So I have this beautiful heavy old folder hunting knife of my Dad's that I decide to research and sell on eBay. I did list it with lots of photos (all saved at Photobucket, only to find that eBay is letting me load up to 12 photos free, at least for a while). Anyway, I did many searches trying to find a similar blade anywhere in the Internet. One turns up - small - on eBay in a guide. About replica knives. He talks about them being listed as "mint" and looking new, when they probably are simply new replicas. Who knows, my knife looks used. I know it comes from at least 1944. They talk about replicas from over the years, a lot of them from the 1950s and later. So I put it all in there, with lots of photos. Someone will come along and decide this is the real thing and bid on it. Those who think it isn't real won't.

It would be nice to have a windfall about now, but I won't hold my breath.

This item doesn't take up much space in the house, so in terms of clearing out, it's a minor bit of space. But my bank account can always use a little extra cash clutter. :-D

SRS