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Comment by tim payne on April 11, 2015 at 18:14

thank you much charles

Featured Comment by Charles Sample on April 11, 2015 at 9:35

Very nice knife!

Comment by tim payne on April 10, 2015 at 21:56

thanks brian, only genella I have

Comment by Brian Martin on April 10, 2015 at 21:50

That is a Knife!!

Comment by tim payne on April 10, 2015 at 20:51

Great read Jan.  You have all the connections!  Ok, I came up with a couple tidbits on Charlie Genella.

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/news/story/2012/feb/24/infamous-...

STAR Sales Co. , of Knoxville, Tn., imported knives from Japan throughout the early and mid 1980s,. STAR designed a lot of traditional and some rather interesting knives and directed them to the collector's market. As well as their own label, Star also imported knives for Parker/Frost, Clarence Risner and Charles Genella (If you don't know about those last two knife worthies, you should check them out... part of knife history 101).

Comment by Jan Carter on April 10, 2015 at 20:27

The Gold Knife: The true story of travels with Charlie GenellaPosted on May 23, 2013 by Knives Illustrated

Charlie Genella was walking the aisles of the Birmingham Gun Show. This late-1970’s gun show, sponsored by the Alabama Gun Collectors Association, was also hosting the Alabama Knife Collectors Club. Military knife authorities M. H. Cole and Roger Ballard were active members of the Alabama Gun Collectors and promoted bringing knife people into the show, so Charlie and I were there.Charlie and I traveled the show circuit together in those days. He insisted that we be in front of the roll-up doors the minute the show opened to be among the first exhibitors in the room. That way, we would get there earlier than the other knife collectors and scarf up all the bargains. What I actually meant was that I would set up the tables and sit with his and my knives while he walked around the shows looking for bargains.  Any new knife was a guaranteed sell in those days—when knife collectors had not yet learned to narrow their collecting focus. The day before, one of Charlie’s sources had come up with some unusual knives with gold-colored bolsters and blades like the one illustrating this article. Charlie planned to sell them for $2.50 each. The knives were marked “Thailand” on the bolster, and were packed in sealed plastic bags of 12 knives. Charlie bought 10 bags for a total of 120 knives. The story that came with the knives was that they had been obtained at an airline salvage auction, so this was a one-time buy. Charlie rounded an endcap of tables, and there before him, under a glass dome, was a knife that looked identical to one of his 120. Under the dome in neat calligraphy was a sign reading, “Solid Gold Knife—Not for Sale”. Charlie laughed, and the man behind the table looked up.

“That’s not a gold knife. I have some of them,” Charlie told him.

“You’re a liar,” the table holder challenged.

“I have them under my table—right here at this show.”

“They’re not like this one. This one is gold.”

READ THE ENTIRE STORY HERE

Comment by tim payne on April 10, 2015 at 19:50

Produced by Charlie Genella,  made in the late 70's, . I remember reading an article about Charlie Genella in one of the knife mags once. He sounded like an interesting character. He died, I think  in the early 80's.  All the info I have for now Jan.

Comment by Jan Carter on April 10, 2015 at 19:39

Tell me about the Genella company?

Comment by tim payne on April 10, 2015 at 17:51

thanks hog

Comment by Ron Cooper on April 10, 2015 at 7:30

You're quite welcome, Tim.

Cool knife, indeed!  

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