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leonitus
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Edwin jay

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I have an 11inch Edwin jay stiletto. Made in italy What is its value?
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Photos please. What condition is it in?
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Leonitas
Are you on a phone ?
You can attach files fronm it using the Full editor box below the post.
They need to be less than 1mb to load .
Edwin Jays are rare switchblades it will be worth your while.

Welcome and good luck.
Cant wait to see it.

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I believe it's in very good condition
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Edwin jay made in italy
Edwin jay made in italy
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That's a real beauty leonitus 8)

Leave it in that untouched condition ,maybe a little oil on the joints.

I'm only a novice so I will wait for the more knowledgeable to value it.People are fair on Talkblade and will give you sound advice so I would wait until they comment before selling.
Auctions are best to give all a chance and if 2 people want the knife or just have to have it then it will make more.money for you.

The picture is slightly blurred on my tablet but that's a beautiful old knife ,nickle silver mounts ,carbon steel blade looks full from this one picture.Super quality and apparently the best of the best light horn onf all switchblades was chosen for these at the time,with great build and control quality requested by Edwin Jay.
The knife is approximately 65_75 years old /1950s

Edwin j. Hoffritz had about 300 made when he approached Sam Polk and they were made by Latama for sale in high end Hoffritz cutlery shops at 8 -10 dollars each ....that's 3 times the cost of other picklocks back then .

This one is a highly desirable switchblade and you may be pleasantly surprised at the interest in this knife.
You will have to take some better pictures to sell it

Good luck Leonitus ,hope you can share more pictures ,im afraid thats as close as ill get to one of these knives. :)

All the best
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Im new at this. Any help would be a great pleasure
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I moved this topic into the switchblades forum where it should get a few more views. It can also still be viewed from here.
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Thank you sir.
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gravknife wrote:That's a real beauty leonitus 8)

Leave it in that untouched condition ,maybe a little oil on the joints.

I'm only a novice so I will wait for the more knowledgeable to value it.People are fair on Talkblade and will give you sound advice so I would wait until they comment before selling.
Auctions are best to give all a chance and if 2 people want the knife or just have to have it then it will make more.money for you.

The picture is slightly blurred on my tablet but that's a beautiful old knife ,nickle silver mounts ,carbon steel blade looks full from this one picture.Super quality and apparently the best of the best light horn onf all switchblades was chosen for these at the time,with great build and control quality requested by Edwin Jay.
The knife is approximately 65_75 years old /1950s

Edwin j. Hoffritz had about 300 made when he approached Sam Polk and they were made by Latama for sale in high end Hoffritz cutlery shops at 8 -10 dollars each ....that's 3 times the cost of other picklocks back then .

This one is a highly desirable switchblade and you may be pleasantly surprised at the interest in this knife.
You will have to take some better pictures to sell it

Good luck Leonitus ,hope you can share more pictures ,im afraid thats as close as ill get to one of these knives. :)

All the best
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All that info about Sam Polk ordering only 300 of these is old wrong outdated info. There were many more Edwin Jay knives then 300. They are still rare due to the limited years that Hoffritz sold switchblades. Roughly 1949 to 1951.
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Thank you very much
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Great knife!
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