Charles Ochs ABS Master Smith Submission

[joeldworkin307]

I recently found a knife that I can't decide what to do with. It's a Charles Ochs damascus dagger made as one of his submission pieces for master bladesmith. I don't normally like to run "what's it worth" posts, but here I'm genuinely stumped as to what a knife like this is valued at, what kind of history it has, if it's the kind of piece I should try to return to the man himself or hold onto as a piece of knife collector history. I really only know Charles Ochs for the Black Knife design and any more info would be appreciated.

DAMASCUS

https://imgur.com/a/liJHCON

 

[john april]

hmmm, i thought the dagger submissions had to have a guard for mastersmith?

 

[Dawkind]

hmmm, i thought the dagger submissions had to have a guard for mastersmith?

A Quillion Dagger is a must for MS consideration….as per Mr. Moran and the ABS Board, but the other 4 are of the ‘smiths choice.

 

[Flat Rock Forge]

funny that the notary's name is shank.... tee hee

 

[John Phillips]

I could be way off base but I’ve seen others that have been submitted for mastersmith run from $800 to $1600. I imagine it would be worth quite a bit more if this is a highly sought after maker.

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

hmmm, i thought the dagger submissions had to have a guard for mastersmith?

This is just "A" dagger. It's not "THE" dagger. It's one of the other four remaining of the five total submitted.

 

[brownshoe]

Ask Charles Ochs.

 

[joeldworkin307]

Ask Charles Ochs.

Does he frequent these parts? Or just reach out through his website?