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Great Eastern Cutlery hosted by Ken Mundhenk
Collectors of Great Eastern, Northfield and Tidioute Knives
Production numbers, do they matter?
I read this today
As of today, 10 December, 2018, the total orders from GEC distributors
and dealers for the #97 pattern are approximately 5,200 pieces. That is
a substantial number of knives. With 5 different handles it is roughly 1000 pieces
of EACH handle material available.
Hmmmmmmm., One of the reasons we bacame hooked on GEC was the low run numbers. The quality goes without saying but being able to get 1 of 25 or even 1 of 50 is pretty exciting this day in age. So I am just wondering, will 1 of 1000 mean you looking at the knife as just a user now and not a collectible?
Does it matter to you?
Does it mean my safe full of 1 of 5 or less is going to be more sought after?
What do you think?i
Jan Carter
Ken,
I had spoken with several dealers that told me 2019 would be bringing these type of numbers. Unless a knife is allocated to specific dealers or an SFO, we may indeed be seeing a run of 801
Mar 25, 2019
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