Lonewolf Tighe (Pan)

[*jijoel*]

Does someone know anything about these knives?


I can't find a lot and the things if find say it was a nice knife.

30v blade with titanium handles and anodized titanium liners.
Made in Japan.

If i look at the blade shape i would say it looks like the Sere2000 and the Fallkniven Pxl.
Both also made in Japan. Coincedence
This Lonewolf is an "oldie".

Someone offers me this knife for trade.
It's used but good condition. Whats the worth of this "used" knife.
And how does it do as a user knife?



Thanks Joel

 

[J D Wijbenga]

Hi Joel,

Design by Brian Tighe. What I read about them at the time was that the quality was good. They did not sell very well as they where heavily discounted at the end.

JD

 

[Vicarious Reality]

Looks nice, although i really don't like ''clip points'' or ''swedges'' on small knives since it effectively prohibits hard push cutting.

 

[Daniel Dorn]

I always wanted one, but even when they were discontinued and discounted, I was poor. I would have spent up to $125 for a new one, which is what they were asking for originally, IIRC. For a gently used one, I'd expect to pay probably no more than $75 or so. This is all just my opinion, of course. I believe the close-out price on ebay was around $65-75 at the lowest point.

If he offered it for $50, I'd jump on it.

 

[penganon]

They must have not marketed this right. Maybe not enough people bought them and used them to create a buzz. But S30V coming out of Japan with titanium handle? Sounds sweet. Maybe the handle is not so visually appealing, but as far as the specs go sounds like a solid user knife.

 

[*jijoel*]

The trade would be a "light" used spyderco chinook3. So something more than 50 dollars i think.

But the chinook can be bought new at this time and the Tighe should be worth a little more if there is any collector worth on it.
But i found some old threads were they were sold "cheap".

They were not very popular because i had never heard or seen anything about them.