Overview
This Model SO by Ralph Bone features a mirror finished blade with notched thumbrest, .240" blade stock and 1.184" blade depth, hidden tang construction. The handle is comprised of brass guard and butt, black and brass spacers, yellow paper micarta grip. #101 on the blade. Comes with brown leather sheath. Has some light patina, otherwise excellent condition.
Note from Huxley Walters: This new listing at Arizona Custom Knives is an interesting knife, due, both, to the rather unique design and to the stamping. The identifying stamping indicates that it was a unique design at Ralph Bone Knife Co. It is stamped “SO”, indicating that was a non-cataloged Special Order knife, a “one of a kind”. However, it is also stamped with a standard production number “101”, which indicates that, in addition to being a special order, that it, also, was the first example of an intended standard production knife model. The knife, also, properly displays the original, registered “Large Bone” Trademark, with the “bb” in “LUbbOCK”.