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Ok knife fans. A knife quiz for the new knife nuts. What is wrong with this auction?

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It's way too expensive for an aluminum handled Herbst, but that's all I could see, what am I missing? :confused:
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smcfalls13 wrote:It's way too expensive for an aluminum handled Herbst, but that's all I could see, what am I missing? :confused:

I'm with ya, I cant find anything wrong. But yes to much $ already.

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I see nothing wrong with it. Not even the price. John F. Jensen still has a few and he's charging over $100 for his. I think around $100 for an Aluminum Herbst is a good deal.

Plus........the guy has 100% positive feedback.

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Hmmm, I'm not new and maybe should be catching something, but the aluminum Herbst was originally offered with ATS-55 prior to the VG-10 version (I don't remember whether it had a lanyard hole, but it looks right).

I'm too lazy to go upstairs to look at mine, so I guess I'll just wait for the right answer. :D It does look like he copied the old Spyderco writeup word for word, but then ...

Nice knife though ... very under-appreciated when it was in production. $100 might not be such a bad price these days for a mint collector version of the Herbst.
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It's not any different from the Herbst on this page....

http://www.johnfjensen.com/acatalog/cat ... o%20Knives
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is that how they stamped the older CC#s looks way different and how is a PE a V as a CC#? (non TI)
did they all have lock inlays (odd screw)or full lock scale thingys

these things just strike me as odd. i have never handled nor seen one so i may be way off base
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OH, I know what it is! I'm not telling. ^_^
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It looks just like mine. The pics are a bit on the dark side, which might make me a little leary, but overall it looks like the real deal. Maybe the clip looks a little off, but can't tell for sure. I can't wait to find out what I'm missing.
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Oh come on now. Do tell. I have spent way to much time today trying to figure it out.

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lol, what, are you guys blind?
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Lostification wrote:lol, what, are you guys blind?
Well, what do you see?
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:spyder: I see a maniac in bunny slippers holding out on us, what is it? :spyder:
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zenheretic wrote:Ok knife fans. A knife quiz for the new knife nuts. What is wrong with this auction?

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Is it this line: the C53 is utilitarian but non-menacing when taken out and used in a crowd.
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The bidding history is a bit od.
One guy seems to push up the price.
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butch wrote:is that how they stamped the older CC#s looks way different and how is a PE a V as a CC#? (non TI)
did they all have lock inlays (odd screw)or full lock scale thingys

these things just strike me as odd. i have never handled nor seen one so i may be way off base
The aluminum version is the variation of the original in Ti, so the pe and se in aluminum are marked "V". ;)
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Piet.S wrote:The bidding history is a bit od.
One guy seems to push up the price.
And that guy pushing it up has no feedback whatsoever. Looks like someone might be getting greedy?
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o well that was my best shot as i said never seen one before at that time in my life i was looking for something alittle different in my spydercos
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I didn't know Peter Herbst made an Autumn folder. ;)
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Looks like thats not the only knife he is pushing up by the same seller....


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