Specs typed on a REAL typewriter. Now THAT'S old school.

Marbles knives have a history that goes back to the late 1800s when Webster Marbles started the company in the upper peninsula of Michigan in Gladstone. The orginal "Kabar" Mark 2 knife famous from WWII is actually a Marbles design as well that was contracted out to Kabar, Ontario and other companies instead of Marbles due to cost and production capacity at that time. Looking at this $30 version just makes my heart sink when I think about the originals which sell for several hundred dollars today. From 1997 to about 2003 Marbles had a bit of a renaissance in Gladstone until the knife section of the company was sold off and production went to Pakistan and China. I have a few versions of this same knife from 2003 when it was assembled in Gladstone, MI. Tang stamped for USA production. The parts at that time were made by for Marbles by Queen Cutlery and the whole production of this and other folders at the time was contracted by a Marbles distributor named David Shirley (passed away) near East Lansing, Michigan. I used to go to his home to purchase Marbles knives from 1999-2003. Shortly after several series of USA folders were produced of excellent quality, production was sold off and everything went down hill, along with Schrade and other companies who went out of U.S. business around the same time.

This is one of the best "novelty" knives I habe ever seen and I plan on getting one just because of how golden this piece is for overcompensation jokes.

Thank you for showing this I haven’t ever seen one

That’s actually a really cool design. I’m gonna have to look for one now. I just love how it looks like a fixed blade when it’s open.

I'm a great fan of Marbles Bowie's . I didn't cair for that one . Thanks for showing that one

1:36 shows the knife. 1:52 opening knife.

Think you just sold a few of those, very interesting.

I ordered a marbles fixed blade knife a few years ago. Handle💯 steel💯. Everything was sturdy and the sheathe was 💯. But the grind was so far off from the center it looks like someone was grinding it by hand and then forgot to flip it, shot it on the other side for 30 seconds and just packaged it lol. Still a great knife. I'm sure I could have gotten another if I called the company.

Never one these existed but definitely gonna have to grab one! I'm kinda in love with old school stuff and this takes the cake!

I love their small axe/large hatchet. This blade looks really cool to collect, love it!

I have an old hand-me-down Marbles knife that I got from my grandpa. Incredibly nice knife that hold an edge for decades of gutting game.

As you said around the five-minute mark, I'd also buy one purely to add to my collection of different folding/opening styles. That's a pretty cool folder

There's a Laguiole style knife like this but without the protecting mechanism, you need to obviously use the sheath to protect the blade. Anyway, this Marble's one is very beautiful, thank you!

That is without a doubt the coolest folder I've seen

Looks like that might be moose antler grips. Natural grooves and coloration. Makes it a beautiful knife!

Awesome! Thanks for sharing this knife with us. Never knew about these.

I’ve got a bench made LFK and never heard anyone mention it or met anyone who’s heard of one so good on you! This knife you’re showing is pretty sweet

Wow, this is awesome!

Never new much or was a fan of marbles but now im a fan atleast, thanks for thw vid!

I just bought one of these, it's a beautiful knife, I also have the other marbles folding bowie, just had to get the pare , thanks for a great review

Best looking folding knife I’ve ever seen!

Dude, that's a sweet score! Unique for sure

Crkt uses this design for a folding fillet knife, super cool!

I’m digging that high polish blade. Very cool. I might have to looking into picking one of these up :) I have a Marbles fixed blade that’s pretty decent but I’ve never seen this type of knife.

I have one similar to that from the 50s. It was my father’s when he was young .

I've never seen anything like this. It's awesome.

I actually have a benchmade lfk prototype. Absolutely love it this marble definitely has my attention I would definitely be open to a possible trade in the future. It’s at my home in Ohio so I won’t have it for at least a few months until I get settled at my next duty station

Thanks for the “ time check”!!

I have a metal chain on mine and it looks good on it make it easy to pull out of the leather sheath .

I ordered two off of your amazon link. Thanks Jeff!

Thats damn beautiful

I have a knife like this I purchased probably 15 or so years ago. Was my favorite knife until I started buying some higher end spydercos, Benchmade, and sebenzas (thanks to your videos of course :) )

Thats a sweet blade reminds me of something my father would have had. We had a lot of Barlow knives and folders around growing up.

These are nice. Hubby has a Game Getter model from Marbles for collectability and a cobra for banging around in the woods. I have seen him use it as an impromptu machete. If you get one to use, make sure it locks open! Cheaper ones (Bone Collector brand comes to mind) will not and will close if you swing them. That is a good way to lose a finger.

Pretty cool and unique knife, I've never seen one like that!

Almost a half million subs wow I’m surprised you don’t have more for being the best knife review channel.

That's pretty dope

I just ordered one of these. Can't wait. Edit, I received the MSF, and it's not great but still a cool addition to my collection.

Really cool

Beautiful tool Ever! :D

I like when people have knife collections cuz when they die and their kids don’t want nothing to do with collecting knifes they end up selling for cheap or in a pawn shop

Reminds me of my Imperial folding machete. Cool.

That is such a cool knife. Congrats on the trade :D

I have one of those except scales are bone and have an woods seen on it with a moose grazing

I had one simular like that year's ago it was a well used one I think the one I had was the blade was longer

this is really cool

Crkt uses something vert similar in their folding fillet knife. And it actually works really well to give a large blade without a ridiculous handle.

He protecc... He attack... But most importantly... His blade too big fir he god dang handle

The obvious question is why not just make the handle longer like Cold Steel does on its larger folding knives.

I'd love to see GEC or Case make one of these!

Hi Jeff hope you are doing well. I just received my Marbles #204 today that you reviewed on 06/24/2018 3 days ago. Ordered it from eBay 3 days ago wow fast shipping :-) I love it its very unique as you stated.

New subscriber and a knife collector, that is a very cool knife makes me want to go through my collection because I have some knifes with similar handles not sure the make but I am going to be checking awesome video thank you much respect from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦✌

I had an old dagger folder that had the folding guard like that and much longer blade than handle folded but had a stiff leather sheath I wish I had not swapped it like a tool. 😥

I've never seen anything like that, thanks for sharing :D

Looks like it was typed on a vintage typewriter nice

Any idea of how the Benchmade LFK actually functioned? I haven’t found anything on the actual mechanism

you seen the timber rattler scarabs? im getting one myself their bloody huuuuuuge

That is a very clever and safe knife.

You say the scales are bone... Was that a mistake? Or is it bone that has been used to simulate antler?

Great Knife

Beautiful knife. Damn.

That's pretty sick it's like a folding Dagger

I have a similar knife I bought as a kid. The blade on mine seems to be made from a file with bone handle. Didn’t realize the design was that common until watching this vid.

What's a Bolser? (typed on the spec sheet)

This thing is bigger than most of my fixed blades, needless today it is a staple of my edc

I like this.

Marbles just released traditionals in D2 Steel!!! Imagine how awesome this blade would be on D2!

I used to have a less pretty version of this that I ordered from cheaper than dirt.

Which one of the links are to this knife?

i think i kinda need one

throwback, lol kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nNp5o5iB3serfpc.html

Personally I'd just make a bigger handle but, that works too I guess. Interesting solution to a problem that confuses me a bit.

I actually own a full-sized folding Bowie with a swingguard, but it doesn't have a guard for the blade in the closed position since it is meant to be carried in leather sheath

I have one with different handle scales (MR416). These are very well made knives, inexpensive, with low grade stainless (440A, I believe). Takes a good edge, but you'll be sharpening it fairly often. That said, it's relatively lightweight for a full size knife, and a good EDC choice if you find a good pouch for it. I also have the folding bowie, but it's strictly a showpiece. Not really a practical design.

Kinda like a swing guard switchblade but in slow motion.

beautiful, I want one too

My buddy had the benchmade LFK when we where kids, ended up dropping it into a crevasse when he fell into it... He got out though

Damn more that 60 uploads in a month , u deserve a lot more subscribers brother. Hard worker.

I wish i had that I love that knife

I own a marbles trapper these are very well made knives for the price.

Nice! Awsome!;)

Very nice

Did they use a ligit typewriter? That's f**king class!

U might get on Worldstar again with this one

Who else thought something other than Large Folding Knife when he said LFK??

Nice knife

The locking clip could have been made into a bottle opener.

very interesting design

Cool Cool!!

You should do a review of the Kabar

I feel like the designers just made the blade 2 long on accident, and then didn't feel like redesigning it, so they added an extension to the handle.

The closest thing like that I have seen is a design originally taken from a sweedish knife maker who does a unique folding design, it's kind of like a transformer. Jeorg made a similar version for a khukuri blade, he made his from a cold steel kukri machete but I have never seen this shorter version of the style before, thats quite cool

I have that folding bowie you mentioned at the end. I brought it out of curiosity but it really does not fit my taste. If you want it I can send it to you as a gift.

I know this is kinda random but can you do a review for an IMCO Austrian lighter? Very awesome video by the way

I would call that a frame lock. The blade rests in the groove of the locking bar making it part of the frame rather than a liner. So really I'd say the frame folds to lock the blade in place, frame lock.

pretty sure you showed a similar design in a video you did a few months ago where someone sent you his entire knife haul from a garage sale

grand way a knife maker from ukraine makes one of these and its available on amazon for right around 15 bucks

Will you review the buckshot folding cleaver? It's a Chinese knife that's apparently pretty good. We need tour opinion though

Nice Looking Knife