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3 Crosslocks from the employee collection

ItsTooEarly

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Here’s a close up of the three crosslocks I got the other day from that collection. If someone could tell me a little more about these please let me know. I know Joe said there were 20 made in damascus, and they went over seas, but what about the others?

I believe they’re as follows (handle/blade): satin silver with pocket clip/steel ATS-4, damascus/chrome limited production 1997, light blue aluminum or titanium/yellowish.



Thanks for the look

Armand

armand.hernandez@yahoo.com
 
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Hello,

I saw your earlier post with the pics of the collection you recently purchased. Quite an impressive collection. I'm happy for you. Whenever I see a large and nice collection like this being sold, I wonder why it was sold and hope it wasn't due to bad times. So, I hope the seller is in Hawaii or someplace nice, perhaps enjoying their retirement.

As to your Crosslocks, here is a link to an earlier post that may give you a bit of information about them (except for the bluish colored one):

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-450480.html

There was an aluminum handled knife as well but it was not the bluish color you have. That one is very interesting, my guess would be a prototype that never made it into production. But I'm sure Joe will tell you more, if he hasn't already about that one.

Hope this helps!

- Greg
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Thanks Greg for all your help and information about the crosslocks. I'm sorry it took me so long to get back to you, to thank you...

Armand
 
70chevelless said:
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Hello,... Quite an impressive collection. I'm happy for you. Whenever I see a large and nice collection like this being sold, I wonder why it was sold and hope it wasn't due to bad times.
Hope this helps!- Greg.
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No worrys my 70's friend- no missing knives or bad times here!
i assure you they got what they asked for them..
the former employee he got them from will most likely be selling a house soon with plans on moveing east now that both HAVE retired! the houseing market being the govenering factor ..
personly i kinda sorta wish they had wated to have the yard sale here out east!
thoes types of knives are hard to price... a collector has to want one !
like the one early 1963 buck etched 110 ... i watched one sell for 100$
later i seen one with two bidders go to 350 and later one only to 250..
another time i watched a aburn etch normly max at 100 hit almost 500!
much later in same year one like it sold for only 175...
at that time it was two collectors trying to get the last one they needed for a display in a show !
you cant place a price on any one collectors desire at a moments notice! i personly have paid too much for a knife on a quick buy ... and on a thought out sale i bought at a price higher then what i would have normalny paid and over what he would have sold cause I knew him!!! and it was worth more to me to know i got it from a collector i knew and liked... jest as another collector sold me a knife in atlanta at what i could affored that day... because he knew were it was going and that it would be displayed with pride and not resold for profit

in a public market all i can say is can you remember base ball cards? it is that fickel and risky!!!
me personaly- i have sold knives when i have changed direction or have seen some thing i want more!!!
and wow are there some i want a whole lot!!! :D
a collector likes his collection even if it looses half it's value over night!!!
an investor- now he has to much to worrrrrrrry about to enjoy his knives!
 
Dave certainly hit that nail right on the head!!! Being rare doesn't really mean all that much unless someone actually wants it. The bottom line here, Armand, is that the value of a collector knife is whatever some fool (oops, I mean collector) is willing to pay for it, and that value increases to that person the more he needs it to complete a series of a particular collection. Trust me, I speak from experience!!
 
Dave -- you nailed it. Collector vs investor ;)

Might be an interesting topic... collector vs investor - what are you?

Me? I'm a collector, actually a user of buck knives before it was popular to be a collector... some of the bucks I have lost, I wish I still had today. I really do not care if the value goes up or down, I like these knives.

You?
 
:cool:...I'm neither a collector nor am I an invester. A collector has a game plan to reach his/her goal of collecting a certain type or style or brand of knife...An invester is the guy who outbids all the collectors for the knives they are bidding on ( to continue or complete their collections )...then he'll offer to sell it to the collector at an inflated price.:rolleyes:... I am an "accumulator"...I just accumulate knives that appeal to me regardless of who makes it or what style it may be and then I use 'em... I will admit to a distinct "preference" for Bucks and for folders...That's as specific as I'll get...LOL...
 
There's a guy on ebay that most have an inside track on the future collectibility of Crosslock 180s. Everyone I've seen come up lately he's bid on. Currently he's bidding on five or so.

I like the 180, carried one daily for over a decade, but damn if I can see the collector/investor interest.

ITE,
I seem to remember someone saying those models were either prototypes or limited productions. I think, if I'm not mistaken, that those were the knives that led up to the current crosslock production, moving from the plastic to aluminum scales.

This one has been on ebay forever. Occaisonally one will pop up with a damascus blade.
 
Accumulator???

Me, too.

I "accumulated" a "Knives of Alaska" fixed-blade last week because Cabela's had it on sale for $69.95 (down from $129.95) and also had a special deal going where they gave you $30 off if you spent $100.

They didn't have any Bucks on sale, though.
 
Talk about cost of collecting, brings up a notion I have developed, that when one of us on the forum shows photos and descriptions (with prices guesses) of a set or a rare knife. One or more will soon show up on some auction site priced at that amount. With bidders aplenty. I am making a new policy I will photo and describe but if you want me to make a price guess, it will be via private contact......:rolleyes: Yes, it is partially seflfish intent, I have a few I need to fill gaps and I would be better off with my live in banking monitor if they didn't get so blame high in price......:grumpy:
 
Craig, sound like a great policy, especially since almost all of us have one of those live in bank monitors (some monitoring more closely than others). I'm still "all eyes" for the one you asked me to watch for.
 
yea kinda too bad we cant post a wish list here... but we can in the for sale section ...
 
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