"Modifications" that reduce value .

[DocJD]

Listed now on an auction site , as "modified " .

Cold Steel Spartan with a big notch or chip right out of the sweet spot of the blade .

I can't think of any good reason to do this , unless this is just a way to pass off a damaged blade as modified ?

 

[toker]

I can't think of any good reason to do this , unless this is just a way to pass off a damaged blade as modified ?

Now with 10% more cutting edge!

 

[shane45-1911]

Why have a dozen little serrations, when you can have one giant one?!!!!

 

[Planterz]

I bet the initial "modification" was done by cutting a live power cord.

 

[Bob Denman]

That's one heckuva finger choil...

 

[riversidedep]

He put the gut hook on the wrong side.

 

[Locutus D'Borg]

Bottle opener?

 

[The Grendels]

Now you just need to add four inches of gimping and a secondary choil, closer to the handle, to make a classic for the ages...

 

[Bob Denman]

Bottle opener?

 

[Chuck_Nunface]

Pretty much all mods reduce value. Just because you paid $250 for anodizing, sculped g10 and an acid washed blade, doesn't mean that cost transfers to me. You pretty much lose 80% of your potential buyers anyway when modding knives out.

 

[Bob Denman]

Pretty much all mods reduce value. Just because you paid $250 for anodizing, sculped g10 and an acid washed blade, doesn't mean that cost transfers to me. You pretty much lose 80% of your potential buyers anyway when modding knives out.

I agree: Tinker at your own peril...

 

[jlauffer]

Saw that and almost posted it, but was laughing too hard. Gotta be trying to pass off damage as a mod.

 

[K.O.D.]

Its not actually missing part of the blade, its just that he polished that part of the blade to an invisible finish!

 

[King of the Cheese]

Should’ve just chopped the blade at the notch and called it “California legal”

 

[killgar]

Well, on the bright side, if it's cheap enough someone might buy it for spare parts (other than the blade of course).

After all, good luck getting spare parts or warranty service from GSM/Cold Steel these days.

If I owned that model, I'd be checking the price. Though I'd have to be confident it wasn't a counterfeit.

 

[madcap_magician]

I bet the initial "modification" was done by cutting a live power cord.

My first thought, too!

 

[Rufus1949]

New version of a compound blade.

 

[Bob Denman]

My first thought, too!

At least it wasn't being sold by the owner's estate...

 

[Lee D]

The only mods I can think of that actually increase the value of a production knife is the work of well respected SAK modders.

 

[DocJD]

Well, on the bright side, if it's cheap enough someone might buy it for spare parts (other than the blade of course).

After all, good luck getting spare parts or warranty service from GSM/Cold Steel these days.

If I owned that model, I'd be checking the price. Though I'd have to be confident it wasn't a counterfeit.

Yes , apparently getting any replacement parts from the new owners is impossible .

Even a pocket clip or thumb plate .

So ...just sell your damaged Cold Steel for parts , not "modified" .