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[hardkiss]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 63800&rd=1

[thenick]

how can it be :|


and so pricey $_$

[4 s ter]

You can put any "Buy it Now" price you want on an item. Right now there are ZERO bids. I bet you don't see bids starting (or ending) anywhere near that level.

David

[The Deacon]

Dunno, the original Ocelet prototypes, of which that is one, have brought prices at least close to that before. Time will tell, eBay does seem a bit more conservative this past week, so 'till Saturday evening it's anybody's guess.

[J Smith]

Last one I saw for sell went for 300.00 very quickly.

[Civilian]

Isn't the new one coming soon?
The pic I saw of the new one i liked better.

[swede]

The new one may not matter. Prototypes always command more from collectors. BTW, does anyone else remember Kudzu? Seems like he hung around the forum for awhile and mostly complained about Spydercos and the collector program. Just left, I guess.
Dave

[hardkiss]

the seller is making it as if the knife is not going to go into production..they always hype it up..i can't stand that..Rare or hard to find or limited..when in fact not rare or hard to find or limited..complete BS on some of the stuff on E bay

[4 s ter]

I'm curious - Do you think a prototype of a model that is never actually put into production would command a higher price than a model that is in production? Will the production Ocelot affect the price of Ocelot prototypes?

David

[bancu]

Will the production Ocelot affect the price of Ocelot prototypes?
David

Good question and, in this case, it may apply more than you realized.

The prototype Ocelots were quite a bit different from model that is going into production. As I recall the prototypes were:

- BG42
- Compression lock
- G10 handle slabs

To me these features put the prototype Ocelots in a totally different class from the (VG10, lock back, FRN) production models. This and the limited number puts the prototype Ocelots in much more of a custom category. You could even argue that "this" Ocelot isn't being produced.

The production Ocelots seem to have kept the shape but lost a bit of the 'spirit' to make it more of a success with the masses.

[J Smith]

The protos are a differant knife but the production Ocalot is going to be G10 over SS liners.

[Joyce Laituri]

:eek: who would have ever thought.... amazing!

Joyce

[bancu]

The protos are a differant knife but the production Ocalot is going to be G10 over SS liners.

Thanks for the correction. I missed Sal's post about the production being G10. That bumps it up a bit.

Thinking about it a bit more, a lock back design is probably a better fit for a knife the 'hunting' category. It doesn't take much to learn how to close a compression one handed but it isn't as seamless as doing it with a lock back.

[swede]

bancu,
I still think you're generally correct about the protos. Several have come my way in the past, and as I recall, they were hand-assembled by someone named Vince Ford, I think. Highly polished and great workmanship. I saw a green and black one, with #s <25. And the BG42 is not a common steel. I think protos like this have similar exclusivity to a true custom, but whether one is worth 5 big ones or not is an open question.
My 2cents,
Dave

[Mr Blonde]

Last year, this bid would not have been as silly. This knife is actually going to see a production line now. I've been waiting for this knife for a few years now.

Wouter