Hello-
I am new to the forum-
I am trying to find out the HONEST MARKET VALUE of a 1986 Walkers Lockers by Michael Walker that is Engraved Titanium and Has and Engraved Dragon on What I believe to be bone; Sort of Scrimshaw like- The Bone part is signed by Michael Walkers wife "PW 86'"
The blade is 5" Long and the handle is 5 7/8" Long. MINT Condtion ! ! !
I have shown it over the years to a few so called experts and they want to steel it.
This is an awesome piece!!!
Any infor is appreciated!
You can email me at
diestruck@sbcglobal.net
Thanks
D-
Not that I'm an expert or anything close to it however pretty often I will get an e-mail asking what a particular knife, usually an ABS hunter or bowie, is worth. It seems most of the time I end up making someone mad or feeling that someone thinks I'm a crook or a thief even though I have never expressed interest in buying a knife via someone asking me it's value.
Most times the owner has purchased the knife off eBay or from an estate sale or such and has great expectations as to it's value and seems terribly insulted to fine it's not quite the deal of the century.
If I may share a recent example without boring you folks? A month or so ago I got an email from a fellow who owned a
very well known maker's fighter, asking it's value. He then sent me photos after my declining to help him otherwise.
The fighter was an old one with an aprox. 8" carbon steel blade and stag handle with a natural butt. The crudest knife I had ever seen by this maker and if I remember correctly didn't have a "MS" or "JS" stamp. Again very old and showed it's age in that it had obviously been used and even abused a bit, but the piece could have been sent back to the maker at not much expense for a face lift.
I always try to handle these situations delicately and I thought the fighter would most likely bring in the neighborhood of $1000, however it would not be out of the question for a collector whose collection spanned this maker's entire career to pay $1400-$1500 for this early unique example. So I told him the knife could bring in the neighborhood of $1200.
Well this fellow was
not at all happy with my estimate as I'm sure someone had told him off the cuff that this maker's bowies/fighters typically brought $3000-$5000 without seeing this particular one.
Not that the above relates or is relevant to Diestruck's original post, but his comment highlighted above motivated me to share it.
Besides, it's been a little slow so thought some may fine it interesting.
