Bill Ruple Custom Knife.... Help!?

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Hi Guys,
So I found what is apparently a quite valuable pocket knife while sorting through an old collection of knives that I've had since I was a kid. I'm sure this belonged to my Uncle who lived in West Texas and left his gun/knife collection to me when he passed. I found this in the bottom of a box of ammo recently, about 10 years after being left his collection. Needless to say, the worksmanship is incredible and I knew this was not an ordinary knife. I looked it up on the net a bit and found Bill Ruple, custom knife maker. I would imagine this is one of his, and a much older one no less. I'm curious if anyone knows what the value might be or what the style is. I think it is stag in the handles, but not sure, its got a slight greenish tint to some parts of the grooving. Any help you guys can give me would be great. What a find huh?


 
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I would suggest you do an advanced search on the Bay and find completed auctions for his knives. Perhaps this will give you an idea of value there.
Good Score and Good luck finding value.
James
 
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Mr. Ruple's e-mail addy is listed here. . . . .http://www.rupleknives.com/

Drop him a line. He may have the specifics, and more, on the knife in question.

Mr. Ruple is a good guy !
 
I agree you should email Bill for some details and he could give you an honest assessment. You should also ask about having Bill clean it up for you . You could have an as new Ruple for minimal cost.

Nice find!
 
No disrespect to J.T. but E-Bay is the last place In the world to go to to find true values on Custom Knives. It's the bargain basement hunters dream. Rarely do really collectible knives show up there. And when they do, rarely do they bring what they should . You fine a lot of factory knives, factory collectors, and mostly very poor examples of the custom makers art represented there. Call any of the top ( Custom Knife) dealers in the country. Or drop them an e-mail.

Knife legends carries Ruple. A great place to start!

http://knifelegends.com/
 
None taken, I have found some bargains there of Known custom makers, But you are correct when saying they are rare and may not be representative of the true value.
Jim
 
Exactly J.T. we all want to know the value of the Knives we have. But I don't think that any of us want to know the bargain value! Lol! We want to know the prime value!:cool: Of course unless we are the the one buying. Not selling. I don't give no stink'in bargains!:D Well, when you com-pair the price to Bob's, -:eek::o
 
where do you guys recommend selling a knife like this? ebay seems to be a bargain hunters dream only!
 
Why don't you consider purchasing a membership here for a few $ and then you can sell it right here on bladeforums.com in the appropriate section of the site.

Seems like a good thing to do, no?
 
Blues is on the money with this one. Ruple knives don't last a day on the for sale forum. Great find.
 
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