$260.99 Multi-Tool

[supratentorial]

Wow!!! 

http://cgi.ebay.com/NOS-A...x_W0QQitemZ220142017616QQ

[felinevet]

Yikes! Incredible.

[zackhugh]

The 4x4 and the Quickclip are pretty rare multis.  Is this price outrageous for one of these?  Seems like $150 or so would be pretty standard.  Maybe someone just really wanted it?

[J-sews]

The "going rate" for QuickClips a couple years ago was about $120.00, but they ain't making them anymore.

$260 still seems rather high though.

[zackhugh]

Just wondering.  Actually, if anyone would know, I figured it was you!

[J-sews]

 

Who knows though? I've heard some of those Al Mar collectors are real fanatics. Al passed away 15 years ago, and the knives produced when he was alive have gone sky high in price.

[zackhugh]

Are Al Mar collectors any more fervid than the corkscrew people?  No fun bidding against those guys in an auction!

The only concern I might have with Al Mar items is the supposed number of fakes out there.  If I overpaid for a Quickclip, well, that's just $100 or so.  A fair amount of money, but I suppose if I REALLY wanted it...

[supratentorial]

Are Al Mar collectors any more fervid than the corkscrew people?  No fun bidding against those guys in an auction!

The only concern I might have with Al Mar items is the supposed number of fakes out there.  If I overpaid for a Quickclip, well, that's just $100 or so.  A fair amount of money, but I suppose if I REALLY wanted it...

The high quality of the Al Mar tools would not be easy to fake.  Are there "corkscrew people"? 

I've heard some of those Al Mar collectors are real fanatics.

Crazy collectors!!!   

[CQC-7]

$260.99, I am in the wrong business?  Give me an Arc welder, a pair of pliers, drill press, blade steel, and a few nuts and bolts and about 15 minutes and I will make one that definately looks better.

[zackhugh]

The high quality of the Al Mar tools would not be easy to fake.  Are there "corkscrew people"? 

My understanding was that there were some Al Mar knives and tools illegally produced and sold by one or more of the factories producing them under contract for Al Mar.  I thought that the markings were slightly different and they sold them in secondary (non-U.S.) markets, but I could be wrong.  If true, the quality would be similar, if not identical.  I suppose in that case, no one would mind that much getting a "fake."

Oh, yeah.  There ARE corkscrew collectors.  And they are very involved in their hobby.  I tried to win an old European harp corkscrew since it's kinda like a multitool, but those collectors are tough to outbid.  Willing to spend much more than I am.

[J-sews]

Oh, yeah.  There ARE corkscrew collectors.  And they are very involved in their hobby.  I tried to win an old European harp corkscrew since it's kinda like a multitool, but those collectors are tough to outbid.  Willing to spend much more than I am.

Amen to that!! Those corkscrew people are a twisted bunch!










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[supratentorial]

My understanding was that there were some Al Mar knives and tools illegally produced and sold by one or more of the factories producing them under contract for Al Mar.  I thought that the markings were slightly different and they sold them in secondary (non-U.S.) markets, but I could be wrong.  If true, the quality would be similar, if not identical.  I suppose in that case, no one would mind that much getting a "fake."

If it were true that the original tools were manufactured by the original factories and are pretty much indistinguishable from the originals, it's a little ackward to call it a fake.  I'm going to need to do a bit of research on this one.  In 2000, someone posted on BF that he saw an easy to spot (cheaply made) fake Al Mar knife.  And Bernard Levine replied that he had never seen a fake Al Mar before.  But in 2003, there was a post on BF saying that a company that manufactured knives for Al Mar purchased the rights to manufacture their own line of knives labeled as Al Mar.  The post specified "their own line" and didn't indicate whether any knock offs of the original Al Mar line were manufactured.  I'll look further into it when I have a chance.  If you have references for this info, please let me know since it will save me the search time.  Thanks for the interesting post!

[zackhugh]

That story about the factories was a second or thirdhand one--not directly from someone who works at Al Mar.  What gave it at least a little credence was eBay stopping a few auctions I was watching (including a 4x4) because the items supposedly weren't authentic.  I don't know how they knew they were "fake" unless someone at Al Mar said something. 

Please let us know if you find out anything.  It's gotta be better than these half-baked rumors I'm spreading.

[zackhugh]

Oh, yeah.  There ARE corkscrew collectors.  And they are very involved in their hobby.  I tried to win an old European harp corkscrew since it's kinda like a multitool, but those collectors are tough to outbid.  Willing to spend much more than I am.

Amen to that!! Those corkscrew people are a twisted bunch!










 ;D

Boy, howdy!  I set you up perfectly there, didn't I?  Let the puns continue!

[Grant Lamontagne]

Oh no, not another pun thread...  my head still aches from the last one!

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