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🇺🇸MADE IN USA🇺🇸
Up for sale is a complete, pristine, investment-grade 3-piece collection of vintage 1994 Smith & Wesson USA made premium fixed-blade knives. This is a highly coveted completionist set featuring matching Serial Number #215 from a strictly limited 500-piece First Production Run from April 1994.
All three knives are in immaculate New-In-Box Mint Condition. They have never been carried, cut, or sharpened, and they feature the flawless original factory satin grinds.
**THE HISTORY BEHIND THIS TRILOGY**
These three models were deliberately designed and released by Smith & Wesson as a unified, multi-purpose heavy field system for their 1994 catalog. Instead of building one single knife to do everything, Smith & Wesson built an identical full-tang chassis sharing uniform Kraton handles, ergonomics, and brass-lined lanyard holes but swapped out the blade profiles to cover the three pillars of field use: Tactical, Skinning, and Camp Utility.
While buyers in 1994 typically bought just one individual model, this specific set was custom-acquired directly from the factory run to stay together. Finding the entire physical trio completely intact, original box and all, with matching serial number #215 of 500 after 30 plus years is a true statistical anomaly for serious Smith & Wesson completionists.
RARE FACTORY HISTORICAL NOTE: The unique warning labels on these boxes were strictly exclusive to this initial First Production Run. Because these first 500 knives were built as a showcase premier batch, the blades were individually hand-honed, hand-tuned, and custom factory-finished. Smith & Wesson explicitly utilized these warning labels to denote this small, labor-intensive, hand-finished USA batch before shifting to standard mass-production techniques.
**THE TRIO & BLADE STYLES INCLUDED:
•SW-960: Partially Serrated Spear Point Tactical/Survival Hybrid
- Product Code: 6785 | Serial: #215
- Profile: Symmetrical Spear Point centered for piercing capability and tactical utility. Features partial factory serrations on the lower edge.
•SW-970: Plain Edge Large Hunting Skinner / Trailing Point
- Product Code: 8520 | Serial: #215
- Profile: Clean, un-serrated upswept profile with a deep, curved edge belly optimized for fluid slicing. Features the rare double-sided factory blade etching.
•SW-980: Partially Serrated Large Hunting/Field Drop Point
- Product Code: 8580 | Serial: #215
- Profile: Sturdy dropped spine creating a thicker, robust tip for general heavy camp work and utility. Features a partially serrated edge.
**SPECIFICATIONS & MATERIALS (VINTAGE USA RUN):
•STEEL COMPOSITION: 440 Stainless Steel (The definitive 1994 USA standard prized for extreme rust resistance and high impact toughness compared to later imported variants).
•HANDLE MATERIAL: Black Kraton slip-resistant rubberized grip with molded integrated handguard.
•CONSTRUCTION: Heavy-duty full tang design with a solid stainless steel pommel.
•BLADE LENGTH: 6.25 inches or 158.75mm (Uniform across all 3 models)
•OVERALL LENGTH: 11 inches or 279.4mm (Uniform across all 3 models)
**WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BOX:
•All 3 Original Vintage S&W Blue and Black Factory Boxes featuring perfectly matching handwritten #215 serial labels on the rare factory warning labels, alongside crisp factory-stamped inventory codes.
COLLECTOR NOTE ON BOXES: The serial number #215 is hand-written directly onto the factory warning labels on the end-flaps, which is the exact authentic marking style for this original 1994 USA made 500-piece First Production Run.
•All 3 Original Premium Black Leather Factory Belt Sheaths in pristine, uncarried condition.
STORAGE NOTE: These knives have been stored safely OUTSIDE of their tanned leather sheaths to preserve the steels immaculate satin finish from atmospheric moisture and acid-corrosion.
**SHIPPING & TERMS OF SALE:
•PREMIUM SHIPPING: Ships fast, FREE, and is securely packaged with full insurance, tracking, and signature delivery confirmation-which is required (everything is fully covered under Free Shipping).
•TERMS: By purchasing this item, the buyer certifies that they are at least 18 years of age and are in full compliance with all local, state, and federal laws regarding the purchase and possession of fixed-blade knives.
NOTE: Please ask all questions and request all additional photos you may need PRIOR TO PURCHASE.
ALL SALES ARE FINAL
NO RETURNS
NO REFUNDS
🤝Thank You!!🤝
