Emerson custom CQC-8 and CQC-15

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Hi everyone, I’ve become less interested in knives in the last few years, so here’s another couple of pieces I’m willing to part with. These two were acquired in 2006 and 2008, respectively, and were safe queens for me, never carried, sharpened etc. I’m based in Italy, so that’s where I will be shipping things from, and payment through Paypal (PP) is fine. All prices are total prices for the buyer, they are inclusive of shipping through FedEx wherever you live, and already cover PP fees (= PP G&S is fine). I am not interested in trades. I can definitely provide additional pictures if requested.

This thread is for 2 more custom Emerson folders which I decided to offer for sale - I also have other threads for custom fixed blades and for more custom folders (including an Emerson custom Persian) for sale, you can find links in my signature.

Some additional clarification on shipping: to the US, I usually ship FedEx International Priority, which is very safe and very fast: generally takes 2-3 (business) days to get the parcel to your door, depending on where you live. It’s also expensive – costs me around €80, which used to be around $85 some months ago, and now it’s more like $90-95 (EUR/USD exchange rate has been going up).
Which leads me to the other topic: I have quite a few production pieces in NOS/LNIB to excellent conditions that are simply not worth shipping separately (adding $90-ish to their price essentially prices them out of the market :) ), but could be added with very little extra shipping cost to something else if one has already decided to buy something, making it possible for me to sell them, and for you to buy them (if anyone should happen to be interested).

List of production pieces that could be added to a custom purchase (I can provide pics through DM if anyone’s interested, and we can discuss prices):
  • Benchmade BM 420 Snody Resistor – 154CM SW blade
  • Benchmade BM 741 Lum Onslaught – 154CM satin blade, 1st production run #472/1000
  • Al Mar Shrike – VG10 satin blade
  • Spyderco/Kershaw Spyker - #102 of a 3000 ltd production run, S30V satin blade
  • Spyderco ATR Titanium – S30V satin blade
  • Spyderco B01P SpyderFly Balisong - satin finished spear point VG-10 blade with a false top edge
  • Kershaw Boa 1580ST – CPM 440V, black coated, part serrated
  • Kershaw Spec Bump 1596 in CPM 154, black coated
  • Camillus Cuda Maxx 5.5” stiletto (C2242) – D2 SW blade
  • Camillus Cuda Maxx 5.5” bowie (C2262) – D2 SW blade
  • Camillus Cuda Maxx 7” spearpoint (C2282) – D2 SW blade
  • Cold Steel #96 BSC Arc-Angel Balisong - Clip point Carbon V blade
  • Microtech Tachyon (1st Gen). Marked “Tachyon”, “1296”, “07/2002”, “14-4CrMo”. Excellent conditions, no box/papers, MT Sheath
 
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Emerson custom CQC-8. Got this first hand at Blade 2006, I’m the original owner. Around 3.94” blade, 9.2” OAL (open), hand ground satin finished blade with bead blast dove tailed titanium bolsters, green canvas micarta scales (in pictures they look more brownish than in reality - it’s the classic Emerson customs scale color), black G-10 backspacer, bead blast titanium liners, tip up stainless steel clip. Very beefy liner on lock side. Thumb disc, wave feature, notched thumbrest. Nice detent, lockup and blade seating – action does feel a bit gritty, would benefit from some pivot lube (it is from around 20 years ago...). Weight: 175g (= 6.2 ounces). Almost LNIB with papers, apart from one bolster having a couple of very very faint snail trails (they mostly don’t show on the pics – I took a couple of additional pics with phone with backlight shining in exactly the right way to highlight them – they’re very faint otherwise). 1,600 USD, includes PP fees and shipment through FedEX
 

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Additional phone pics with backlight for very faint snail trails on CQC-8 (same bolster, tried to shine light in different ways to show better)
 

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Emerson custom CQC-15. Got this in 2008 from EDC Knives, looked mint when I got it. Around 3.94” blade, 8.9” OAL (open), hand ground satin finished blade with a chisel grind, bead blast dove tailed titanium bolsters, green canvas micarta scales (in pictures they look more brownish than in reality - it’s the classic Emerson customs scale color), black G-10 backspacer, bead blast titanium liners, tip up stainless steel clip. Very beefy liner on lock side. Thumb disc, wave feature, notched thumbrest. Nice detent, lockup and blade seating. Weight: 176g (= 6.2 ounces). Essentially LNIB with papers, apart from one bolster having one extremely faint and small snail trail near the pivot screw (it mostly doesn’t show on the pics – I took an additional pic with phone with backlight shining in exactly the right way to highlight it – it’s really small and faint). 1,600 USD, includes PP fees and shipment through FedEX
 

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And obligatory anti scamming pic, with date of thread and "Bladeforums"
 

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