Recommendation? Project II refinish or not ?

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gary paugh

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I've got a Project II knife that I have had for over 20 years it's never been used but it was Ceracoted about 20 years ago, my Question is I want to sell the knife should I sell it as is or send it in and have it refinished first.
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you probably need to call CRK to see if they’ll reblast the knife.
A knife that old should bring market prices in original condition. Don’t know how much it would go for with the mod.
IMO, its more of a collection piece than a user.
 
Ajack60 said:
you probably need to call CRK to see if they’ll reblast the knife.
A knife that old should bring market prices in original condition. Don’t know how much it would go for with the mod.
IMO, its more of a collection piece than a user.
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Yes CRK will do a refinish for $75.00, it should look like a new knife when done.
 
Refinishing does not make it new, and may diminish the value further.

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IMO, you'll never get the price for that one that an unchanged knife would fetch. It's a user, although a really cool one. If I were the buyer, I'd rather have the option of using it like it is, or getting it refinished.
 
gary paugh said:
I've got a Project II knife that I have had for over 20 years it's never been used but it was Ceracoted about 20 years ago, my Question is I want to sell the knife should I sell it as is or send it in and have it refinished first.
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I think it's kind of cool. would have to see it in person though. I've also been keeping my eyes open for an OPK reasonably priced. Feel free to shoot me an email - (redacted after 24 hours).
 
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Get CRK to refinish it. It will be indistinguishable from a new knife.
 
Steven65 said:
Get CRK to refinish it. It will be indistinguishable from a new knife.
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I don’t think this is true. I had an Aviator refinished by CRK, they told me when I took it in that the new finish is a little different, that was fine with me. Below I attached two pictures, in the first one, there is two original finish Aviators and the bottom knife is the one I had refinished. It’s a little hard to see, but the two original ones have a little darker and a shinier finish. The new finish is more matte and a grey hint to it. In the bottom picture, I switched the end caps on the two bottom knives and you can see the difference a little better.

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As far as the original posters question, like anything, it is only original once, but his knife currently isn’t original, the original finish has been altered, so I’m not sure it is more valuable at present or if it was refinished. For me, I would rather have it refinished as I’m not a fan of the current camo finish. Keep in mind that it can take a couple months to get refinished.
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randucci said:
I don’t think this is true. I had an Aviator refinished by CRK, they told me when I took it in that the new finish is a little different, that was fine with me. Below I attached two pictures, in the first one, there is two original finish Aviators and the bottom knife is the one I had refinished. It’s a little hard to see, but the two original ones have a little darker and a shinier finish. The new finish is more matte and a grey hint to it. In the bottom picture, I switched the end caps on the two bottom knives and you can see the difference a little better.

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As far as the original posters question, like anything, it is only original once, but his knife currently isn’t original, the original finish has been altered, so I’m not sure it is more valuable at present or if it was refinished. For me, I would rather have it refinished as I’m not a fan of the current camo finish. Keep in mind that it can take a couple months to get refinished.
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With respect I said it would be indistinguishable from a new knife, not an original one. Your knife above looks new. Considering the current state of the finish on this knife, a new look is preferable.

I was one of Chris's first dealers in the 80's. The knives were blasted by hand in his garage in a small cabinet.
As the blasting media aged so did the final finish on the knives.
The original Kal-Gard that he used also varied greatly in colour. Some batches of early knives were almost black graphite, some were a more matt dark grey. All this had to do with the steel and heat treat each batch was made from, blasting media variations, coating material, baking time and temperature.

My point is you can take 10 OPK's with original "factory" finish from various era's and batches and they will all have some differences.
 
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