I wonder what the opinions would be if Tony & Reese sold them online themselves. If reselling is what ya do for a living that's one thing, it's up front & out in the open. I traded a knife the other day with another collector, we traded at cost & settled the difference in cash. To put my card up just to flip it........I'm with Seuss I'm just not built that way.

See ya, Chief

It is that Bose fever that is partly responsible for the secondary market prices being high!!! People want them bad and make offers that you can't refuse.

It happened to me with my first Tony Bose knife.. At the time, I was sitting behind my table in California a number of years back and a collector from Canada, whom I didn't know at that time, came and saw my little gents in pearl. He wanted it so bad that he made me a very, very high offer. As a dealer that does this full time for a living, it was almost impossible to say no. I sold it and have regretted it ever since. Bose fever is the name for it... I get it myself. But, I am not as "well to do" as many collectors are. I can't pay those prices either for myself. I also have alot of trouble parting with Bose knives. Sounds silly coming from a dealer. But, it is true.

It all comes down to supply and demand. And if the demand is great, the supply is limited, the price is going to increase.

I have to resonate what John said. That a knife made directly by the maker or gifted would hold too much personal value to sell. Even at a high price.
The great pictures in this forum are so educational and fun to look at. They are a great substitute for actually having a Bose "in hand" Speaking of pics, does anyone out there have a pic of a two blade Coke Bottle?

Here ya go...You would not want to run with one of these in you front pocket.
To my knowledge this is the heaviest Bose Knife made

Not a CokeBottle, but a BeaverTail with Two blades

I have also seen them with a pen blade as the secondary blade.

I forgot to mention that this pattern is also made in a SingleBlade LockBack.

Has Tony, or Reese ever made a back pocket style knife that was lockback and had a spearpoint blade?

Dang, what knives! I'd sacrifice a couple octaves in the voice to get to run with any of those in my front pocket And man, those are two DIFFERENT knives! Not one copy laid over another.

Now I lay me down to sleep.................

Allan

I love that AG Russell bone.

It took a lot of nice stag to make that monster beaver knife!