Hunter Green Swayback

Ed T

Ed T

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Recently I picked this knife up in the exchange.
When it arrived, it was a little smaller that I had imagined it to be. It is a very comortable knife to hold and the fit and finish is excellent.

Now for my weird question. It came with a certificate of authenticity. I looked in the package for an Elvis commerorative plate or other such nonsense, but did not see one. The other swaybacks do not do this that I am aware of. Does anyone know why there was a perceived need to authenticate this knife? Should I have abnormal levels of guilt if I throw it in my pocket of give it to dad to replace his weakening back springed Old Timer?
 
It may have been (be?) a limited production run. Does it have Tony's signatue on the blade?

Ed
 
Ed,

I think you will find that knife was a limited production run for the 2010 Shot Show. The COA would say that about 1/2 way down.

This was one of the original three collaboration patterns between T. Bose and Case and was originally released in 2008. NOTE: These should not be confused with the Case / Tony Bose Collaboration Knives.

I do not know if the 2008 version had a COA but the 2010 Shot Show one definitely did.
 
So what you are telling me is that in a cruel twist of fate a collector knife has landed in a user's hand?
 
A collectors knife as defined by Case not by collectors. While the Case / Bose Collaboration Knives are fine blades with a price tag to go along it remains to be seen if they ever actually become collectable. I believe the issue on those is roughly 300 per handle material per pattern. These costing in the neighborhood of $250 - 350. As for the knife you have I do not know how many were produced but they were produced for an audience of roughly 60,000. Hard to say what their marketing people determined would be an appropriate number to produce. As I remember they were sold for something in the $40 range at the show and now trade in the $60-70 range. I do know they had quite a pile of them.

You have a knife that Case wants you to think is collectable like it wants everyone to think every knife they produce is collectable. In my humble opinion the knife you posses is not collectable.

A whole thread, make that a book, could be written on the topic of Cases's marketing strategies. Somewhat predatory in my estimation.

I digress.
 
I wouldn't feel guilty in the slightest for using that knife. A lot of Case's "collector's run" knives are made in huge numbers. So much so, that I've heard the "limited edition" knives are made in greater numbers than many of the regular run knives. I doubt that knife is worth much, if any more than your average swayback.

The only current production Case knives that are particularly "collectible"/ valuable at the moment are the Tony Bose collaboration series. And even those should be used, IMHO. A lot of the current (standard) production Case knives may be valuable down the road, but it won't be for a long, long time. Around about 2040 or so, that swayback might be worth something. :D

Cases are users! You'll enjoy the knife much more with it in your pocket (or in your father's) than you would with it sitting in a drawer or safe somewhere. :thumbup:
 
sunnyd said:
What knife?


Anthony
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I know, I need pictures!

It should be used by either myself or dad. I used to get drawn in by the numbered runs from different manufacturers.

This knife is very well executed and the green is a great color. While I am having fun with the idea of authentication, I am very happy with the deal I have on this knife and the knife itself. Please do not think otherwise.

Perhaps I could get Mr. Bose to autograph the certificate and we will use the knife!
 
If you go to ebay you can find 3-4 of these listed and see good pictures of them.
 
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I like the hunter green... Completely different than the green bone of the XX era, but still a nice color IMHO
 
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