Bad economy ???

[M.TEX]

 yeahhhh right....there are some people out there with deep pockets...
 I have seen some Ebay SAK's going up like rockets....
 here is another one....

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Original-Karl-Elsener-Swiss-Army-Knife-C-1896-NR_W0QQitemZ260479605263QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ca5cb5a0f&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

and


http://cgi.ebay.com/Used-Victorinox-Classic-Sterling-Silver-folding-knives_W0QQitemZ300349231268QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item45ee3590a4&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14



It was just a few bucks last night....
Ohhhh and I know some other good knives that are going up ...
ummm bad economy for me , without a job...
life sucks.  

[Swiss Man]

Don't worry I am sure that Chako will own them soon, then we can look at them and maybe do a pass around  

[M.TEX]

yeap if someone from here win I would be happy...at least will be someone that we know...
and maybe some day have a chance to trade or buy....

[stressmaster5000]

Well there are a few collectors out there with deep pockets that the down economy does not seem to bother. I have been trading on eBay for a long time now and back when you could see their id's I started to keep a running list to keep track of who was buying and how much. With the changes in how eBay obscures your id's it makes it harder to keep track but I still can to a certain degree.

There are probably 3-5 deep pockets collectors that bid on these kind of rare knives. Of them only 1 is a member of a forum that makes his collection public. Another 1 is a very big buyer/reseller (Smartknives), but you will never see his bid until the last 5 seconds of the sale. The others basically keep to themselves. I have sold to one of them years ago when it was feasible to sell on Fee-Bay.

Also there are a couple of resellers that bid up some of the more rare pieces because they know their value and wish to resell for big profits. One of the high bidders on that list I know. The other 2 or 3 I am unsure of, but rest assured this bid price will go up at the end of the sale.

[Chako]

And I am quite happy to count myself as none of the above. 

[Neil]

I certainly don't have deep pockets but both of those are very drool worthy SAKs.  If ebay still let UK residents bid on knives I'd be watching both of those.  In reality they'd probably both go out of my range but who knows on the silver one, I get very weak around silver SAKs