I saw these a couple weeks ago so I put 'em in my saved list. Then my buddy Willisf wrote me a pm sending me a link asking me if I had seen these. I saw it & my jaw dropped because I wondered who else had seen 'em. Anyway the day came & my sniping worked out rather well. There weren't any bids on 'em the whole time & it seemed rather unusual. I had them set to go & I sniped 'em for $127.50, only two bids! I couldn't believe it. I have never seen any Wade & Butcher Special's with an "improved tang" on them like these. As you can see the tang is slightly longer on them plus they have Ivory scales. I was afraid they would have some broken scales because the seller did not show each one with both sides of them but with the "improved tang" on 'em, if I won them for the right price, it would be a good deal & since Willis also saw them, I told him we would work something out. It all worked out in our favor & they showed up today finally. The tracking said they were out for delivery yesterday & when they didn't show up, I checked the tracking again & it said delivered but they sure didn't get delivered here so I was P'd off! I called the main post office for the whole USA which I have had to do before because my branch is always delivering things to the wrong address. I get other people's mail here all the time.
Anyway, I'm so glad I got 'em & that the scales weren't broken. They were from a seven day set or maybe different because three of them say Curley NY "Aristos" on 'em. There are two that don't say anything on the blades & they are Sunday & Monday. The other three are Wednesday, Thursday & Friday so I don't know if they came from a collectors estate & if they are from two different sets. The Sunday & Monday are actually between 11/16" & 6/8" but the other three are 6/8".
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