Edit/late: a big problem is people buying them as speculators rather than knife lovers. Balloons pop. The "my S is lower than your S" means nothing to majority of buyers looking for the true sound purchase of a like-new very early Randall. The pushing of nitnoids such as button color or spacer count is one speculator talking to another in the speculation echo chamber, call it "promotion" if you will, but all about money and not about knives. Likewise all the latest greatest new wunderkind engraved encrusted knives at shows with a walrus penis for a handle. It has degraded to silliness among those with money to burn.
Your statement about "
my S is lower that your S" is wholly inaccurate. To those not in the know, of which there are many, you may be correct. Those folks have not taken the time to educate themselves.
But to the the folks in the know, it can mean everything. Same with your statement about spacers and snaps.
In this climate though, the uneducated don't know any different. That is why prices are low on certain vintage pieces. When you can buy say a mint condition model 3-6 from the mid 60's for less than a new 3-6 of similar build, it is a problem. Often a purveyor gets a knife and can't immediately sell it, they are panicking and letting 'em go cheap so as not to get stuck with it. That low price sets the bar and folks pass up on some good pieces because they want it for what the last one sold for.
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