April 1, 2024
C.C. RAKESTRAW Custom Made Engraved Knife With Sheath VERY NICE! NO RESERVE!
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Fantastic knife by a very talented black artist!! Signed or stamped! And he does not make many! This one locally purchased from original owner and just a beauty. Overall measures 8 1/2 in. with a 4 in. fixed blade. Possibly elk horn handles THICK! Almost 1 in. Really hate to sell as it REALLY feels ''good'' in the hand! Be a great investment or a skinner if you desired. Please view all pictures to the beauty of this knife. Comes with a sheath shown. Listed at a LOW starting bid with NO RESERVE ending!! A bit of earlier info on this artist I found on Google> Over the years, Rakestraw has crafted many knives in his work shed, located off U.S. 129 in the Jackson County town of Arcade. Many owners of Rakestraw knives keep them as collectibles, while others put them to use.A Banks County man once bought one, then gave it to his son, who brings it to Rakestraw every year to be sharpened after deer season ends.“The last year he brought it to me he said, ‘I’m going to tell you something. I did 27 deer with that knife.’ It had some nicks in it, but it could still have done another deer,” Rakestraw said.Rakestraw is a multi-talented artist who also works in leather, jewelry, wood and metal, and he has established a niche in the folk-art world. Collectors have his artwork in their homes from here to the Pacific coast.For his recent batch of
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