old red letter set

bpern57 · Post by **bpern57** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:42 am

i know this may be a vague question but i have been offered a 78 0r 79 red bone handle red letter set of 7 knives for 600 dollars. mint set, is it too much?

Knifekid · Post by **Knifekid** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:36 pm

There were 14,000 of those sets made in 1978 and the handles are Stag. Tony Foster presently has a complete set valued at 750.00. They usually sell for a bit less than that, so I'd say 600.00 is a fair price. The Muskrat is the most popular pattern in the set followed by the Trapper.
Perry

knifeswapper · Post by **knifeswapper** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:15 am

You said "mint set"; if the bolsters a scrolled (mint set -vs- standard bolsters) it helps somewhat.

bpern57 · Post by **bpern57** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:17 am

have not seen em yet, will look at them on thursday. i work with this guy who is a want to be dealer and he really got me to likeing knives. but he has a tendency to overprice his stuff. i paid too much a few times before i learned better. was not looking for this set but he approached me. just wanted to find out a little about it. thanks guys

becko · Post by **becko** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:16 am

Yes I am getting ready to sell a set myself, and I have no idea how many are in the set- I have 10 knives in the box- there is one that says "appaloosa" in gray lettering 2 dots- so i'm assuming it is not part of the set. Does anyone know how many came in the set ? is it 7 or 9? thanks in advance!- i just saw one go on ebay for 611.00 not sure if it was mint or not if that helps-- here are pictures of mine thanks in advance

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a210/ ... C02180.jpg

was there an additional 3 added later or something? i thought i read that about the red scroll set is it the same for the red letter?

Knifekid · Post by **Knifekid** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:25 pm

There are 7 knives in the Red Letter Set as follows:
5254
5220
52032
5279
52087
5347
Muskrat

Perry

becko · Post by **becko** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:19 am

Thanks so much Perry for that great information -- I def have a few extras i figured out -- i wonder why they were included in the box hmm -- thanks again