No birthday card rule

I don't need a piece of paper to validate a Chris Reeve knife. The knife speaks louder than a piece of paper. Read the knife, not the card to see if it is genuine. Besides, do you think it is difficult for people faking the knives to fake a piece of paper?


And all 3 are Beautiful! With or without cards.
 
I prefer to have birthday cards, but like you, I have made exceptions.
The 3 in this photo were bought without birthday cards.
Top one "H13" has been sold.
Middle one is a small Damascus P
Bottom one is a giraffe bone Mnandi:

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Can anybody help narrow down the birthday of the large P135?
I had P85 small and it was 12/1/93, I wonder if this one is older or newer? I do wish I hadn't sold the P85 as it was mint in box.
 
franzdom said:
Can anybody help narrow down the birthday of the large P135?
I had P85 small and it was 12/1/93, I wonder if this one is older or newer? I do wish I hadn't sold the P85 as it was mint in box.
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The large P135 is certainly older. The large preceded the small model by close to 2 years. I would say, however, that dating relative to numbering is a tough proposition. For instance, I have the following pieces in my collection:
  • large P184 with a born on card showing 2/17/93. This is a plain.
  • large and P274, P279, both dated 10/21/1992. These are both a couple of Chris' early decorated attempts.
  • small P2, dated 10/20/1993. I remember when these were going through the shop, and believe the P2 to be from the first batch of production smalls
I'm sure that if we compiled more slab numbers and card dates, we'd find more inconsistencies. So, why are the decorated dates upside down from the P#? Back then, Chris was busy ramping the shop and growing the business. I would surmise that he'd grab a hand full of slabs out of the pile during the day, and fit in his experimenting on nights and weekends. The dates on the cards are written in the packaging process, as opposed to during the manufacturing process. As you can imagine, all along, CRK is focused on getting out high quality products, and keeping numbers in sequence with packaging is not the highest priority.

Love your P135, BTW, Franzdom. What a great find!
 
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