Black Raven double bit

You're going to have events like this in any society that has massive income disparity.
 
Square_peg said:
You're going to have events like this in any society that has massive income disparity.
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When fashionistas just have to have the correct decor for their lavish villa there's no point in displaying cheap junk! Hopefully the spelling of Dom Perignon on their party aperitifs is correct. Used to be you could buy a clean Winchester 1886 for the price of a good new rifle but now you need to take out a second mortgage to get one and you can be sure not to find the owner sitting in the bush in late fall with it anymore either.
 
$2,050.00 USD. So it looks like two people are bidding on it - both of them were using the automatic bid system off and on so spending that kind of money isn't unique and they were willing to match/better the other's bid without regard.

It probably isn't one of the regulars here - but I know there are several guys who have passed through here that could easily pay for that by unloading a small portion of their collection.

This is just for fun, here are some scenarios:


Two aged museum curators applied for grants and are charged with purchasing it for posterity after overhearing each other at an "Old Things" conference and are getting competitive.

A dictator of a small country wants it for his office or a show of force - one bit for "bucking", the other for "ground work"... yikes.

A director's lackey is authorized to purchase props for the Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter sequel.


The other option is two guys have decided to run a game - One lists, the other bids way high over and over, purchases it then the lister pays him back.
Voila! - the new price bar for Black Ravens has been set.

Don't get uptight about what someone else is buying that you aren't - That comes off like Envy accusing Gluttony of who is worse. :)
 
No doubt someone will post on here in the foreseeable future with an identical-looking Raven C/W bent wormwood haft and a gleeful story of having scooped it up at an end of the day at a small town church bazaar for $50, and wondering perhaps what the history is behind these and maybe inquiring as to what they might be worth.
 
300Six said:
No doubt someone will post on here in the foreseeable future with an identical-looking Raven C/W bent wormwood haft and a gleeful story of having scooped it up at an end of the day at a small town church bazaar for $50, and wondering perhaps what the history is behind these and maybe inquiring as to what they might be worth.
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lol I would love to see such a thread. Lets hope :p
 
Agent_H said:
$2,050.00 USD. So it looks like two people are bidding on it - both of them were using the automatic bid system off and on so spending that kind of money isn't unique and they were willing to match/better the other's bid without regard.

It probably isn't one of the regulars here - but I know there are several guys who have passed through here that could easily pay for that by unloading a small portion of their collection.

This is just for fun, here are some scenarios:


Two aged museum curators applied for grants and are charged with purchasing it for posterity after overhearing each other at an "Old Things" conference and are getting competitive.

A dictator of a small country wants it for his office or a show of force - one bit for "bucking", the other for "ground work"... yikes.

A director's lackey is authorized to purchase props for the Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter sequel.


The other option is two guys have decided to run a game - One lists, the other bids way high over and over, purchases it then the lister pays him back.
Voila! - the new price bar for Black Ravens has been set.

Don't get uptight about what someone else is buying that you aren't - That comes off like Envy accusing Gluttony of who is worse. :)
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Hahaha! Fun fact, in some movies they use aluminium props (Milla Yovovich had a hard time spinning with two Himalayan Imports-sourced Ang Khola kukris in her hands; also, none of the zombies was too excited about the perspective of being hit by mistake with 2+ pounds of steel...even blunted). But the ones used in the movie were cast after originals, so who knows, your theory may hold water :) after all!

Another one: some die-hard axe user having won the lottery :).
 
pommie said:
1 day and 8 hours and it will be mine all mine.
:)
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If you're not joshing us, first thing you're going to want to do is commission wood fitter extraordinaire City of the South (COTS) to lovingly create a new and correct handle befitting of the whole package, also so it doesn't explode in your hands or have the head fly off into the water or woods when you try to use it.
 
300Six said:
If you're not joshing us, first thing you're going to want to do is commission wood fitter extraordinaire City of the South (COTS) to lovingly create a new and correct handle befitting of the whole package, also so it doesn't explode in your hands or have the head fly off into the water or woods when you try to use it.
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I can assure you that i have better things to spend over $2000 on. thanks

P.s. I have many an axe and i have 3 black ravens already but i never paid more than $50 for any of them as the prices for axe heads etc has gotten stupid in the last year.
 
pommie said:
I can assure you that i have better things to spend over $2000 on. thanks

P.s. I have many an axe and i have 3 black ravens already but i never paid more than $50 for any of them as the prices for axe heads etc has gotten stupid in the last year.
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This is a relief to hear Pommie.


I was hoping not to go over the $2,085.00 mark.;)
 
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Wow! You guys are right. It does have a curved handle. And some of those worm holes look pretty deep. Definitely a wall hanger.

There's another double bit in about the same condition, but without the haft, for a grand, with one bid by one of the two guys bidding for the other. This bit has even more of that gold color.

That worm-eaten haft must be worth a $1,000.
 
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I think part of the problem with prices these days is YouTube, reviewers and the buyers lack of having anything else that makes them seem to be 'in the know'. Too many times people blab on on YouTube about how this and that was the best and is the best, when they've only read that elsewhere. Viewer then thinks they now 'know' something and the ball continues to roll and get bigger. It's just like natural shelters. In the past few years it's become monkey see monkey do.
 
I've seen a lot of youtube axe review videos done by folks who don't have 10 hours of lifetime axe experience away from the splitting block. And people take them for god.
 
Square_peg said:
I've seen a lot of youtube axe review videos done by folks who don't have 10 hours of lifetime axe experience away from the splitting block. And people take them for god.
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Are you saying Wranglerstar is a mere mortal?
 
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