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Originally Posted by JB3
how much value is added by it being ww2 or not? are we talking hundreds of dollars more, or comparable in price to nam era equipment?
He is asking as much as the Starting price for a real WWII Karbar type Knife with some serious but not abused use on it. Also who Made the Knife is importat to collectors because some contractors made less than others did. As an example a Camillus made verses a real Kabar Made Kinves in the same Conditon the real Kabar Knife would be worth more.
The Camillus (is the designer of the Knife but there was several contractors) one was made in greater Number in WWII and on through through the Vietnam War. The Karbar Company version was made under Government Contract only in WWII.
(Vietnam War makers of the same Knife Camillus. Utica, and Conneta.)
i think you are spending too much time describing your reasoning to this guy. just say as a collector you know for a fact the knife is vietnam era, not ww2. dieselpaul is right, nothing you say will change this persons ad, i suppose you could report him to ebay, but whats the point?
knife collectors probably will catch the discrepency like you did, he is right in that its buyer beware. this seems similar to all the hilariously described ludicrously overpriced old diesel benzes we constantly see on ebay, which enthusiasts never make the mistake of buying anyway.
i once got into a pissing contest with an ebay seller over a filter product that a friend of mine had personally designed. this ebay guy had either bought my friends product and listed it as his own, or had copied it to the exact detail. i was irritated because of the pompous description of scientific testing and development he claimed to have done when the whole damn thing was stolen in the first place.
ultimately i had to let it go, but the argument went on like yours is going on. these people will not admit to the lie or theft, not at the point you are at now
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If the Seller thought He could get a good price on the Knife by telling the Truth why would He lie.
The actual Value of that particular Knife is worth what a used Knife mediocre quality Knives without a Sheath would be worth to someone who is going to use if for let use say camping.
As a used Knife to use for camping it has about a $15 value because it is not a high quality Knife and with the $5 shipping that makes it kind of expensive.
I have a made in Japan Pilot Survival Knife made during that time period as well as some real ones of the same design. The Steel on the Japanese one is too soft to hold an edge long and the construction of the Handle is poor. I kept the Japanese one in My Tool Box for scraping and so on where the poor quality did not make a difference.
A Real WWII Knife or Bayonet has Collectors interest so it would cost more. You could buy a Collectors Knife and use it but it would be cheaper to buy a newer Copy and used that.