Huge User Market Still Unaware? & Mint Example

Ducks and Bucks you have a display of knives in your office. great idea!.I was never game to do that mate...I'm a former Bank Manager...it would have been far too tempting for my clients to use them on me instead...although I remember one client fondly..she had very little principle but I still gave her plenty of interest!!
Seriously as long as quality steels and craftsman workmanship are valued knives will go up in value simply because it is no longer the norm except in high priced custom makers.
 
Del mentioning the 897 reminded me of something, if anyone needs a yellow registration form for an 897UH (These are the older forms from the seventies), I've got an extra one to complete your NIB set. Just post here or e-mail me and I'll drop it in the mail. I'll post here when it's gone.
Eric
 
Larry, I have a home office so the only client that would want to use them on me is my wife. I am running out of display space, so I'm gonna have to move my deer mounts into the house and make some more room. Once I get a little better, I'll have to take some pics. I now have about 125 knives displayed and if I don't stop perusing e-bay anytime soon, it'll be over 200 in a month!
 
I've carried an 8OT daily for years. I like the carbon steel blades. When the word came out about the closing, I went to the local True Value and bought four new ones. I lose mine every few years, so these ought to last me, since I'm almost 62 now.

I'm not a collector, but that's my knife.
 
I might as well add my current thoughts to this thread.
1st- As far as the market prices for Schrades reaching significantly higher levels - I think that is 40 - 50 years down the road.
Look at old original New York Hammer brand knives - they were a higher quality knife than Schrade - haven't been made in 70 years,but they still haven't reached stratosphere levels.Why?-probably not enough on the market to make it possible to collect them,among other things.
2nd - Good old eBay has a way of killing local collector value! When people see high prices being paid for an item,they scour their attics,stash boxes,etc. and put them up for sale.
I used to have a big collection of gun,African hunting,trapping,and old west books and in 1998 I decided to get rid of some on eBay.
I had several by Will James - an old cowboy who was a great artist and wrote many factual and riveting books on the old west.Some I sold went for well over a $100.
Today,you can buy the same book on eBay for $20 or less.
Remember,there will be more sellers than collectors!
3rd - Today's generation doesn't value quality tools.They buy anything that looks good and is cheap.

You old timers also have to aware that when we cash in,stuff we value highly and know the value of,may be sold for a $1 at a yard sale by our heirs.
I agree with Paul - the NIB items with original paperwork is most likely to appreciate.
Ron
 
I fell in love with Schrades when I was selling them for extra money back in the late 70's and early eighties. Bought a Schrimshaw set back then that I still have. Always carried a Schrade and many times two of them. In the mid 90's a friend who does the flea market thing bought a counter display that had 1 knife left in it. He sold it to me when I wouldn't quit pestering him. Took me about a year to complete it. I really didn't know about Schrades demise until about January 2006 when a Doctor friend and I were discussing knives and he told me. I was devastated, and imediately set out to buy as many that my meager funds can obtain, just because I know that someday I won't be able to find any more of them... I've just over seventy now... Not really interested in what they are worth, but the fact that the quality can be felt as soon as it is placed in your hand. There won't be any more made, how sad is that. A piece of history that I will give to my two sons when I pass. Maybe their generations will feel the soul also. I was recently given a knife that belonged to my great great grandfather... I can feel the connection when I hold it. Yes I'm addicted :) ( I have my grandmothers Imperial also). Don't care about the market - it's all about the soul. I have yet to sell a knife that I own (or a Gun) Can't part with friends.

Tj
 
To all,

Factor in guys like me. I just want to complete my UH and OT fixed blade collection and once I do I'm done. so at this point in time I'm willing to pay a higher price to get what I need but once I'm done I won't be bidding anymore. So I think there will be a spike in prices in the short term caused by collectors like me but then prices will again subside to a normal level and gradually appreciate. also, since Taylor is still producing chinese Schrades, I think this hurts the overall value as opposed to Schrade completely stopping production. JMO.

Joel
 
I dont know about a spike in prices...its in the wrong end for some sellers.
Example: I just purchased the Schrade Sears Currier & Ives Collectors Knife Mint in Box with all the 'Bling'Pattern Folding Hunterwith etch of 1864 "The Lightening Express Trains Leaving the Junction" only 2000 made in 1984 and paperwork states they destroyed the dyes afetr manufacture.Issue Price in 1984 US$90.....Bruce Voyles Value in 1995 'Commemorative Knives' was $90....23 years later <yesterday> I paid $46.50. They pay more than that for a Folding Hunter. Knife was not listed incorrectly. How often do you see buyers missing the point on Commemoratives that they are still the same quality knives or better and they dont bring the prices one would imagine in a robust buyer market.Original Buyer waited 23 years to lose 49% of his original investment on a quality mint knife with only 2000 production number. What conclusions investment wise can be drawn from this example for the future? Hoo Roo

Ebay Item #180092213988 if you want to check out.
 
Larry303 said:
IOriginal Buyer waited 23 years to lose 49% of his original investment on a quality mint knife with only 2000 production number. What conclusions investment wise can be drawn from this example for the future? Hoo Roo

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Larry,
If the seller bought it in 1984 for $90,he lost more than that.

This site -
http://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/ppowerus/result.php

says:
$174.63 in the year 2006 has the same "purchase power" as $90 in the year 1984

According to that,he lost $128 (in 2006 dollars).
Ron
 
Lightening Express Trains Leaving the Junction" only 2000 made in 1984 and paperwork states they destroyed the dyes afetr manufacture.Issue Price in 1984 US$90.....Bruce Voyles Value in 1995 'Commemorative Knives' was $90....23 years later <yesterday> I paid $46.50.

Ebay Item #180092213988 if you want to check out.
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Larry that knife is worth $200 US plus it is ridiculous that it sold that cheap you did extremely well.
 
relodr36 said:
You old timers also have to aware that when we cash in,stuff we value highly and know the value of,may be sold for a $1 at a yard sale by our heirs.

Ron
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This is why when I get to old to worry about anything but whether or not my Depends man diapers are leaking, I will sell everything. All I have I a daughter, of which I will not leave her anything of value.
 
Tim, The knife was viewed by 52 people..alright ..alright 4 people and me 48 times....Doesn't a correctly listed knife with excellent photos given ample time on Ebay under Schrade heading indicate its true worth under the auction system right here and now.The only mistake Seller made was not to include Worldwide rather than local market only.I always email them prior to bidding and they are usually very greatful to allow me to bid when they are sitting on $12 with one day to go or whatever.
I think lack of knowledge of the knife may have played a part even though Voyles has a large photo of it in his book.....anyway I'm not complaining <for a change> Hoo Roo
 
Larry, you bought the knife for less than it's value. Several of those views were from forum members who respected your bid, myself included. A single sale seldom sets a market value. It really takes a trend, an average of prices to indicate a true market value. A few knives sell for way over their value. But that does not mean they are worth what sellers are willing to give, just how badly they want one...that one.

It is a nice knife, however, and I hope you will post pictures of it when it is in hand. You have a great collection of Schrades, and I'm thankful that you have shared pictures with us!

Michael
 
Larry, yours is same as mine below, deep etched blade and not normal surface etching. Cheers Mate!! Enjoy !!

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Great photo Tim,I reckon I would have been prepared to pay another $1.05 now that I've seen it! I was offered one by private US Seller some time back for US $100 and I didn't play ball so I suspected I had done O.K. with this one....trouble is where to put it in my house?? Hoo Roo
 
Several of those views were from forum members who respected your bid, myself included
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That really says alot about a person. I posted a pick of that one previously in another thread so a few of you should have had some idea it was worth alot more than Larry paid. (Michael probably would have known anyway)

Good friends are worth having!!
 
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