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for those that do not have a 9 OT have just seen one in that bidding place. listed as OLD Schrade 9OT. asking a bit much but he might come down after not selling. i have one so no need for me to bid just thought i would share since i think i remember someone saying they liked mine and wanted one too.
 
This is not the only quick draw sheath and knife this seller has sold; the last one sold for $45 with a knife.
He has listed the knife in question as “mint”; I would not buy a “mint” knife without the box and paperwork.

Some sellers put high prices on items; hoping some fool will come along and pay big money.
I have been looking at a knife on eBay, that has been back and back again over eight weeks now.
The knife should sell for $230. However, the seller has told me “they have put another $120 on the price for the lucky serial number”.
It looks like the “lucky serial number is not work for the seller”.

In Australia we have a saying; he’s DREAMING. Ken
 
now this one is ended i can ask my question on here. has anyone else heard of this particular type of sheath. and my is he not proud of it or is it the knife which would be way over priced.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Sch...9telUekKAuMOlk2hD3nwk7o=&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Both are overpriced imo. Fishing for suckers. Maybe he'll find one... I've never handled one of those sheaths but I've always thought they were lame. If it's something soft that's opening up the knife (running down the blade edge) then it would soon be cut in half by a razor sharp edge. If it's something harder then it will be dulling the blade every time you remove the knife from the sheath.

Maybe a Schrade commando needs one of these for tactical reasons but the rest of us can open our lockbacks in other ways that don't dull the edge. There's my 2-cents.
 
There's my 2-cents.[/QUOTE]

Hi Dave, Happy collecting for 2013. That was 5 cents worth.
There is a new word used on the internet for fishing; it is "Phising", and it gets $$$ from fools time after time.
What do you think about the seller with the knife with the "$120 lucky number" by the way it's 777.... Ken
 
What do you think about the seller with the knife with the "$120 lucky number" by the way it's 777.... Ken[/QUOTE]

now how is that a "lucky" number" the only time that is lucky if you are a sucker at a casino and are playing the slots. now if it was a LB 7 i might be tempted just cause of the low number.
 
talk about one born every day, did you see the one where someone is trying to sell the Schrade Final Production Run paper? for $25? now that takes some uh how does one say low hanging items without getting in trouble?
 
talk about one born every day, did you see the one where someone is trying to sell the Schrade Final Production Run paper? for $25? now that takes some uh how does one say low hanging items without getting in trouble?

I have posted this some other place.
I have a book of 100 of those "Schrade Final Production papers" - Someone said they may have been printed after the Schrade closed down, well after 2004.
I have seen U.S. made knives sell for under $20 that come with one of those "Schrade Final Production papers". (Signed by the seller, I would think)

Maybe I could sell my book of 100 "Schrade Final Production papers" for say $2000 or even more; MAYBE NOT... Ken
 
I have seen U.S. made knives sell for under $20 that come with one of those "Schrade Final Production papers". (Signed by the seller, I would think)

I haven't seen any with signatures except for the certificates from the Factory Collection, which are entirely different from those Final Production certificates.
 
The cerfake-acates are being given free with the blank knives being sold which were sent to China for finishing.
 
Hi Dave, Happy collecting for 2013. That was 5 cents worth.
There is a new word used on the internet for fishing; it is "Phising", and it gets $$$ from fools time after time.
What do you think about the seller with the knife with the "$120 lucky number" by the way it's 777.... Ken

Thanks Ken. I hope 2013 treats you well!

Warning: rant to follow! lol

The capitalist model is to make as much profit as possible. I don't see anything wrong with people hanging big prices on knives in a world where big prices are always the end goal. "Brand Building" means to inflate the perceived value of a product far beyond it's actual value. Every successful corporation (including Imperial Schrade) employed brand building. "America Works With Schrade" etc. If it was ok for Schrade to sell me a knife for $250.00 that it cost them $10.00 to make then why do folks get all upset when individuals use the same practices? No one is forced to buy these overpriced offerings.

I think it's wrong to make excessive profits from people (think pharmacology industry) but that's the world we live in. If "The Man" makes something for $1.00 and can sell it for $165.00 (think the latest copy of Windows 8 and Bill Gates) then he is applauded as being the paradigm for "The American Dream" and becomes incredibly powerful and respected. If "The Little Guy" or "The Poor and Hungry" guy buys a knife for a buck and tries to sell it for $165.00 we call him a crook. I see a double-standard here.

I think the new Windows 8 should be reasonably priced (say triple-his-money-only etc) and used Schrade should be too. I think used cars should always be sold for exactly what they are worth. I think homes should always be sold for what they are worth. I think people should be paid what they are worth. etc etc

There's a lot more wrong with capitalism than some overpriced used Schrade is all I'm saying... Maybe the new Communist government should set fair-market prices on Schrade USA knives and everything else that we can purchase. Oh, I forgot, Walmart is already setting prices on everything that can be bought and sold. I guess they are the final authority on what a "fair profit" is these days...

Praise Walmart for unto us they shall deliver The True Price on All Things and on the 7th day a billion consumers said "It Is Good".
 
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Willfully misrepresenting an item to be something it is not always has been and will continue to be offensive to me and many of my friends. Like placing an American flag on the box of a knife made in China. Or claiming a knife to be American made pre-2004 when it was obviously assembled from leftover parts recently in another country. And bolstering the lie with a sheet of paper "proving" it's authenticity, sometimes even accompanied by a leftover box with a new sticker on the end flap and a newly printed "original paperwork". I personally don't care how much someone asks for their products as long as they are truthfully represented. I am generally smart enough to know the difference, or find someone who does to ask. Not everyone, particularly new collectors, have this knowledge.
 
Willfully misrepresenting an item to be something it is not always has been and will continue to be offensive to me and many of my friends...

For the record, I totally agree that misrepresenting something is wrong, wrong, wrong. My "rant" was only speaking to the practice of overcharging for (hanging a high price-tag on) something very accurately described... To continue the Microsoft analogy:

A new Windows version is always heralded as "the best ever" when really it should be advertised as "severely broken and in need of repair". It takes Microsoft years and hundreds of updates to actually supply the consumer with their advertised product: a good, fast and secure operating system. We accept that this is not false advertising but I think this is only because we have been conditioned to do so. Does Microsoft "misrepresent" their "items"? Sure they do, and we let them. We have no choice but to do so. I agree that individuals shouldn't misrepresent things and suggest we have been beaten into accepting some things that are misrepresented regardless of our core values and beliefs just because it's "The Man" that's lying to us. We've come to accept that as "normal". Really it always has been. "History is written by the victors." - Winston Churchill

I'm done. Sorry for getting political. I snap sometimes lol
 
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I agree, a seller is free to ask any outrageous price for an item, a knife in particular. I am reminded of Levine's guide to the value of knives. Knives themselves have no value other than what a buyer is willing to pay for it. One example:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SCHRADE-OLD...973?pt=Collectible_Knives&hash=item27ceb5ceb5

The knife is priced by the seller at near five times what the market currently values it, which is his perogative, even though the odds of it selling at that price are just slightly above nil. By contrast, the knives you have for sale are pretty much below market prices, below what I as a collector would expect to pay if I were looking to purchase those particular knives. One seller is obviously motivated to sell and aware of what the market will bear, while the other is not.
 
I agree, a seller is free to ask any outrageous price for an item, a knife in particular. I am reminded of Levine's guide to the value of knives. Knives themselves have no value other than what a buyer is willing to pay for it. One example:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SCHRADE-OLD...973?pt=Collectible_Knives&hash=item27ceb5ceb5

The knife is priced by the seller at near five times what the market currently values it, which is his perogative, even though the odds of it selling at that price are just slightly above nil. By contrast, the knives you have for sale are pretty much below market prices, below what I as a collector would expect to pay if I were looking to purchase those particular knives. One seller is obviously motivated to sell and aware of what the market will bear, while the other is not.

OUCH! 5 bills, eh? Good example. I don't get mad at sellers that do that. They just make me chuckle. "...slightly above nil." sounds about right. Thanks for your words regarding my knives-into-bass alchemy. I try to get what I can when I sell but usually I'm just trying to break even. Being in Canada, it's the damn shipping that really inflates the cost of my Schrade collecting.
 
Both are overpriced imo. Fishing for suckers. Maybe he'll find one... I've never handled one of those sheaths but I've always thought they were lame. If it's something soft that's opening up the knife (running down the blade edge) then it would soon be cut in half by a razor sharp edge. If it's something harder then it will be dulling the blade every time you remove the knife from the sheath.

Maybe a Schrade commando needs one of these for tactical reasons but the rest of us can open our lockbacks in other ways that don't dull the edge. There's my 2-cents.
I have never seen one of those sheaths before that I can recall, but yeah, I have to agree about it being pretty lame. :rolleyes:
-Bruce
 
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