Cooper Comanche Model knife with original sheath. The blade measures 3.5". The handle is stacked micarta accented with brass and micarta spacers. The guard and pommel are heavy brass. OAL: 8". This beauty has never been used and is in mint condition. The knife comes with the original double stitched premium leather sheath with Cooper logo.
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Very Rare Vintage One of a Kind Skinner-Small Bowie Knife by John Nelson Cooper. This is a rare one of a kind knife that you won't find the the Book. Its a modified version of a California Hunter and a Yucatan Skinner. The blade measures 5" and is razor sharp with file work for thumb. The handle is black micarta accented with extra large brass finger guard and Eagle beak pommel. OAL; 11". This is one heavy knife very cool feels great in the hand a real show piece. The knife has never been used and is in excellent condition with just a few of the usual small pits. The knife does not come with a sheath but will included a zipper pouch.
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Vintage John Nelson Cooper Combat Dagger, Stiletto, Fighting Knife with riveted sheath. The double edge blade measures 8". The handle is brown micarta with brass spacers. Brass double guard and crown pommel. OAL: 12.75". This beauty has never been used and is near mint with just some light peppering. There is a picture of a similar knife in John Nelson Cooper book page 26 by Martin and Basch. The premium leather riveted sheath is in very good condition but does show signs of being carried. Possible Vietnam era knife as logo indicates the knife was made between 1968 and 1978. |
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Super rare one of a kind Bolo, Kukri style knife by John Nelson Cooper. The blade is 3/8" thick and 14" to the guard. The handle is grainy brown accented with extra heavy duty brass guard and pommel. OAL: 21". This monster weighs over 4 pounds. I believe it was made for display perhaps in his shop. The knife is just to heavy for anything else. Very rare piece of Cooper history in excellent condition. There are some minor pits and carbon spots but very clean for it size and age. No sheath will include premium zipper pouch.
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Rare one of a kind John Nelson Cooper fighting knife. The blade measures 7.5" and has the Cooper in eagle logo. The handle is red and white micarta accented with brass fittings and spacers. What makes this knife different is that John used 3/16" thick steel which makes the knife a bit quicker. He also used a large white spacer instead of a thin one. And the guard is much large than his regular models. OAL: 13". Original riveted leather sheath. The knife has never been used and is near mint which just a few very hard to see specks.
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Vintage 1970's Bowie Knife by the late John Nelson Cooper. The blade measure 7.25" and still has the original finish. The handle is a brownish red micarta accented with brass spacer, double guard and crown pommel. OAL: 12.25". This knife has not been used and is near mint with just some light scratches and a couple small nicks or imperfections in the brass. That being said this is one of the cleanest 40 year old Cooper's I have seen lately nice knife no sheath. Zipper pouch included.
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COOPER JOHN NELSON Rare Experimental Fighting Knife SOLD
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Rare one of a kind special order Dagger, Arkansas Toothpick, Sword by John Nelson Cooper. This beautiful dagger has a 12" blade ground from 3/16" stock. The handle is reddish brown micarta accented with brass spacers. The knife has a brass double guard and butt cap. OAL: 18.5". This knife has never been used and is near mint with a couple specks. The knife comes with a premium zipper pouch no sheath.
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Jody Samson & John Nelson Cooper California Hunter Model Knife. The 5.75" x .25" blade has a partial double edge which is sharp. The handle is brown micarta accented with brass fittings. Jody Samson only made 2 California Hunters and they were the first knives he made using the new Logo the eagle with Cooper in the middle and Samson underneath. You will find this information in "John Nelson Cooper" Cooper Knives Book Two on page 66. I agree with the author William A. Martin that the Jody Samson Cooper Knives are the rarest of rare as you have 2 great knife makers names on one knife. OAL: 10.75". This is one heavy duty knife which looks like a Bowie knife. Awesome craftsmanship excellent fit and finish. The knife has never been used but has some light pitting on one side and some carbon spots not bad otherwise excellent condition. It also comes with the original custom leather sheath with logo on back. I will also include John Nelson Cooper Book 11 by William martin.
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This is a very rare knife as almost all of John's knives were made with only brass.
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JODY SAMSON JOHN NELSON COOPER RARE KNIFE SOLD
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Rare one of a kind special order fighter by John Nelson Cooper from the Cardinal Collection. This beautiful fighter has a 7.75" blade ground from 3/16" stock. The handle is dark brown micarta accented with brass and black spacers and a light brown spacer in the middle. With the use of stacked spacers and small black spacers it give the handle that stacked leather look very cool. The knife has a brass double gaurd and unusual vented crown butt cap. OAL: 12 5/8". This knife has never been used and is near mint with only a few light carbon spots. The logo has been double stamped and I have seen a few this way. John would use a hammer to hit the stamp and sometimes he would miss or be off which would result in a very weak stamp so he would hit it again. Very unique vented crown butt cap makes this one a very collectible one of a kind. The knife comes with a premium zipper pouch no sheath. The Cooper in the eagle logo dates this knife between 1968 and 1978.
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Jody Samson & John Nelson Cooper California Hunter Model Knife. The 5.75" x .25" blade has a partial double edge which is sharp. The handle is brown micarta accented with brass fittings. Jody Samson only made 2 California Hunters and they were the first knives he made using the new Logo the eagle with Cooper in the middle and Samson underneath. You will find this information in "John Nelson Cooper" Cooper Knives Book Two on page 66. I agree with the author William A. Martin that the Jody Samson Cooper Knives are the rarest of rare as you have 2 great knife makers names on one knife. OAL: 11". This is one heavy duty knife which looks like a Bowie knife. Awesome craftsmanship excellent fit and finish. The knife has never been used and is near mint condition. It also comes with the original custom leather sheath with logo on back. I will also include the Book.
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Rare John Nelson Cooper 9 1/2" Bowie with copper butt cap. This rare beauty is in mint condition and is from the Cardinal Collection. The blade is 9.5" and razor sharp. The handle is brownish red micarta with black spacer. The guard is extra thick brass and the butt cap is copper. John made most of his knives with brass only but once in a while he would experiment with other materials like copper and nickel silver. The oal: is 13.5". This knife is in mint condition and comes with a premium zipper pouch no sheath. The Cardinal collection consists of only the finest examples and I doubt you will find a nicer one than this. Note: Cooper in Eagle logo dates this knife between 1968 and 1978.
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Rare one of a kind special order fighter by John Nelson Cooper from the Cardinal Collection. This beautiful fighter has a 8.5" blade ground from 1/4" stock. The handle is redish brown micarta accented with large brass spacer. The knife has a brass double guard and crown butt cap. OAL: 13". This knife has never been used and is near mint. The knife comes with a premium zipper pouch no sheath. The Cooper in the eagle logo dates this knife between 1968 and 1978. The Cooper knives in the Cardinal Collection are the finest examples I have ever seen and once they fall into deep hands they are rarely ever seen again.
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Rare John Nelson Cooper Bowie Knife in Pristine Mint Condition from the Cardinal Collection. This beauty has a 9 5/8" blade with the Cooper in eagle logo. The handle is dark brown grainy micarta accented with large brass spacer. The knife sports a double brass guard and experimental copper eagle beak butt cap. OAL: 14 3/4". The knife has never been used and was soaked in oil and stored in sealed plastic for years. Its almost impossible to find Cooper's in this condition. The knife was made between 1968 and 1978. Premium zipper pouch included no sheath.
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Rare one of a kind special order fighter by John Nelson Cooper from the Cardinal Collection. This beautiful fighter has a 8.5" blade ground from 3/16" stock. The handle is redish brown micarta accented with brass and black spacers. The knife has a brass double guard and crown butt cap. OAL: 14". This knife has never been used and is near mint. The knife comes with the original Cooper sheath. The Cooper in the eagle logo dates this knife between 1968 and 1978. The Cooper knives in the Cardinal Collection are the finest examples I have ever seen and once they fall into deep hands they are rarely ever seen again.
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Cooper Rare Damascus Bowie Knife SOLD
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JOHN NELSON COOPER BOWIE KNIFE SOLD
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JOHN NELSON COOPER BOWIE KNIFE. SOLD
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Rare One of a Kind Damascus Fighting Knife handmade by John Nelson Cooper. Massive 9.5" random pattern Damascus Blade 3/16" thick. The clip point blade is not sharp on top. The handle is the old discontinued Westinghouse ivory micarta with brown and brass spacers double guard and pommel. The large pommel has a flat bottom and the knife will stand on its own. OAL; 15.25". The knife looks like its been carried from the light scuffs on the handle. The blade does not look like its been used it does have some dark spots but that's kind of the way the rough texture Damascus looks. (The Damascus looks much better in person). The knife is in excellent condition and comes with a handmade leather sheath. Damascus Cooper knives are very rare this is only the second one that I have ever seen.
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Vintage 1970's Massive Bowie Knife by the late
John Nelson Cooper. This knife looks like the model known as the "Cooper Bowie" but instead of the usual 8.5" blade this one is 10". Could be a one of a kind? The blade measure 10" by 1/4" and still has the original
finish. The handle is a brownish red micarta accented with brass spacers,
double guard and pommel. OAL: 15.5". This knife has not been
used and is IN EXCELLENT condition no sheath.
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Rare Massive one of a kind Bowie knife by John Nelson Cooper. This massive 9" blade was ground from 3/8" thick steel and is over 2" wide and 15" long. This massive hunk of knife weighs 3.8 lbs. This is by far the cleanest Cooper knife we have ever had the pleasure to offer. The grind is clean and crisp with some very light peppering around the logo and top spine otherwise like the day it was made very minty. A special oversize zipper pouch had to be ordered to fit the extra wide 5" double guard. The handle is brown grainy micarta accented with brass fittings. This knife looks like a cross between the 1830 Bowie and the Robert Abels Bowie. The Abels Bowie is the only knife in the Cooper catalog with a 3/8" think blade. The s curve guard on this knife looks like the Guard on the 1830 Bowie model. As close to mint condition as you will ever find. Zipper pouch included.
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Very rare 11" John Nelson Cooper Bowie Knife with plain Cooper logo. Another great knife from the Cardinal Collection. The blade on this beast is a little over 11" long and 2" wide. The handle is brown grainy micarta accented with brass spacers. The knife sports a large double brass guard and crown butt cap. OAL: 16". The plain Cooper Logo was the fist logo used when John moved to California. This knife was soaked in oil and sealed in plastic for many years and its almost impossible to find one in this mint original condition. The knife comes with a premium zipper pouch no sheath.
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Rare Vintage 1968 Bianchi Cooper Fighting Knife handmade by John Nelson Cooper. The 7.5" blade has a mirror polish finish and is very sharp. The handle is made of deep dark maroon micarta with a dark brown micarta finger spacer. The double brass guard has the name B. Smit. engraved on it. The pommel does not look like brass looks more like copper. OAL: 12.25". Its hard to tell if the knife was used but it shows signs of being carried and it has been cleaned. There is some light peppering on the blade and some very small dings in the guard and pommel. The blade looks like it still has the original edge. The knife is very solid and in excellent plus condition. The knife comes with a leather sheath. I will also include copies of a letter from John Bianchi stating the fact that there were approximately 100 of these made. So the Cooper Bianchi logo is the rarest with only 100 ever made of this model. Most Bianchi fighters went to soldiers during the Vietnam War. The name on the guard is probably that of a soldier.
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Rare One of a Kind Damascus Fighting Knife handmade by John Nelson Cooper. Massive 9.5" random pattern Damascus Blade 1/4" thick. The clip point blade is not sharp on top. The handle is ivory micarta with brown and brass spacers double guard and pommel. The large pommel has a flat bottom and the knife will stand on its own. OAL; 15.5". The knife looks like its been carried from the light skuffs on the handle. The blade does not look like its been used it does have some dark spots but that's kind of the way the rough texture damascus looks. The knife is in excellent condition and comes with a handmade crocodile sheath.
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JOHN NELSON COOPER, SEARLES BOWIE PRICE REDUCED SOLD
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Rare Vintage 1960's Bianchi Cooper Fighting
Knife handmade by John Nelson Cooper. The 7.5" blade has a satin finish and is very sharp. The handle is made of dark black
micarta accented with brown, black and white spacres. The pommel does not look like
brass looks more like copper. OAL: 12.25".
There is some light peppering on the blade and 1 carbon spot. The knife has never been used and is in excellent plus condition. The knife
comes with the original Bianchi Holster leather sheath. So the Cooper Bianchi logo is the rarest with only 100 ever
made of this model and this is the largest model. Most Bianchi fighters went to soldiers during the
Vietnam War.
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Rare Arkansas Toothpick, Dagger, Sword, by John Nelson Cooper from the Cardinal Collection. The double edge blade measures 12.25" and was ground from 3/8" stock. The handle is dark brown micarta accented with large brass spacers plus some smaller red, white, and black spacers. The knife sports a large brass double guard and crown butt cap. OAL: 18". There were only 17 of these ever made and this is a one of a kind with the early pre 1968 logo. The large brass spacers are a rare find and the configuration with the other spacers is very different making this a unique one of a kind collector item. The knife has never been used yet it looks like the blade had been lightly polished. You can still see the original grind lines. I would rate the knife excellent plus, as it looks like new very clean piece. The COOPER logo was the first logo John used when he moved to California in 1967. The knife comes with a premium custom leather sheath by Mosher.
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Rare One of a Kind Searles Bowie Knife made by John Nelson Cooper from the Cardinal Collection. The blade measures 9.75" and was ground from 3/8" stock. The handle is gorgeous deep rich Buffalo horn accented with copper inlay and red spacer. The fittings are heavy duty brass. OAL: 15.5". This beauty is a real work of Art and 2 great names Searles and Cooper. The knife has never been used and is about as close to mint as you will ever find. This knife would be the center piece of any collection especially a Cooper Collection.
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Rare One of a Kind Integral Guard Bowie Knife by John Nelson Cooper from the Cardinal Collection. The blade measures 10.5" and is 2" wide. The handle is brown micarta accented with large brass spacers. The Bowie sports an Integral brass guard and butt cap. OAL: 17.5". This is a massive Bowie and weighs several pounds. The knife has never been used and is in excellent condition close to mint. The knife comes with a premium zipper pouch no sheath. Once in a life time chance to own a truly great collectible.
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Rare one of a kind Vietnam era Attack Bowie by John Nelson Cooper.
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Rare Massive John Nelson Cooper 1830 Bowie (only 9 made). Another great knife from the Cardinal Collection. This monster has a 12.25" blade that is 2.5" wide with brass inlay. The handle is brown maicarta with brass and black spacers. Large double brass guard and butt. OAL: 18.25". The knife has never been used and is near mint condition with just a few carbon spots and the usual brass imperfections.Premium zipper pouch no sheath. Note: knife was made between 1968 and 1978.
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