Terminator Salvation Knife

gregncat

gregncat

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Ok so I picked this up on ebay for a few bux.

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Has a neck sheath too
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The knife itself is not too bad. Made by Master Cutlery (who ever they are)
Full tang sharpened 440 stainless steel blade with black finish
Laser engraved Terminator Salvation logo
Black G-10 handle scales with resistance logo
Brown leather wrap on end of handle
Kydex sheath with lanyard
A fully licensed replica
Comes with Certificate of authenticity and full color packaging

But with all the other knives in my collection (Prolly like 150-200) it's not like I need to use this one.

My son's will one day (Likley sooner than later) inherit my collection. I know some of my knives will be worth quite a bit, as they were worth quite a bit when I inherited many of them from my Grandfather.

So I just wanted to ask. would something like this eventually have any resale value as a collector's item? In maybe 50 years? Or is this just cheep "made in China" junk?
 
gregncat said:
So I just wanted to ask. would something like this eventually have any resale value as a collector's item? In maybe 50 years? Or is this just cheep "made in China" junk?
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Minimal at best. Master Cutlery tends to be low-end Chinese, and isn't worth much.
 
Movie enthusiasts maybe.... but I wouldn't think there would be a huge collector crowd looking to buy knives.
 
i think the knife in the movie was a benchmade snody fixed blade type thing, this knife here is a ripoff of the snody.
 
If you stumble upon some guy who REALLY wants one it would be worth quite a bit...but to the average knife person it's not even a very good knife. Most knives that retain their value or appreciate over time start out as quality pieces that happen to become collectible for some reason. Low-end knives that were created to BE collectibles rarely do anything but fade into obscurity.
 
What a cute knife:D. It would probably make a nice paperweight or something:thumbup:. Personally, I'm not the type of person who would shell out money for something, even pocket change, just because of some distant celebrity relation(like Steven Seagal's knife).
 
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What a cute knife:D. It would probably make a nice paperweight or something:thumbup:. Personally, I'm not the type of person who would shell out money for something, even pocket change, just because of some distant celebrity relation(like Steven Seagal's knife).
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lol I agree this is the only "Holywood" knife I own. I only got it because the first Terminator movie came out when I was 14, I watched it 2 years later and thought it Rocked. But I remember thinking then " Part 2 will probably take place after the war, with humans fighting the machines...that would be cool." Little did I know it would be 25 years later they actually made the one I wanted to see.

But the knife itself isn't that bad. You can't realy go bad with 1 pc construction, 440SS... Know what I mean? as long as you can put an edge on it, it's still a knife.
 
it's a movie knife replica, which was created with terminator movie fans in mind.
therefore it is a collectible that will be cherished, traded, bought and sold by hardcore terminator fans.
i doubt folks who know their knives will ever go for this one in a big way though.
btw, there was also an earlier T-3 movie tie in in the form of gerber's pliertools.
sure would be keen to know if it's worth anything in the collectibles market.
 
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Yea, it's just a mass-produced cheep movie collectable. But as long as it's kept in mint condition with all the origional stuff it may be worth something one day to my Great, great, great grandson.

So as a knife collector and enthusiast I have many, many knives that I can use/carry.
I don't have to use this one, it can just sit in my collection and appreciate.

When I go bushwacking I don't carry more than 2 knives or one Bowie any way. How many knives do you need to carry on your person at any one time?
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Ok... so if I ever decide to go on a killing spree then maybe I'll take it with me.
 
This has got to be one of the most ironic movie knives ever. The knife marketed as the knife from the movie is precisely not the knife from the movie.

The Benchmade 14100 may in the future hold some extra value because it was in Terminator Salvation.
The "Terminator Salvation" knife, regardless of having the name printed on the blade, is just another knock off.
 
gregncat said:
So I just wanted to ask. would something like this eventually have any resale value as a collector's item?
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No. Sorry.

Its a cheap, mass-produced replica. Imagine a modern reprinting of Superman #1.

Have fun with it. Let your kid throw it at trees or something.
 
gregncat said:
But the knife itself isn't that bad. You can't realy go bad with 1 pc construction, 440SS... Know what I mean? as long as you can put an edge on it, it's still a knife.
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Try to put an edge on it before you say that! :D "440SS" = mystery steel
 
gregncat said:
Sorry I should have spelled that out. 440 stainless steel. It's actualy rather sharp out of the box
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I should have spelled it out too! 440 stainless steel = mystery steel.

440 then letter...good.
440 then no letter...bad.

I do hope its good steel and works for you edge wise. But I would just throw the thing into trees. :D The steel is most likely perfect for that, sadly.
 
I'm pretty sure it was the Benchmade Snody 14100 Fixed Blade that was in Terminator Salvation.

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this is a niche market item that would be valuable to someone interested in movie props/collectibles or live action roll-playing props. but not as a "knife" per-se.
 
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