Fight'n Rooster display four blade knife dated 1989. The knife has a
mosaic white pearl type handle and is 8-3/4" closed, in near mint
condition with original box. It has not been sharpened but there are
rubbed places where the blades have touched and they are minor. Made in an
edition (3/5) of 5 and this one is number 3. All blade tangs are stamped -
Frank Buster Celebrated Cutlery Solingen, Germany and it has three back springs.
I think the scales are made up of small units of genuine mother of pearl that are inlaid to
create a mosaic handle that is not common. The knife is massive, weighing a little over 2 pounds
with brass frame and nickel silver bolsters.
The blades have etched wagon train, longhorn cattle, Indians, locomotive,
oil derricks, eagle and more. For a sense of scale look at the two
USA quarters 25˘ in the first photo below. There will not be any more
knives made by Frank Buster the founder of Fight'n Rooster Knives because
he passed away in July of 2007 and his son Sterling Buster oversees the
operations of Fight'n Rooster today.
We found a same size knife in the following book Fight'n Rooster Knives -
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Copyright 1994 with three blades,
Celluloid
