agree w/tombstone and some of the others, but it al comes down to this - UNLESS the knife is some kinda personal gift/etc (ie ernie emerson makes ya a one of a kind something or other, to commemorate your 20th wedding anniversary,and gives ya the thing, or some other wild story) if the situation warrants, no prob w/selling
and, actually, in extraordinary circumstances, anything is fair game to be sold, w/in reason of course, imho
if ya pays the $$, its YOURS to do with as ya want, irregardless of the maker, etc what he went thru, etc
if the market crashes, and i'm broke tomorrow, and i gotta put groceries on the table, things gotta go, in order of importance to me - will sell my BM 710 before my ralph mini maxx, but, if it meant have knife/go hungry? the knife goes.................
like i said, if ya put up the $$, its yours, to do with as ya please...irregardless of the makers wishes - if its such a big deal to him, he could always buy it back, or never deal w/ya again, but other than that dont see what his beef would be.........and if he's a big enuff bud to do ya favors like making it for ya free/engraving/etc, i bet he would understand........
peace
sifu
and, actually, in extraordinary circumstances, anything is fair game to be sold, w/in reason of course, imho
if ya pays the $$, its YOURS to do with as ya want, irregardless of the maker, etc what he went thru, etc
if the market crashes, and i'm broke tomorrow, and i gotta put groceries on the table, things gotta go, in order of importance to me - will sell my BM 710 before my ralph mini maxx, but, if it meant have knife/go hungry? the knife goes.................
like i said, if ya put up the $$, its yours, to do with as ya please...irregardless of the makers wishes - if its such a big deal to him, he could always buy it back, or never deal w/ya again, but other than that dont see what his beef would be.........and if he's a big enuff bud to do ya favors like making it for ya free/engraving/etc, i bet he would understand........
peace
sifu