So, did custom knife factory lie about their limited runs?

[vilePossum]

Well, I do not recall the exact wordind of their last year's production runs, so I would give them the benefit of a doubt.
I do think though for example when advertising for example the peace duke as a limited 300 pieces production run they made no mention of future runs or even declared that once they are gone they will be gone.

Again, I am not certain of this, and it sure is nice for some folks to score a model they might have missed.
If however this is true, it will be a severe blow for collectors who scrambled for some of these knives last year.

(Note, I am not a collector. the newly available knives just struck me as odd.)

 

[Hackenslash]

I think this is what they've done on the Morrf series. I have a Morrf 1 (at the time I bought it, just the Morrf) and I seem to remember it being billed as a limited run. My Morrf isn't just serialized, it's marked "X of 200". Then when those sold out, they brought out the Morrf 2, 3 etc. It was always my understanding that when each model was sold out, it was done and gone.

I'd be a little annoyed to see them return to the Morrf 1 and make another batch of 200. Of course they could make a minor change in steel and leave everything else the same and call it a different Morrf. That's why I collect knives I enjoy owning, not ones that I consider an investment.

 

[marcinek]

I do think though for example when advertising for example the peace duke as a limited 300 pieces production run they made no mention of future runs or even declared that once they are gone they will be gone.

Isn't that exactly what "limited production run" means? No future runs and when they are gone they're gone.

 

[PURPLEDC]

All the limited run means is that particular knife in that exact configuration is limited to the pieces they make available. Chang a single thing about it and its no longer that knife even if the changes are slight. No matter what I dont think we are going to see a chinese produced folder sold from russia goun through the roof as a collectors piece any time soon. Great knives but not something i think of when talking about knives that hold their value much less appreciate. And i kinda feel many of their designs are so off the cuff futuristic that they wont survive the times. Imho anyone buying a production knife in he hopes of it appreciating is a little off base. Gold. Diamonds, those are investments. Chinese production knives may one day appreciate after the price gap closes in a decade or so but its gonna be a crapshoot on which models from which companies will go on to become classics if any.

 

[SurfisLove]

Just my opinion, but if you're buying a CKF as a collector's piece/investment, you haven't thought things all the way through. That being said I own a T90 that I bought on a good deal straight from them. I absolutely love it, but I don't see it as a collector's piece, it's just a well made knife with premium materials that I got for a good deal (IMO).

 

[cash71]

I've collected many different things through out my life. I'm very new to knives but as long people understand that these Mfg's have their own idea of what they say means and not particularly your meaning. In other words don't trust any of them they do what's best for their business.

My bet is if a Mfg. makes 500 of something and if it sells out in a day I promise you there will be another 500 made no matter what they said to begin with. Now I know some will come on and say that's not true for a particular Co. and it could be true but as far as my money goes I'll stick with what I say.

 

[Officer's Match]

1 of (xxx) means just that; the run was (xxx) pieces. I've seen plenty of other manufacturers do the same exact thing, such as Brous Blades. I see no reason to expect a manufacturer to stop making a model the market proves popular.