While I'm sure you guys think John has taken a beating here I'll note that: In the days before the "internet collecting craze" many of us collectors bought things because we liked them, many things were a gamble. We lived and learned. And in the long run while it may look foolish now, if it were not for the comments made here the knife in question would have went higher. As a few of you had bid on it also.
Bret Van Sant