Now I am depressed... Another Great Name from the past has turned into garbage.

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Marble Knives.

Anyone remember them? I do. They used to be "it" if you wanted a quality hunting or skinning knife. The one I had, I bought as a boy, took me "forever" to save up the money to buy one. And I could only afford to buy one. I remember standing there at the glass case in the hardware store, agonizing over which one to buy.

I had that knife until the mid 90's, when some vermin broke into my home shop and cleaned me out. Of all the equipment and tools they stole, I think the knife upset me the most. I was supposed to leave in a couple days on an elk hunt, so I had all my hunting gear laid out on my work bench and ready to pack. They didn't get any guns or 2 meter radios, those were in the house. They also got my tools, jacks, hoists, "tamale wagon" tool chest, air compressor, etc.

But that knife, that really got to me. Marble was by that time, long gone. I could replace everything else, but not that knife. I've had several others over the years, but they were just "ok" but always somehow "wrong".

--Anyway,

Fast forward to today, and in our mailbox load of junk mail, was a "knife catalog". You know the kind with all the cheap swords and knock off stuff from China? I decided to flip through it for amusement before throwing it in the trash, when what do I see but a page of MARBLE KNIVES! Initial excitement faded fast as I perused the page. It was all scary cheap. The 9 1/2" "Skinner" was about the closest picture to my old one on the page, and the sale price was $24.99.

Now that tells me that even if it was free, it's not worth the effort fill out the order to get it shipped to the house.

Another great name from my youth, being drug through the mud as a cheap Chinese knock off.

Some days I think I've lived too long past my era...

Anyone still have their original Marble Knife? I would still have mine today if it wasn't for those thieves 25 years ago. I'm sure they pawned it for $20. No, they never did get caught.
 
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I would have bought it just to find out...
 
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never heard of marble knives. but i lost a great knife by stupidity. i left it in the console on my bronco when i was having it repainted. stupid stupid stupid. it was a great, old knife and a custom sheath. of course no one at the shop ever saw it.
 
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I have a knife given to me by a great friend before he died in 1986. It was his cherished Kbar small hunting knife he bought as a boy in the late 1920's. I keep that one in the safe.
 
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Still there.
Same company.
Their retailer lists a handful of vintage and antique US made Marbles knives. Current knife production is all offshore it seems.
You can filter country of origin or the few new products I looked at list the CoO.
 
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When I look into marbles knives….I get conflicting results. One says made in USA, the other says all Chinese mfg. so who knows.

I know Buck are made in USA…Here in north idaho.
 
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I know it pains me to see a lot of great names now made in PRC.
Buck at one time did carry a few models that were made in China.
I got my SMKW catalog the other day.
 
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The original Marble Co. stopped making knives sometime in the mid to late 70's.

"Someone" bought the rights to use the name, and at this point, anything of current make that says "Marble" on it, is made in China.
 

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