Outrageously Rare, Only 2 Sets Ever Made (this prototype set and an 001 set)

This Jimmy Lile "New Orleans" Dagger was a special order "1-only". The original purchaser sent in a self portrait and the late James Stewart engraved it on the blade*.

This is an ultra rare, elegant, and drop dead gorgeous Lile Hatchet / Bowie Set #1. Jimmy made a total of three of these combinations, I sold the #2 set quite some time ago.

This is the No. 1 Jimmy Lile Tomahawk, a museum piece and as early and old as you'll find.

This is serial #41 Lone Wolf Gonzaullas Bowie knife. Several of these knives now reside in the Texas Ranger Museum

The photos tell the story with this one, what more can words say? Ben Shostle was very well known throughout the knife and gun world, he passed away back in 2006.

This is a Lile Fighting / Combat Knife made in 1971-72. The blade is 7" long and script signed

This is a large Bowie knife that Jimmy gave as a Christmas gift back in 1971. The original owner (Gene Swanson) was a friend and business associate of Jimmy's

Well documented on pages 114 and 115 in the book, "James B. Lile - The Arkansas Knifesmith", this set is considered to be one of the most valuable and prestigious of any of the Jimmy Lile Commemoratives offered for sale.

Admittedly, I knew nothing about this particular Council Oaks Bowie knife before reading about it in the Lile book. This much I know: it's rare and only 25 of these were made.

This is an extremely hard to find Jimmy Lile "Jackals" Movie knife made for the 1986 movie "Jackals aka American Justice" starring Jameson Parker.

This is a Lile "Companion Pair" consisting of a Regular #7 & Model #8. The Regular 7 has a nickel silver hilt, stag slabs and nickel pins

This is a Lile "Companion Pair" consisting of a Regular #7 & Model #8. Both knives are fitted with brass hilts and black micarta handles with old style brass rivets.

Two extremely nice Lile semi-skinners with original sheaths. One walnut and one stag -- both knives are in unused / near mint condition with original edges.

Unused with original edges, an excellent example of an early model (mid 80's) Sly II. The bead blasted blade finish is in excellent shape, high probability that this is D2 steel

Lile Knives Sly II, a knife made by the Lile shop after Jimmy passed away (dot) but before they closed up shop for good.

This is a 1-only leather tool made for the Lile's first sheath maker, John Lamb. Overall length of the tool is about 7-1/2" -- the blade is quite sharp. The notes on the tag attached to the handle were written by Marilyn. (see photos) Made in 1977.

This is an custom all steel semi-skinner Trout & Bird knife (also referred to as a poker) made by Jimmy Lile.

This is a terrific looking, unused fillet knife made by Jimmy Lile. It's an early one with the rare shorter (less than 9") blade length, script signed "Hand Made by James B. Lile". This knife has a single brass hilt and fingered stag handle, overall length is 12".

This is a terrific looking, unused fillet knife made by Jimmy Lile. It is an early knife with a long 9-1/8" blade, script signed "Hand Made by James B. Lile – For Bill Vick". This knife has a single brass hilt and single finger grip stag handle, overall length is approximately 14-1/8".

A rare little bird, I think it's a version of the model 23 but I'm not certain. This knife has a 4-1/2" tool steel blade, reduced brass guard (neat!), and light colored stag handle.

This is an early non-catalog Jimmy Lile hunter, might be a model 17 variation but I'm not quite sure. I scoured the early Lile catalogs for a knife with this blade grind, the closest thing I could come up with was the #17 Weaver.

This is an early boot knife made in the Lile shop but not by Jimmy, a knife Jimmy felt was good enough to endorse with the "Made In Lile Shop" engraving.

This an unused script signed Lile Regular 7 with light colored wood handle. An early 1970's knife -- the blade is script signed "Hand Made by James B. Lile". The overall length of the knife is 8-5/8".

A great knife for the Lile collector who might be looking for a beauty to use, this is an unused script signed Lile Regular 7 in damn near perfect condition but for a piece of micarta missing at the top of one of the black micarta scales.

This an unused Lile Regular 7 with early script and thin black micarta scales. A very late 1960's to very early 1970's knife

Another early, unused Lile Regular 7 with script signature and canvas micarta scales. An early 1970's knife (if not very late 1960's)

A very early unused Jimmy Lile paring / utility knife with the single line / single word "Lile" script signature. The knife probably dates to the late 60's, very early in Jimmy's career. The blade is 3-1/8" long -- overall length of the knife is 7-1/8".

A couple of small Lile utility knives, one LILE stamped with black micarta and one Lile script knife with wood scales