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The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is$300$250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
Anyone help me with this knife?
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No. Read the rules.
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Well seeing things are usually worth what you pay..... Not being a jerk. You have been told the rules and you have been told its really nothing special. A bit of reading between the lines should have you know you didnt hit a gold mine.
Ight sorry I only made an account cause I wanted to know the value of it
This is going to get hypothetical and speculative, but I question if we will ever look back on Made in China knives as a sign of quality. Or at least it's going to take a long time if ever. There are a number of reasons I think this way.
Chinese knives became the number 1 import into the US, overtaking Japan back in 1994, This means Chinese knives have been in the US market for 21 years. To date not one US Knife Co has MIC knives in their top tier products. In fact, when a company has manufacturing in the US, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, it is usually China that manufacturers the most inexpensive line. If the quality of Chinese knives were recognized by the consumers the companies would have some in their top tier.
In contrast US companies started importing knives from Japan in bulk in the early 1970s as they became more competitive than German and Italian imports. By the early
1980s Cold Steel was putting the Japanese Sanmai knives at the top of the line. In 1986 SOG introduced the S1 and S2 Bowies which remained as their top of the line.
In other words, in approximately 10-15 years Knives made in Japan were being sold as top line products, after having entered the market as cheap inexpensive and often ridiculed pieces of garbage. Around 2005/2006, Japan lost it's competitive edge due to a rising Yen against the US Dollar and Knife Companies scrambled to find
another source. But all US companies did not flock to China. Some did and found QC to be a real problem. It was Taiwan that inherited the role of a reliable quality source
of factory knife production. If anything I feel that we may one day look at "Made in Taiwan" as a sign of quality.
Chinese knives became the number 1 import into the US, overtaking Japan back in 1994, This means Chinese knives have been in the US market for 21 years. To date not one US Knife Co has MIC knives in their top tier products. In fact, when a company has manufacturing in the US, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, it is usually China that manufacturers the most inexpensive line. If the quality of Chinese knives were recognized by the consumers the companies would have some in their top tier.
In contrast US companies started importing knives from Japan in bulk in the early 1970s as they became more competitive than German and Italian imports. By the early
1980s Cold Steel was putting the Japanese Sanmai knives at the top of the line. In 1986 SOG introduced the S1 and S2 Bowies which remained as their top of the line.
In other words, in approximately 10-15 years Knives made in Japan were being sold as top line products, after having entered the market as cheap inexpensive and often ridiculed pieces of garbage. Around 2005/2006, Japan lost it's competitive edge due to a rising Yen against the US Dollar and Knife Companies scrambled to find
another source. But all US companies did not flock to China. Some did and found QC to be a real problem. It was Taiwan that inherited the role of a reliable quality source
of factory knife production. If anything I feel that we may one day look at "Made in Taiwan" as a sign of quality.
It's not a stupid rule; it's so that non-paying members don't come on here hinting at things they'd like to sell.
If you want to know the value, watch eBay until one just like it sells. Same model, same condition. Then you'll know. It's really the only way that any of us would know.
It's a little unfair to say you've gotten zero help. People, to the best of their ability within the rules (that they read) told you the likely value of this item even though as a non-gold member you aren't allowed to ask. It seems like you've gotten a fair amount of help, and someone was even kind enough to Google the company and paste info about it on here. (Pro-tip: Usually when these threads come up, markings are much more obscure. Your knife has the company name clearly etched and you could Google it). Having said that, I understand wanting to seek out a knife-centric forum to talk about the knife.
The handle looks kind of cool. But in all honesty, I'd carry a newer Schrade or Gerber over this. You can likely triple your return on this though.
You said it, (knife) community 
That rule is there for a reason, we like to talk knives... if not for this rule there gonna be 10 posts a day, like what is my knife worth.
These "knife enthousiasts" use this community for personal gain, and never heard of again.
I could be wrong, but have you ever handled a quality knife for comparison?
That rule is there for a reason, we like to talk knives... if not for this rule there gonna be 10 posts a day, like what is my knife worth.
These "knife enthousiasts" use this community for personal gain, and never heard of again.
I could be wrong, but have you ever handled a quality knife for comparison?
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Maybe you don't care about being banned, but most of us are here because we like the site. Why cause ourselves grief over some new guy that doesn't give a darn? You were given a fair amount of information, what you do with it is up to you.
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