I've mentioned Ralph and his ebay store a few times in the other cutlery thread ... and in all superlative positives. Well, several months ago he had a knife for sale that I missed out on, an in the course of other correspondence, mentioned I was upset at myself for missing it...
As it turns out, I get an email from him 30 mins ago that he's got ANOTHER of these uber-rare knives, and this one's got the original box -- and he remembers that I wanted one, so he'll offer it to me before he posts it (at a discount from what he'd start the auction for).
It's an old Sheffield flexible slicing knife, with horn handles, made for sale in Asprey stores in London and the old original Abercrombie and Fitch in New York. For those of you who don't remember, before Abercrombie became synonymous with emaciated adolescent "fashion", it was a premier seller of outdoor and housewares.
OK, I did NOT own a large, flexible filet knife, and had been looking for one.... yeah, maybe I've got a problem.
JP