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Ellis

Ellis

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Dave,

That is an excellent Walker, top-o-the-heap desireable these days.

I value it around $45,000....how 'bout you?

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Ellis said:
I paid $50k cash,just turned down $60k.
Dave
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Wow...well, when we are dealing with numbers like that, I don't feel too bad being off by $5K!:D

Nicely done, enjoy!!

See you next month.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
WOW...that is just OUTRAGEOUS!!!

You are reaching new heights with each post lately Dave.

Thanks for the viewing pleasure!

Peter
 
on the aftermarket,I have no idea what Michael would charge for a Zipper today,I would love to find out as I have been waiting for my order on one for a long time.
Dave
 
mhawg said:
I didn't pay that much for my house 20 years ago...
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Well, truth be told, this might be the absolute top for a contemporary folder....4 years ago, it was about 1/2 of that..discounting Scagels, perhaps...any others that I might be missing?

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
Beautiful.
Good to see customs knives starting to bring $$$ in line with some of the more popular collectibles.
 
Well, I just recently purchased a Bennica from Dave, so I'd like to think that I at least paid for this particular pin:

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Dave, just let me indulge in that thought for a bit.

That is a lifetime achievement piece....where do you go from here? Congrats Dave!

I'll never be able to own one of these Walkers. But I would love to see Owen Wood obtain permission to use the blade lock system. I bet he could do something really nice. His crescent knives really remind me of the same style Walker piece.
 
I just don't get it. Gorgeous knife of course. But $50k... wow ! Does it feel special in the hand ? I mean how could we figure out the difference between a $10k and a $50k knife ? When there's solid gold or diamonds, I can understand. But is it obvious to you that this knife is worth that top money ?
 
Patrick M. said:
I just don't get it. .......difference between $10k and a $50k knife ? When there's solid gold or diamonds, I can understand. But is it obvious to you that this knife is worth that top money ?
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Patrick,

Supply and demand mostly. It is a damascus zipper Blade-lock. Those two elements together are only done in maybe 4 knives a year, and Michael has only been offering the Blade-lock for maybe 10 years, if that. That means that MAYBE there are 40 examples available in the whole world...but I think it might be closer to 30.

I know 3 people who have the means and desire to own every one of those 30 knives....and a whole lot of others with the means and desire to own 15 of them....so that one single knife has at least 15 people in the knife community with the means and desire to own it...and they drive the price up....and up.....it doesn't have to make sense to us, but it DOES make sense to them.

I think that Michael would be ECSTATIC to regularly get $20,000 for these, but that is more than he generally charges....I have a friend who got one directly from him less than 10 years ago who paid around $8,000 for his, and had turned down $40,000 for it in 2004....the offers keep going up, and he keeps turning them down....he says he likes the knife more than he would like the money.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
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