resale value of Jess Horn C34P

Uh, trick question right? I'd give full retail for one of these and so would about five thousand other folks that read these forums. However you need to purchase the appropriate membership to sell here.

These micarta Horns are a hot item. If you don't believe me, list it on Ebay and start out the bidding at one dollar, make it a seven day auction. A pack of wolves will hit it in the final moments. Heck, I'll be there too. :D

It would make a great companion for the serrated version in my collection. I'd hang on to it, but you do whatcha want.

Cheers.
 
necrotizing said:
Any online sources for the value of one of these nib with black micarta scales?
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There were at least a couple of micarta versions of this knife. white, black & I think ... burgandy (won't swear to the burgandy though).

Razz
 
AG Russell had two different Jess Horn Spydercos as exclusives. One, as you mentioned, was white micarta. One was stainless steel scales and smaller. Both had flat saber grinds instead of the factory hollow saber grinds. Collector interest in these AG Russell versions is starting to fly off the charts and will only climb further. The best we can hope for is a re-issue in ZDP-189 blade steel or something. Originals are not readily available. Not even the "run-of-the-mill" production models. Too bad. They were slim and carryable. Jess Horn basically took a shovel pass from Sal and ran it 90 yards for a playoff touchdown. Good stuff.

Anyhoo, no burgundy micarta Horns were produced that I'm aware of.
 
This thread got me thinking about a Jess Horn boot knife I got from A.G.R. a couple years back.Can't remember the handle material but it was green polished something. I'll dig it out. Too many knives. And report back. OOPS! Sorry,not a Spydie.
 
Harry Callahan said:
AG Russell had two different Jess Horn Spydercos as exclusives. One, as you mentioned, was white micarta. One was stainless steel scales and smaller. Both had flat saber grinds instead of the factory hollow saber grinds. Collector interest in these AG Russell versions is starting to fly off the charts and will only climb further. The best we can hope for is a re-issue in ZDP-189 blade steel or something. Originals are not readily available. Not even the "run-of-the-mill" production models. Too bad. They were slim and carryable. Jess Horn basically took a shovel pass from Sal and ran it 90 yards for a playoff touchdown. Good stuff.

Anyhoo, no burgundy micarta Horns were produced that I'm aware of.
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Harry, AGR acutally had (at least) five different Spyderco Jess Horn exclusives. There are two "full size" C34 versions in PE, a white micarta and a burgundy micarta. Both have full flat ground blades that have a swedge grind like the standard C34. There are also three smaller "Baby" Jess Horns, for which no comparable model was ever maketed directly by Spyderco. These came in black micarta and all stainless steel, both with grinds like the standard Spyderco C34, and in white micarta, with a full flat ground blade with swedge grind. All the AGR Specials that I have ever seen are plain edge.

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The burgundy micarta, like that on the Jester, is a very difficult color to photograph well.

I said (at least) because I've heard rumors of both a full size C34 with full flat grind in black micarta, and a "Baby" in burgundy micarta. Have never acutally seen either, and have been unsuccessfully at getting their existence either confirmed or denied by either AGR or Spyderco.
 
Thanks Paul, I was pretty sure about the burgandy version, but have never managed to land one. I have managed to find the large white micarta, the large and small black micarta, the jig bone, and the frn lightweight. I've had a couple of the baby's, but traded them away some time ago. Somebody else :D got the one stainless I saw on Ebay some time ago ...

Razz
 
Those are some very attractive Spydies, IMHO. Thanks for the pic, Paul! I especially like the fully flat ground versions. It’s rare to see a swedge on that kind of blade. I think it adds to the elegant, streamlined look of the knife.

I’m really kicking myself for not getting a burgundy Micarta one when they were available from A. G. Russell. I think they even went on sale at some point, IIRC. Several years ago, I saw a Baby Jess Horn in white Micarta for sale at SFO. I was thisclose to buying it, but unfortunately I purchased something less interesting instead.
 
This is 1 model I wish Spyderco would bring back. I had 1 of the 1's in Black Micarta and sold it off because I was more into Tactical crap at that time. Now I wish I had 1 for my EDC.
 
Sweet collection! Thanks for setting me straight. Geesh, I didn't realize there were so many AGR exclusives of that model. Must have took a good deal of detective work to track all of those down. I knew about the SS Baby Horn but never heard of those two micarta versions. AG must have sold them out quickly because I've never seen them in the catalog, not even back when the SS version was listed.

Hopefully AG can pester Sal into re-issuing these Horns in ZDP bladesteel.
 
So 'fess up. How many of you guys immediately shot necrotizing an email with an offer? :D

The better question is: Will necrotizing ever post more than one post on Bladeforums?
 
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