How Much ?
Moderator: Moderators
- Mick Smith
- Posts: 4957
- Joined: Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:09 pm
- Location: Surf Coast Victoria
$500 or less Just Purchased a Skinner from Paul Mayall at what I consider a very reasonable price my last knife purchased which I still have is an Uncle Henry $225 I now have a Pair the first one was my fathers he bought before I was born, he has handed it to me and I will hand them to my Daughter when she is ready for them.
- Stickbow Hunter
- Supporter
- Posts: 11637
- Joined: Sat Jul 26, 2003 8:33 pm
- Location: Maryborough Queensland
I haven't bought any for probably 15 years but I bought a custom made one that was approx $250.00 and one for my son that was $150.00. They came with their own custom made sheaths as well.
I also have one that was worth around $750.00 but I swaped the maker for one of my top of the range bows. The handle has scrimshaw on each side - me with a boar on one side and Jude with a billy on the other. The scrimshaw was done by the late Bill Hill. The knife just sits in my Bowhunting book case though.
Jeff
I also have one that was worth around $750.00 but I swaped the maker for one of my top of the range bows. The handle has scrimshaw on each side - me with a boar on one side and Jude with a billy on the other. The scrimshaw was done by the late Bill Hill. The knife just sits in my Bowhunting book case though.
Jeff
-
- Posts: 352
- Joined: Fri Aug 13, 2004 7:16 pm
- Location: Miriam Vale Queensland Australia
Never having had a lot of spare cash handy for stuff like that the most I've ever paid for a knife was $30 and that was just for stuff like Mundial , Frost or Victornox , any Hunting or Camp type knifes I wanted I just made myself , started off making them using the stock removal method but soon went onto forging , I think that in many respects forging is some times easier than stock removal but I've stuffed up my shoulder and elbow some what and now the choices are that if I keep up hammering away at my anvil I can't use my bow and that is just not on , I never got into Damascus but always wanted to , used to use Desert Rosewood , Gidgee or Deadfinish for the handles , beautiful stuff , been doing leather work for over 30 years so sheaths weren't a problem either , but even if I had the spare cash I don't think I'd personally pay more than $30 for a knife even though I used to sell mine for about $150 or so , double standard I know but I can't help it I'm just tight with a dollar
David
David
Not Scottish by any chance are we laddawallace45 wrote:, but even if I had the spare cash I don't think I'd personally pay more than $30 for a knife even though I used to sell mine for about $150 or so , double standard I know but I can't help it I'm just tight with a dollar
David
Bow Hunting is my Passion.
My wife says it's my Obsession.
Either way I'm happy.
My wife says it's my Obsession.
Either way I'm happy.
Nothing to do with being Scottish ,, it's a fact most $30 knives will hold an edge as well as a $150 knife these days . We just seem to pay for "pretty " thingsMick wrote:Not Scottish by any chance are we laddawallace45 wrote:, but even if I had the spare cash I don't think I'd personally pay more than $30 for a knife even though I used to sell mine for about $150 or so , double standard I know but I can't help it I'm just tight with a dollar
David
-
- Posts: 352
- Joined: Fri Aug 13, 2004 7:16 pm
- Location: Miriam Vale Queensland Australia
- Mick Smith
- Posts: 4957
- Joined: Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:09 pm
- Location: Surf Coast Victoria
- jindydiver
- Posts: 1333
- Joined: Thu Jun 24, 2004 3:06 pm
- Location: ACT
If you pay $150 for a knife and it doesn't hold an edge you have been ripped off. Far from "most" I don't think you could find a hand full of $30 knives that could gut, hock and quarter even one deer before needing sharpening and if you pay $150 for a knife that can't you obviously paid too much.Coach wrote:
Nothing to do with being Scottish ,, it's a fact most $30 knives will hold an edge as well as a $150 knife these days . We just seem to pay for "pretty " things
Mick
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
Here you go Mick.
An original Tracker by Dave Beck. Not many people will know of him or what is behind 'his' story, but it is one popular and searched out for knife.
These sell nowadays for in excess of $4000 USD as a set.
I should have kept it a bit longer....
An original Tracker by Dave Beck. Not many people will know of him or what is behind 'his' story, but it is one popular and searched out for knife.
These sell nowadays for in excess of $4000 USD as a set.
I should have kept it a bit longer....
- Attachments
-
- wsk 004.jpg (126.17 KiB) Viewed 4685 times
Coach, there are 2 types of people in the 'knife' world. Collectors and users. A rare thing to have both in the one person.
I use to be a collector, therefore searched high and low for knives that I knew would appreciate in value (these were usually expensive), sold them off, made a profit and went shopping again. It was a buzz I got out of it I guess. Once the 5 minute of handling the new arrival was over, it was shelved to 'value up' and then I kept seaching for others.
I have turned into (out of boredome with collecting - not to mention the price war these days) a user, and now only search for best value for money. I will admit, I am still searching for a knife that will do it all (does it exist?), and I think I am close...I still like the Randalls however, from a history point of view.
So, The Tracker;
It was designed by a man named Dave Beck, who had help with Tom Brown, one of the worlds apparent famed 'man trackers' that use to work with the FBI etc to find missing persons and prisoners etc.
Tom runs one of the largest (if not THE largest) survival bush craft schools in the world where you can go and learn to live from the land and this knife was built from a concept of a 'do it all' knife.
In reality, it was heavy and combersome. It did work and felt great in the hand (this was my second one), but the old hunting style/woodlore knives of old could do the same job if used correctly, for the most part.
Anyway, when the movie "The Hunted" came out, the knife was displayed throughout using it for a survival style knife and ofcourse the knife became popluar overnight, similar to the Rambo knife of the 80's.
Dave Beck was basically left out of the lime light for helping design and even make the knife that was used in the film, therefore missing out on massive royalties, so, long long long story short.....
It got dirty, probably went to court and the original Trackers price went through the roof for collectors.
Onlyu in America....
Grab the movie Coach, it is not bad, but could have been better.
He focuses on what Tom Brown did and the actual knife used in a couple of the scenes was his that Beck made.
Phew........basically, it became a movie knife and the USA thrive on that stuff, as do collectors.
I use to be a collector, therefore searched high and low for knives that I knew would appreciate in value (these were usually expensive), sold them off, made a profit and went shopping again. It was a buzz I got out of it I guess. Once the 5 minute of handling the new arrival was over, it was shelved to 'value up' and then I kept seaching for others.
I have turned into (out of boredome with collecting - not to mention the price war these days) a user, and now only search for best value for money. I will admit, I am still searching for a knife that will do it all (does it exist?), and I think I am close...I still like the Randalls however, from a history point of view.
So, The Tracker;
It was designed by a man named Dave Beck, who had help with Tom Brown, one of the worlds apparent famed 'man trackers' that use to work with the FBI etc to find missing persons and prisoners etc.
Tom runs one of the largest (if not THE largest) survival bush craft schools in the world where you can go and learn to live from the land and this knife was built from a concept of a 'do it all' knife.
In reality, it was heavy and combersome. It did work and felt great in the hand (this was my second one), but the old hunting style/woodlore knives of old could do the same job if used correctly, for the most part.
Anyway, when the movie "The Hunted" came out, the knife was displayed throughout using it for a survival style knife and ofcourse the knife became popluar overnight, similar to the Rambo knife of the 80's.
Dave Beck was basically left out of the lime light for helping design and even make the knife that was used in the film, therefore missing out on massive royalties, so, long long long story short.....
It got dirty, probably went to court and the original Trackers price went through the roof for collectors.
Onlyu in America....
Grab the movie Coach, it is not bad, but could have been better.
He focuses on what Tom Brown did and the actual knife used in a couple of the scenes was his that Beck made.
Phew........basically, it became a movie knife and the USA thrive on that stuff, as do collectors.
I've paid up to about $150 for a knife, I don't think I've ever paid more than that anyway. I know my Gerber Guardian wasn't cheap when I first bought it, but I think they're over the 150 mark these days. I also have a 'Western' bowie from the Camillus company that are quite pricey here in Australia, though it was about $75 in the U.S where I bought it. Mostly these days if I want a knife I just make it myself. At least I know what sort of quality the materials are and it is by far cheaper to buy the materials and do the work yourself. I also do my own leather work, my story is similar to dawallace45, though he sounds like he has a few years up on me .
I will get into forging when I can afford the forge.
Mick
I will get into forging when I can afford the forge.
Mick