phantom opk finally appeared.

[Buckfan22]

hi guys, i found an opk for sale but i can’t find it’s name and what it’s worth, it hold the 42 number, sorry for the poor quality picture , note the measuring tape is metric.
thanks

 

[Buckfan22]

nobody knows what it is?

 

[Ajack60]

Ask James Longstreet

 

[Peter Hartwig]

nobody knows what it is?

You have to be a little patient with this type of ?. The guys who know these are more limited than the everyday forum member and it may take a little time for one to show, but they are here.

 

[bhyde]

Looks like an SA Shadow or similar-
Perhaps nyefmaker can be of assistance? Outside of that, you can always forward the pic to info@chrisreeveknives.com
Anne can probably identify it, but they won't give valuations.

 

[James Longstreet]

I am by far not the expert on OPK than nyefmaker and a few others. If you would turn the blade around and there is no "USA made", then the number and the hex cap indicate that it is made in South Africa (also early USA made OPK were numbered and could have a hex cap as those days were kinda transition period after the move of the Reeve's from SA to USA).

More important is the false edge we can see at the pic. I think this is quite a rare bird because of the false edge. Shadow does have the spearpoint blade, but not that false edge. But the real experts need to chime in.

 

[nyefmaker]

Thanks for the mention. It’s not a shadow, but a limited run model. I actually just came across this again recently. I will have to look through my several thousand CRK pics to try to find the model name for you. Value is tough as this is very rare and was never a normal production model. Value could easily be several $thousand$. The closest I have had to this is a single guard shadow III, but this one has a double edge 1/2 way down the spine. I will look through my info and get back to ya.

 

[laizhekezhui]

The name is Phantom, very rare, limited 100 pieces, dated back to late 1989, made in USA, sheaths were made in South Africa, exclusive for a company in France.

Here are some pics from an Instagram member:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BiCNPWfn9FG/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BmSCzpkANV9/

 

[Buckfan22]

thanks you all for all these informations ! i’ll buy it.

 

[Buckfan22]

i found a period advert for the phantom from the official dealer:

 

[BeaverTail_Hunter]

I love the knowledge some of ya'll have with these OPKs. Good stuff!

 

[Buckfan22]

for those who have the dvd of crk shop tour with jessica lee , in the part one disc when chris shows her all different opk models in the office cabinet you can easily see the #1 phantom knife at the bottom left in the cabinet ! i’m now in touch with the seller so it’s will be at my place soon probably and i’ll post some pictures of it then !

 

[Buckfan22]

many thanks to those who helped me to identify this rare bird, i received it today so as promised i post some pictures! it’s a pretty nice knife, my first reeve fixed blade!

 

[nickpp]

That's one rare bird! Lovely condition! Well done on finding that one!

 

[Buckfan22]

That's one rare bird! Lovely condition! Well done on finding that one!

yes , unfortunately box and paperwork missing... on the period advertising i have there is a hinged wooden box with it but never seen other more accurate pictures of it.

 

[nickpp]

yes , unfortunately box and paperwork missing... on the period advertising i have there is a hinged wooden box with it but never seen other more accurate pictures of it.

That's a shame but it's a cool knife and very rare. Most of my early SA made knives don't have the paperwork but some of those are 35 years old...... Chris's father made wooden display boxes for some of his early knives. Never seen a OPK with a wooden!

 

[Ungernvon69]

Mine is #61, only saw 3 other in 25 years, almost no online presence, a real Phantom.

 

[Ungernvon69]

View attachment 1001338 i found a period advert for the phantom from the official dealer:

La Cisellerie was a great place o find CRK or other great custom knives, sadly they closed down in 2005

 

[Ernie1980]

That is a nice looking knife, what a find!