Nice Knife ........How Much ????

katana · 4th April 2008, 02:44 PM

Hi All,
this recently ended on eBay ... not so certain of origins, has elements of the Grecian type of this form of dagger.

So, if this price is right for this dagger.... why is it so special

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=009

Thanks for all comments.

Regards David

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Dom · 4th April 2008, 03:20 PM

à +

Dom

katana · 4th April 2008, 03:38 PM

I have just checked the winning bidder....and he's from Greece. I do know that if this is a genuinely old Greek knife they are relatively rare .... but at this price

Battara · 4th April 2008, 06:48 PM

Insane.....

Yannis · 4th April 2008, 08:23 PM

Few months ago I asked the forum why a native North American knife went so high in Ebay. You, my friends told me that they are rare and much wanted from collectors.

The same here. It is a genuine Cretan knife of 19th century in excellent condition and two Greek collectors wanted it very much. This is not a typical price but a result of passion!

Rick · 5th April 2008, 01:35 AM

Passion can lead to "buyers remorse"; I hope not in this case .

katana · 5th April 2008, 01:43 AM

Thanks Yannis,
for the explaination

. Unfortunately, I described this knife as possibly Grecian when I should has said Cretan

Afterall you ID'd my Cretan knife

....although it was no where near the excellent condition of this one.

Regards David

Jim McDougall · 5th April 2008, 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yannis

Few months ago I asked the forum why a native North American knife went so high in Ebay. You, my friends told me that they are rare and much wanted from collectors.

The same here. It is a genuine Cretan knife of 19th century in excellent condition and two Greek collectors wanted it very much. This is not a typical price but a result of passion!

And a passion well placed indeed! These really are beautiful knives, and I recognized it immediately....Thank you Yannis!!!

All the very best,
Jim

CharlesS · 5th April 2008, 03:52 AM

This one is surely a good and a nice one, but not as good as they can get, and this one is 19th or very early 20th Cent., not 18th.

These are currently being reproduced and will sometimes show up on Ebay. From a distance...or bad pic...they look just like the old ones, but a quick glance at their very thin blades gives them away.

Yannis · 5th April 2008, 09:44 AM

edit for double posting

Yannis · 5th April 2008, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CharlesS

This one is surely a good and a nice one, but not as good as they can get, and this one is 19th or very early 20th Cent., not 18th.

In 18th and early 19th cent. the Cretan knife had other form. It is almost as good as you can get. I have seen only few better than this for different reasons. There are thousands in bad condition or lower quality.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CharlesS

These are currently being reproduced and will sometimes show up on Ebay. From a distance...or bad pic...they look just like the old ones, but a quick glance at their very thin blades gives them away.

Yes, a thin blade is a sure sign of new piece but the opposite is not true. Thickness is not a sure sign of older blades. It is difficult to tell all the characteristics of an old piece in few words. Quality of the work, for example, is almost sure sign of an old piece, but not the opposite, again.

Yannis · 5th April 2008, 10:24 AM

A joke I heard recently

An Athenian collector goes to a remote village in Crete and he sees a man wearing a fine antique knife in his belt. With excitement the collector ask the man to sell his knife.
“No” replies the man.
The collector offers him more and more money but the Cretan refuse it. Finally the rich Athenian offers his bright golden watch to the Cretan for the knife.
The Cretan says. “Look my friend. Think of me. I go to the cafe and I drink a liter of raki and someone talk a bad word for me or my family. I have to reply. What I 'll say, a quarter past ten?”

4th April 2008, 02:44 PM	#1
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,653	Nice Knife ........How Much ???? Hi All, this recently ended on eBay ... not so certain of origins, has elements of the Grecian type of this form of dagger. So, if this price is right for this dagger.... why is it so special http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=009 Thanks for all comments. Regards David . Attached Images Last edited by katana; 4th April 2008 at 03:35 PM.

5th April 2008, 09:44 AM	#10
Yannis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Athens Greece Posts: 479	edit for double posting Last edited by Yannis; 5th April 2008 at 10:04 AM.

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Dom Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Paris (FR*) Cairo (EG) Posts: 1,142	à + Dom

4th April 2008, 03:38 PM	#3
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,653	I have just checked the winning bidder....and he's from Greece. I do know that if this is a genuinely old Greek knife they are relatively rare .... but at this price

4th April 2008, 06:48 PM	#4
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,219	Insane.....

4th April 2008, 08:23 PM	#5
Yannis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Athens Greece Posts: 479	Few months ago I asked the forum why a native North American knife went so high in Ebay. You, my friends told me that they are rare and much wanted from collectors. The same here. It is a genuine Cretan knife of 19th century in excellent condition and two Greek collectors wanted it very much. This is not a typical price but a result of passion!

5th April 2008, 01:35 AM	#6
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,293	Passion can lead to "buyers remorse"; I hope not in this case .

5th April 2008, 01:43 AM	#7
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,653	Thanks Yannis, for the explaination . Unfortunately, I described this knife as possibly Grecian when I should has said Cretan Afterall you ID'd my Cretan knife ....although it was no where near the excellent condition of this one. Regards David

5th April 2008, 03:52 AM	#9
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,857	This one is surely a good and a nice one, but not as good as they can get, and this one is 19th or very early 20th Cent., not 18th. These are currently being reproduced and will sometimes show up on Ebay. From a distance...or bad pic...they look just like the old ones, but a quick glance at their very thin blades gives them away.

5th April 2008, 10:24 AM	#12
Yannis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Athens Greece Posts: 479	A joke I heard recently An Athenian collector goes to a remote village in Crete and he sees a man wearing a fine antique knife in his belt. With excitement the collector ask the man to sell his knife. “No” replies the man. The collector offers him more and more money but the Cretan refuse it. Finally the rich Athenian offers his bright golden watch to the Cretan for the knife. The Cretan says. “Look my friend. Think of me. I go to the cafe and I drink a liter of raki and someone talk a bad word for me or my family. I have to reply. What I 'll say, a quarter past ten?”