Ebay Schrade 8ot taylor brand , a bit pricey

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Ebay Schrade 8ot taylor brand , a bit pricey

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An interesting one ::hmm:: I know this is a Taylor brand Schrade and I've got a 89ot that works well but I wonder if the seller realises ? Does the original collector add that kind of value ::facepalm::
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Pretty much, every knife I have seen from the Rhett Stidham estate, and especially this seller, has had a price that I would call extremely overstated. Especially when I can pick one of these up at my local feed store for less than $20.

A boxed, mint USA 8OT I don't even think would be worth $129.99. I doubt a used Chinese 8OT is even worth $10 used. I know there 3-4 years back, I could get an 89OT at Rural King during the Christmas season for $10.
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There is a debate concerning who made the oft used statement, "There is a sucker born every "minute". This statement might be the answer to the "bit pricey" description mentioned by zed6309 in the OP. Some might make such a purchase in ignorance but hopefully it won't be any of us AAPK members. Cody is spot on with the local pricing of these easily identifiable knives.
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Another seller not looking for customers, but looking for victims. Also was Stidham even around when Schrade started the Chinese line?
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This seller has been flogging way over priced knives for many years. He knows it is from China and can be bought new for about $20.
He is dishonest.
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kootenay joe wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:20 pm This seller has been flogging way over priced knives for many years. He knows it is from China and can be bought new for about $20.
He is dishonest.
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Exactly. I had his number a long (years) time ago. Most of the stuff he sells never belonged to Rhett Stidham and would have been an embarrassment to him.
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Interesting stuff guys , I'll be honest I never heard of Rhett stidman until I saw this seller on ebay , it's sad as hopefully that will sit there for a long time or some one will buy it by mistake , as said there is one born every minute :(
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This clown's ridiculous prices don't stop at just his knives, :shock: he wants US$61.50 for shipping to Canada via USPS Priority post! ::td:: What a loser! 8)
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I've seen buyers battle it out in auctions for a Chinese Uncle Henry or Old Timer . I guess a lot of them just don't know the difference or what to look for between a USA Schrade product Vs the Chinese counterpart . No doubt there's sellers out there preying on these lesser informed bidders . There's also sellers that are ignorant to it . They scan the site for prices and list their Chinese stuff for prices in the realm of what true vintage USA stuff is listed for . Three or four times just this week I sent sellers a message bringing to their attention that they are misrepresenting what they have by their listing saying " vintage" or "USA Scrade" or both . Some wanted to know and I had to educate them , one said "It says Schrade on the stamp and it doesn't say made in China" , where I had to educate them and they all seemed like honest sellers and messaged me back saying thanks and that they'd fixed their listing . I had to tell one lady that the knife she had listed at $39.99 plus $4.99 shipping could be bought brand new at Amazon for 20 bucks .
It's really something that both buyers and sellers haven't a clue what they are actually buying or selling . And to help matters along , the part numbers are the same for the Chinese knives as they were when these models were made in the USA . So Ebay has this thing where a seller can enter a make and model of a product and current information is given to them as feedback . I just got a great deal on a NOS in the box vintage Old Timer where the photos showed a USA made knife and a box that was New York but the description said the blade was 7Cr17Mov and country of origin was China . I sent the seller a message asking so "what is it ?" Is it a USA knife or is it Chinese ? She told me that' she just posted what ebay told her it was , but assured me that it was indeed the knife in the photo I was seeing . She fixed her listing and took "China" off it . She had it on a "Buy it now" listing . Needless to say , as soon as I confirmed that it was an American made knife , I immediately bought the thing before somebody else could . So I ended up with a great deal on a NIB vintage knife .I gotta wonder how many people passed on that item because the description was wrong . The "buy it now" price was more than a Chinese knife should sell for but truly a bargain for the real deal . But if sellers are scamming and misrepresenting , they need to be reported for their fraud .
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