My only regret about the Manix 1...

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taiChiFighter

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I recently acquirred a NIB Manix 1 C95. I absolutely LOVE the knife but I do have one regret. I mistakenly beleived that the one I found was relatively rare and particularly unique because it was completely unused. Being a relative newb to the knife world and didn't realize that people actually buy knives in quantity in order to speculate on the potential rise in price. I realize now that I probably overpaid at $170 USD. Dang! I won't make that mistake again.
 
$170 is a good price for a popular knife that has been discontinued for a while. It's also quite a bit less than the original MSRP of the knife. I would say you got a pretty good deal really.
 
Overpaid? Not hardly. I've seen them go for much higher than that.
 
I didn't really word my comment very well. I don't think I got ripped off or anything. It's just that I probably shouldn't have used ebay to get a sense of the value because, after looking into past sales here and on Knife-BST.com, it seems I probably could have done better if I hadn't been under the impression that a NIB specimen was an unusually good find. Anyway, the way the knife world works is a little different than the worlds I'm used to frequenting.
 
taiChiFighter said:
I didn't really word my comment very well. I don't think I got ripped off or anything. It's just that I probably shouldn't have used ebay to get a sense of the value because, after looking into past sales here and on Knife-BST.com, it seems I probably could have done better if I hadn't been under the impression that a NIB specimen was an unusually good find. Anyway, the way the knife world works is a little different than the worlds I'm used to frequenting.
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I still remember C95 prices few buck over $100, but that was gone many years ago. Currently I saw NIB C95 PE going up to $100 more than you paid. You cannot use as a reference couple years old prices for discontinued knives. Especially C95, which became hot after was dropped from production.
 
My factory "second" C95 purchased at the annual factory outlet sale a long time ago is still to this day one of my best knife purchases ever. The only reason mine was deemed a "second" - The lock on it was TOO strong :eek: (Sal told me this himself). NOTHING else wrong with it! I think I paid $35 or so. :D The lock works fine for me.
 
SpyderPhreak said:
My factory "second" C95 purchased at the annual factory outlet sale a long time ago is still to this day one of my best knife purchases ever. The only reason mine was deemed a "second" - The lock on it was TOO strong :eek: (Sal told me this himself). NOTHING else wrong with it! I think I paid $35 or so. :D The lock works fine for me.
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That would qualify the knife as perfect in my bolok too. :)
 
Yeah, I wish I'd have bought more than one now. It rocks! I haven't hit the outlet sale for a few years now, but I'm going to try this year if I'm not hunting something somewhere.
 
spyderphreak said:
my factory "second" c95 purchased at the annual factory outlet sale a long time ago is still to this day one of my best knife purchases ever. The only reason mine was deemed a "second" - the lock on it was too strong :eek: (sal told me this himself). Nothing else wrong with it! I think i paid $35 or so. :d the lock works fine for me.
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shut...... up!;)
 
The last one I saw on Ebay was withdrawn before the auction ended.

It is hard to find one.

M.
 
Hang on to it - there's going to be remakes :)

New collectors will want it in the future
 
SpyderPhreak said:
Yeah, I wish I'd have bought more than one now. It rocks! I haven't hit the outlet sale for a few years now, but I'm going to try this year if I'm not hunting something somewhere.
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I wish I had the chance to go to Golden during the 2nds sale, it's coming around again soon. :(
 
singularity35 said:
If you don't like it, I bet you can take it to ebay and get at least what you paid for it.
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I'm quite sure I'd never sell this knife. It's about as close to perfect as it gets for me. The only thing that I think could be improved might be the lock. Something like the triad lock or the Spyderco ball bearing lock would be awesome. If a C95 Manix 2 was ever built it might give this one a run for the money but, with a 4mm blade thickness, it original might still win out.
 
Sorry thought I was being gossiped about :p;)


I think the Lg Manix original is one of my favorite folders of all time....no not feel bad about the price..IMHO I prefer the older lockback version over the newer ball cage lock on the manix 2.

congrats J
 
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