Overview
This 3 knife set by Charles Kain comes with a magnificent jade box with fitted yellow cloth lining. 16" x 15" x4"
The first knife is a lockback that features a blued Damascus blade with a Damascus thumbstud that has an abalone inlay and brass pins. The handle has a full Damascus frame with mokume, black and gold lip pearl, and meteorite inlays, fileworked Damascus backspacer. Nice lockup and blade seating. Excellent condition. Tons of detail in this knife, and it's just the first one!
The second knife is a two bladed linerlock. It features blued Damascus blades with Damascus thumbstuds that has an abalone inlays and brass pins. The handle has a case-hardened steel frame with mokume, abalone, Damascus, and meteorite inlays, fileworked and anodized titanium liners. Nice lockup. Excellent condition. Tons of detail in this knife as well, and it's just the second one!
The third knife is an automatic, it features a blued Damascus blade with a Damascus thumbstud that has an abalone inlay and brass pins. The handle has a blued steel frame with mokume, black lip pearl and meteorite inlays, fileworked Damascus backspacer. It has brass gears inside the handle that all turn when the knife is opened and closed, one of the gears has two abalone circles floating inside. Excellent condition. Tons of detail in this knife as well.
This set is fascinating, and you could look at it for hours and not see all the details. Excellent condition.