Cable Joe Allen

Gents,

Let's keep the nuts and bolts of prices and values of individual knives out of the threads and take it to email if/where needed or requested.

Knife pricing is a very subjective matter and ultimately comes down to what its value is to you or what the market will bear.

I think the best manner of obtaining further information from this point forward is to contact the maker via the info graciously provided above and attempt to make the best educated estimate of its value from the facts you gather both from the maker and other owners of his work.
 
I certainly wouldn't say it isn't of interest, but it was decided some time back when we were establishing guidelines for this forum that that was one of the areas we would stay away from. It's too easy for noses to get out of joint and it is as easily discussed offline via email.

What is a Fowler, a Revishvili, a Lake, a Fisk worth? Ultimately, you, the market decide. As for the pricing of individual pieces, let's continue to discuss that offline for the time being and I'll run it by Gus and Spark and see if they feel we should amend that policy.

I personally have nothing invested beyond wanting to see this forum continue to be a place to come and share insights on custom knives with a spirit of good will amongst the members.
 
Blues

Isn't the pricing of an individual knife of interest to the rest of the forum?

Personally I find these discussions fascinating.

Roger
 
Hi,

I remember his knives from a series of Fighting Knives Magazines ad's from the mid 90's. The price for that Bowie was in the $350-400 range. Quite beautiful, as I remember.

HTH:D:).
 
Hi,

The last info I have for him from 2000 is:

Joe Allen.
W. Glendale St.
Princeton, IN 47670.
Tel: (812) 386-7276.

The best I can tell you is if you like the knife, buy it. I would call him to check on the price. The price for the knife in 1994 was $350 per the Blade 2/94 Ad. It was his Buffalo Spirit model.
 
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HI.I would like to get some information on a knife made by Cable Joe Allen.The particular knife is a large bowie called the Buffalo spirits.I recently had an opportunity to purchase one.It had a highly polished blade about ten inches long,polished double guard,wood looked like cocobolo,and amber spacers and the handle finished off with a buffalo bone.It had an overall length of about 15 inches.It came in a beautiful hand made heavy leather sheath.My question is how much is this knife worth,the person selling it wanted $600.00.Is that to much to pay for this knife?Would it be a good investment.Does anybody have any contact information for Cable Joe Allen?
 
Thanks for the information.Is Joe Allen still making knives?I can not find any contact information,like he dropped off the face of the earth.Definetly makes a beautiful knife,is $600.00 a reasonable price,knife looked like it was new never used definetly a looker.
 
No problem, Bob. I'm in no way torqued and I hope I didn't come across as if I was.

I posted this in the moderators section and I'll get back with you guys on the consensus.

Carry on gents.
 
My apologies to those who I may have offended,I did not mean to violate any rules of this forum,or open up a can of worms.I saw the knife and would like to purchase it,I just do not want to pay a premium on a knife that I could order from the maker himself at a savings to me.I will try to make contact with Joe Allen my self and see if he will make me one.I do not know all that much about knife value,but the last known asking price on this knife was $350.00-$400.00 in the mid 90's.I mean I bought a new truck in the mid 90's for 17,000 loaded,seen the stickers lately?I just want to get my monies worth that's all.Thanks again for the information and the contact info.
 
Okay...

...Firstly, Dep, you didn't offend anyone, so let's get that clear right off the bat. When Gus and I take action from time to time, it's not done in anger or with malice or prejudice. Just with the intent of keeping the ship righted, so to speak.

In any case, I've gotten some feedback from other moderators/super moderators and the decision is to keep the policy as it has been, and that is to avoid the discussion of specific valuations for individual knives in this forum. (Obviously this is not done to promote ignorance, but only to avoid a host of other issues which might become problems if we don't do so.)

Those who wish to discuss price, value etc. are free to use email or private messaging to exchange that information amongst yourselves.

Thanks for your understanding.
 
OK Blues thanks for the advice,I will not cross that line again.

I was unable to contact Joe Allen by that phone number that was posted,does anyone have a current phone number or address.Thank you.
 
I would venture this. If after a reasonable search as you are doing now, you are unable to obtain more information it is a good bet that the maker is not actively marketing his knives. In this case he may no longer be making knives or making only a few on occasion and offering them to a select group of collectors. I have not seen very many of this makers knives on the market. They are either cherished by their owners or the maker wasn't very prolific. I might base a pricing decision on three factors. Do I like the knife and am I confident of its quality. Is there any cache for me or others in owning a knife by this maker. What would it cost to obtain a similar knife from a comparable maker today.

Let me be as specific as I can.
If this is a significant amount of money to you or you are somewhat new to knives - there are a lot of nice knives out there at $600.00.
If you really like the knife or money is not an issue, it would not surprise me to learn that this knife was sold / purchased for $600.00 as there is little frame of reference.
 
Thanks for all the input,I really liked that knife so I guess it is worth the asking price to me.I have seen quite a few knives for sale that did not have the quality and detail that this particular knife had for similar or more money.It is a shame that this maker is no longer making knives because from the example that I have seen he has a real talent.I do not know how this knife would hold up to any kind of hard use,but it sure is beautiful to look at and hefty to handle.
Thanks again.If anyone knows if Joe Allen is still making knives,and has contact information please post.
 
DEP,

I can't believe you would actually pay $600 for THAT knife. Are you CRAZY?!?!

I'm just kidding you. I've always admired Joe Allen's work. I think he had some GREAT looking knife designs. I often thought about trying to get one, but they were few and far between. I think there was an article on him in one of the old Blade issues. There were many pictures of his knives and there were several styles that I thought were fantastic. Have you tried calling Directory Assistance? Good luck!
 
Hi,
I'm just posting to keep this thread up and visible for a while. I have a Cable Joe boot knife in ivory Micarta and have been trying to find something about him in the old annuals and what old knife magazines I can find.

DaveJ
 
Hi DaveJ,

I keep a lot of the old Blade and Knives Illustrated magazines. I'll see if I can find the one that he was featured in. I'll look this weekend. If I do, I will let you know and send you a copy. Tom
 
TAH,
Thanks, I'd appreciate that. I've been looking for more of his stuff for sale and haven't seen any on the auctions lately. I seem to remember that there were a few on the Knifeauctions.com site when they first got up and running.

DaveJ
 
HI to all Interested in my knives. I Thank you an appreciate your kind words of my work. I still make knives, mostly folders an you can get ahold of me at Joe Allen-206 Brown St. - Princeton Indiana, 47670 or email me at ( joeallen@me.com ) Thanks Again , Joe.
bob bowie said:
Hi,

The last info I have for him from 2000 is:

Joe Allen.
W. Glendale St.
Princeton, IN 47670.
Tel: (812) 386-7276.

The best I can tell you is if you like the knife, buy it. I would call him to check on the price. The price for the knife in 1994 was $350 per the Blade 2/94 Ad. It was his Buffalo Spirit model.
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