I get amazed at how many older knives are still in dealers hands...

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An example of my finding a knife with a few years under it's belt, but totally new in the box (and they had a few more of the same). When I ordered this case russlock online, I had no clue of it's birthdate. I just liked it's natural jigged boned scales. When it arrived, the box clearly was marked with it having been made in 2001. I was liking that it seemed that the over a decade of storage likely added a better look to the scales. All pics I saw were the bone looking much whiter... but mine has a nice cream color, maybe brought on by it's 12 year storage :-)
 
To help Peregrin out, and keep this discussion on knives, here are some pictures of some discontinued knives that I bought for reasonable prices from my local Case dealer who has a lot of old stock. These two Barlows were purchased this year and he still has more.





Here are some he still has in his display cases for sale (or at least he did a few weeks ago).

Stag/Damascus seahorse:


Abalone seahorse:


More seahorses:


He's got some of the older Case/Bose collabs, like the Dogleg Jack, Cotton Sampler, couple of Swing Guards, a Yukon. Lots of others, I don't have pics uploaded of all of it.
 
rma100 said:
And those knives that don't sell right away? They don't eat anything, they won't rot or get moldy. And in 5 or 10 years, they'll be even more collectible as "Early Releases".
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I hadn't commented just because I am out of town. But this last quote is my feeling.

What if ind is that having a deep inventory brings customers to our website and our brick and mortar. Then every once in a while someone will notice old stock and post a link somewhere and in a flash they are all gone. It is different than a lot of businesses.
 
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