GEC Radio Jack Info

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Between getting old and the passage of time I have forgotten the info on this knife. Hopefully I have remembered the proper name for this pattern being a radio jack. I bought this knife many years ago and it got placed in a hidden corner of my knife storage cabinet and was just recently discovered when I did a thorough review and clean out. I am turning to this fine community to help with info so I can properly list this in the exchange. Changes in life have me needing to pass this little beauty on to a new home where it can see the light of day along with a larger portion of my knife collection. I know this is GEC's 15 pattern, made in 2013, nifebrite covers with clip main blade and cap lifter secondary but that is about it. My ask of this knowledge collective is whatever info I am missing, an assessment of fair market value i.e. somewhere between ebay and flipper bargain, would like to price it fair for a collector/user here on the forum. Don't have the tube, pretty sure this has never been used as there are zero signs of use on blade/caplifter and some very light pepper spots which should flitz off without issue.
 

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That's a fairly rare version you have there..... only 25 made in that handle material, with the radio etch.
 
Nifebrite is hot. Caplifters are hot. Radio Jack etch is hot. GEC 15 clips are hot. Low production. Great condition. That many confluences of hotness make an accurate estimate near impossible. The fairest way to get an accurate value assessment is put it on the big auction site starting at $0 with no reserve. Make the ending Saturday 8 PM about the time those who use caplifters are lubed up. A new tube would help your sale price far more than it costs. Send your knife pics to GEC and they will sell you the correct tube / label with a newly printed lid for around $15 (last couple I bought were that price). From my perspective, collectors have zero issue with folks who truly want to sell showing that good faith by starting at zero with no reserve. I'll bid on it. But I never bid on sellers who got in on drops and think their $140 current production knife is suddenly worth $300. The big auction site allows dreamers to list for free with no charge unless sold, so you see listings at sky high prices with no true intent to sell cycle over and over hoping a sucker will come along. Won't bid on those either. Nor will I bid on auctions where it's a knife that recently changed hands here or on fb and immediately relisted on the big auction site at a huge markup. If you let the market decide you will never wonder if you left too much meat on the bone. If you list it here start high, a few hundred over the highest someone recommends. You can always come down if it doesn't sell in a couple of days or negotiate some. If a bunch of folks post "take" in the first minute of posting, you priced it too low. Good luck with your decision.
 
Chief said:
Nifebrite is hot. Caplifters are hot. Radio Jack etch is hot. GEC 15 clips are hot. Low production. Great condition. That many confluences of hotness make an accurate estimate near impossible. The fairest way to get an accurate value assessment is put it on the big auction site starting at $0 with no reserve. Make the ending Saturday 8 PM about the time those who use caplifters are lubed up. A new tube would help your sale price far more than it costs. Send your knife pics to GEC and they will sell you the correct tube / label with a newly printed lid for around $15 (last couple I bought were that price). From my perspective, collectors have zero issue with folks who truly want to sell showing that good faith by starting at zero with no reserve. I'll bid on it. But I never bid on sellers who got in on drops and think their $140 current production knife is suddenly worth $300. The big auction site allows dreamers to list for free with no charge unless sold, so you see listings at sky high prices with no true intent to sell cycle over and over hoping a sucker will come along. Won't bid on those either. Nor will I bid on auctions where it's a knife that recently changed hands here or on fb and immediately relisted on the big auction site at a huge markup. If you let the market decide you will never wonder if you left too much meat on the bone. If you list it here start high, a few hundred over the highest someone recommends. You can always come down if it doesn't sell in a couple of days or negotiate some. If a bunch of folks post "take" in the first minute of posting, you priced it too low. Good luck with your decision.
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Solid advice right here. I've been guilty of the part I bolded, many times, but no regrets!
 
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