C of A question

[Kevin Jones]

My feeling is that if a knife comes with a certificate of origin/authenticity, it should stay with the knife.

That said...it is the original purchaser's option as to how the certificate is filled out.

MOST custom knives that come from me have a certificate that I fill out, indicating date made, materials and if I messed with the knife(Garssonized) or not. It would seem that provenance is becoming more important to collectors each year, and that is what Kevin is basically alluding to....as Loveless and Moran knives become counterfeited with time by unscrupulous makers and sellers, and the money becomes more serious, it will become paramount that the entire journey these knives have made be apparent....but it always comes back to trust.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson

You're right STeven. As the stakes rise so will the riffraff.

 

[R APPLEBY]

I have always given certificates with all my knives, more like a spec sheet and if my computer is working Ok I usually include on the sheet a photo of the knife. The thing I have come across is, it seems when the knife is resold the sheets are not passed on with the knife and I am sent digging through my files to produce a copy if I can. I also used to put a shop number on the knife for better tracking by simply using the julian calander on completion,
(ex 04031, would be Jan 31 2004), if you gave me the number I could find the record in less than a miniute but customers were unhappy with that and felt that if it were not part of a limited series that the only mark should be the makers mark so I stopped using that method. Hey I liked that method.