#145823 - 07/26/16 10:33 PM
Re: This Old Randall
[Re: Lofty]
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Absolutely....a big saahLUTE from the pizza oven SEUS to Big Jim. No idea what you just posted?
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#145837 - 07/26/16 11:33 PM
Re: This Old Randall
[Re: Tattoo Bill]
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I still have the stag....the others are long gone...I've owned the Ivory twice, it was my dads...The pinned wood was from my dads friend....I really wanted to keep that one, but was unable...The sheath....it did get something done to it, but we had no idea what...the leather was extremely brittle....pinned wood you say....I still have the one on the bottom!!
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#145838 - 07/26/16 11:39 PM
Re: This Old Randall
[Re: thevalueman]
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Registered: 02/09/16
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I still have the stag....the others are long gone...I've owned the Ivory twice, it was my dads...The pinned wood was from my dads friend....I really wanted to keep that one, but was unable...The sheath....it did get something done to it, but we had no idea what...the leather was extremely brittle....pinned wood you say....I still have the one on the bottom!! Rocky, No pics from the past but the bottom knife as you suggest, well that's just silky.
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#145839 - 07/26/16 11:40 PM
Re: This Old Randall
[Re: thevalueman]
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boy!!! the summer heat has us jacked up!!! Who does #2 work for!!! :-)Rocky Hahahahah that is perfect Rocky....can we get a courtesy flush?
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#145843 - 07/27/16 01:16 AM
Re: This Old Randall
[Re: W Polidori]
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Absolutely....a big saahLUTE from the pizza oven SEUS to Big Jim. No idea what you just posted? Trans: a big salute from (typically hot as to make national news anywhere else) Dixie to Big Jim.
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#145851 - 07/27/16 07:39 AM
Re: This Old Randall
[Re: Lofty]
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My dad's friend, who I sold the knives for, gave me these two for my efforts....that was nice of her, she was old, and needed the money. I got her a ton of money for her knives....much more that she was offered by two "collectors"...almost 4X more :-)Rocky
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#145855 - 07/27/16 08:13 AM
Re: This Old Randall
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Love the Sun Valley. And the slender profile of your pinned wood handle. I recently acquired another slender knife. A Model 7-5" in Ivory.
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#145856 - 07/27/16 08:19 AM
Re: This Old Randall
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There is an old adage, "Buy the knife not the story". That often holds true, but if you can back the story up, it is even better. Joe, You know there are more knives out there without the provenance, than there are with. More transactions of knife sales without, than with. Sure, it's an added bonus when you can have that, but I wouldn't want to discourage someone from purchasing a knife simply because it didn't have a paperwork trail following it. The quoted statement above is about as good advice as can be given.
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#145857 - 07/27/16 08:19 AM
Re: This Old Randall
[Re: Tattoo Bill]
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Loc: Tallahassee FL
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You folks are on a roll here. I'm really enjoying the show. Thanks!
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#145859 - 07/27/16 08:44 AM
Re: This Old Randall
[Re: Michael_Mason]
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There is an old adage, "Buy the knife not the story". That often holds true, but if you can back the story up, it is even better. Joe, You know there are more knives out there without the provenance, than there are with. More transactions of knife sales without, than with. Sure, it's an added bonus when you can have that, but I wouldn't want to discourage someone from purchasing a knife simply because it didn't have a paperwork trail following it. The quoted statement above is about as good advice as can be given. True Michael, but many folks don't think to ask which results in any history being lost forever. Again, the provenance thing is a personal preference evolved over 25 years of collecting. Perhaps it isn't important to some, that is ok, and I have never discouraged anyone from going after something that interests them. A side bonus to gathering provenance is that it can answer many questions about what was going on in the shop when a particular knife was made including, style of blade grind, standard model configurations, and options used. As you cans see in the #2 thread, I posted some nice pieces with great provenance. I may do some more time permitting.
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