Like many of you, I stayed up late Sunday night for a chance at some cyber monday knife deals. I've had my eye on a few and I was looking to pick up an F3 and a Hinderer XM18.
As luck would have it, both came up on bladehq right about midnight. I bought the Hinderer immediately (they sold out almost instantly) and I'm going to pick it up today. It was $500 for a blue XM18 slicer - not great but not bad.
They also put up a handful of F3s. If you look at the site you'll see them there now marked as sold. As I post this there are three left - here.
http://www.bladehq.com/cat--Curtiss-David--1353?qty_per_page=100
Initially I didn't bite because of the price. $900 seems like a heck of a lot to pay for an F3, right? Then I started justifying it in my head and twisting it over until I finally bought it. It's fairly unique and limited - mine is a blue 3.5 - but I'm I getting robbed here? Or do you folks think that the extra work done on this knife makes it worth the $950 I'm going to pay with tax?
I realize that value and worth are subjective, but I don't have a good historical background on this particular knife and I have just recently become acquainted with it. I'd like to know that if I did decide that I wanted something else in the future that I could sell it and not lose my shorts. I see quite a few F3s for sale here and on ebay, but I'm not sure the specs line up. Another thing that raised my eyebrows a little was that the knife I bought is made with 154CM instead of one of the fancier steels he sometimes uses.
Is the price I paid about going rate? What think ye? TIA.
As luck would have it, both came up on bladehq right about midnight. I bought the Hinderer immediately (they sold out almost instantly) and I'm going to pick it up today. It was $500 for a blue XM18 slicer - not great but not bad.
They also put up a handful of F3s. If you look at the site you'll see them there now marked as sold. As I post this there are three left - here.
http://www.bladehq.com/cat--Curtiss-David--1353?qty_per_page=100
Initially I didn't bite because of the price. $900 seems like a heck of a lot to pay for an F3, right? Then I started justifying it in my head and twisting it over until I finally bought it. It's fairly unique and limited - mine is a blue 3.5 - but I'm I getting robbed here? Or do you folks think that the extra work done on this knife makes it worth the $950 I'm going to pay with tax?
I realize that value and worth are subjective, but I don't have a good historical background on this particular knife and I have just recently become acquainted with it. I'd like to know that if I did decide that I wanted something else in the future that I could sell it and not lose my shorts. I see quite a few F3s for sale here and on ebay, but I'm not sure the specs line up. Another thing that raised my eyebrows a little was that the knife I bought is made with 154CM instead of one of the fancier steels he sometimes uses.
Is the price I paid about going rate? What think ye? TIA.
