Were any of the Bladeforum.com blades numbered? I have a black-T Bladeforums.com Sifu and wondered if it might gain any considerable value or if I should not worry about it and use it? Thought I read that there were 20 black-T Sifus, were these numbered??
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Question on SIFU collectability??
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There were 70 handground Sifu's with numbers. There were about 5 more handground without numbers or the BF logo, IIRC. Spark can answer this better on the non-numbered knives and the 20 or so Black BF Sifu's.
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Dwight is partially correct...
We had the first pre-production run of Sifu's made for the forum members. There were a total of 70 knives made, in either green or black G-10, left or right handed, each one with a hand ground, serial numbered blade.
I have no exact count on the number of hand ground blades out there, but I've had around 8-10 additional Sifu's pass through my hands, all without the BladeForums.com markings.
A further 20 Sifu's were made with BladeForums.com markings, with a black T coating. These were all Right handed, with black G-10 handles. We can get more at any time, but probably won't
So, in order of scarcity (most rare to least rare) it would be -
Handground Sifu's
Left handed Green G-10 Sifu's (BF marked)
Left handed Black G-10 Sifu's (BF marked)
Right handed Black G-10 Sifu's (non BF marked)
Right handed Green G-10 Sifu's (BF marked)
Right handed Black G-10 Sifu's (BF marked)
Non Handground
Black Sifu's (BF Marked)
Production Sifu's (Black T)
Production Sifu's (Stonewashed)
Since the production models are becoming widely available now, value of the Handgrounds and BladeForums.com ones will go up (there will be no more serial numbered Sifu's)... but these are using knives, not collectors knives, IMHO.
The BladeForums.com store still has 2 Black Sifu's (with BladeForums.com markings) left at $210 each, and I still have 1 handground Sifu left at $210 (without BF markings), though Ken Nishikawa did ask me to hold it for him... (I'm still waiting to hear back from him if he wants it).
Sidenote - Paul Soo, email to you keeps bouncing, your Sifu went out last week via UPS.
Spark
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We had the first pre-production run of Sifu's made for the forum members. There were a total of 70 knives made, in either green or black G-10, left or right handed, each one with a hand ground, serial numbered blade.
I have no exact count on the number of hand ground blades out there, but I've had around 8-10 additional Sifu's pass through my hands, all without the BladeForums.com markings.
A further 20 Sifu's were made with BladeForums.com markings, with a black T coating. These were all Right handed, with black G-10 handles. We can get more at any time, but probably won't
So, in order of scarcity (most rare to least rare) it would be -
Handground Sifu's
Left handed Green G-10 Sifu's (BF marked)
Left handed Black G-10 Sifu's (BF marked)
Right handed Black G-10 Sifu's (non BF marked)
Right handed Green G-10 Sifu's (BF marked)
Right handed Black G-10 Sifu's (BF marked)
Non Handground
Black Sifu's (BF Marked)
Production Sifu's (Black T)
Production Sifu's (Stonewashed)
Since the production models are becoming widely available now, value of the Handgrounds and BladeForums.com ones will go up (there will be no more serial numbered Sifu's)... but these are using knives, not collectors knives, IMHO.
The BladeForums.com store still has 2 Black Sifu's (with BladeForums.com markings) left at $210 each, and I still have 1 handground Sifu left at $210 (without BF markings), though Ken Nishikawa did ask me to hold it for him... (I'm still waiting to hear back from him if he wants it).
Sidenote - Paul Soo, email to you keeps bouncing, your Sifu went out last week via UPS.
Spark
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The thumbstuds are ambi on all of the Sifu's, by Right hand only, I meant right handed rolling locks, sorry for the confusion.
Spark
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Kevin Jon Schlossberg
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Spark
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Kevin Jon Schlossberg
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i have a b.f. blk.t sifu,sn#5685079
does anybody know what series this knive
fell into 1 of 70 or 1 of 20 ??
if any body knows? i sure would appreciate
any info thank you, j.d.
does anybody know what series this knive
fell into 1 of 70 or 1 of 20 ??
if any body knows? i sure would appreciate
any info thank you, j.d.
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Way COOL! Guess who has a GREEN LH 1 of 70 one with a number <30
FYI- I find using my pointing finger to operate the lock easier to do than using my thumb. The blade is so heavy that a lazy wrist movement will deploy the blade. There were NO pocket clips ever installed so IMHO - it doesn't matter a RH person can use the LH model no problem.
Blade is too long to carry around here - I picked it up to support the BF knife projects.
The BF Native didn't go as planned
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Spark are the serrated BF Natives all gone, or no?? If you have one send me an e-mail.
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Ray 'md2020'
Blade is too long to carry around here - I picked it up to support the BF knife projects.
Spark are the serrated BF Natives all gone, or no?? If you have one send me an e-mail.
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Ray 'md2020'
