Woodlore knife thoughts...

[mayfly]

Got this last week from Woodlore

We are very happy to inform you that your name has now reached the top of
our waiting list for the Alan Wood-made Woodlore Knife. This knife comes in
an exclusive presentation box, along with a Fire Stick and your choice of
either a hand-stitched leather belt or neck sheath. The entire set is priced
at £350.00 plus £10.00 for P&P (Royal Mail’s Special Delivery service is
used in the UK).

TBH I'd forgotten I might be even close to the top of the list as it has been something like 6 years of waiting, I kind of thought they'd forgotten about me and have in the meantime been collecting a few sharps. And the price has gone up a lot. I think a similar albeit unbranded knife from Alan would be significantly less, but I could be wrong. So the big question...

Worth going for it?

 

[Steffen]

from a practical point of view, no way.

 

[Magentus]

Nah. You could get your entire kit for that price, and I don't even think it can be seen as an investment anymore.

 

[robin wood]

It's an interesting way to run the waiting list. Most places run an order book by fixing the price at time of order. Mind you if you don't want it I am sure you could buy it and sell it on at a profit, seems to be plenty of folk that do. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if your PM box is filling up with offers right now.

 

[eraaij]

flog it for 400 - and then buy any other decent knife at a fraction of the cost.

 

[Kerne]

Not worth it. Not if you want to use it. Kudos wise, however...

 

[unorthadox]

Got this last week from Woodlore


TBH I'd forgotten I might be even close to the top of the list as it has been something like 6 years of waiting, I kind of thought they'd forgotten about me and have in the meantime been collecting a few sharps. And the price has gone up a lot. I think a similar albeit unbranded knife from Alan would be significantly less, but I could be wrong. So the big question...

Worth going for it?

Clearly you have got by in the mean time with other kit which is likely to be a lot cheaper, unless intended as a collectors item or you wish to sell it on, it seems too expensive for anything to use in bushcraft.

 

[Squidders]

I would get the knife and sell it on after.

It's a shame they are so expensive, I have owned an AW Woodlore as well as a WS one and found them to be fantastic knives. very comfortable, very well made and as much as other knives of the same design are nice, the AW one just felt "right" when I used it.

But at that price, I just couldn't bring myself to use it.

 

[JonathanD]

Buy it and sell it, or buy it and use it. To pass it over is nuts. One sold for £595 a week or so ago.

 

[unorthadox]

hmm ,prehaps your can get a list of people to split the cost with, treat it as a closed pass around, finishing with it returning to you a yr later or so

 

[Man of Tanith]

i would say unless money is particularly tight at the minute buy it.
as has been suggested you can sell it on, use it or maybe just take it out the draw stroke it in a gollum type manner and put it back.
personally i want to own one for a collection i have in mind one of each style recommended by big outdoors/bushcraft icons ie mr mears nessmuk kephart etc
mind i would still use it as i am daft like that

 

[Siberianfury]

buy and sell, then buy a better custom and some magic and sugar

 

[Xunil]

Buy and sell on at a nominal profit or buy it, put it into storage, and in 10 or 20 years look to (hopefully) make a significant return on your investment.

 

[Xunil]

Buy it and sell it, or buy it and use it. To pass it over is nuts. One sold for £595 a week or so ago.

Wasn't that one of the rarer anniversary models ?

 

[JonathanD]

Wasn't that one of the rarer anniversary models ?

Nope, it was a four year old AW Woodlore. Unused though.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Buy it and use it dude, if you can afford it why not? Lovely knife .

 

[Xunil]

Nope, it was a four year old AW Woodlore. Unused though.

Blimey - the world has indeed gone well and truly barking...

EDIT:
I'd meant that tongue in cheek with regards to potential investment value

Basically if you can find the cash to buy it then you can afford to use it if you want to since its future value is always going to exceed your current spend.

I'd go for it at the current price whether I liked the knife or not - preferences and return on investment don't need to always agree and if the Woodlore is a knife that happens to honk your hooter then it ticks every box instead of simply being a money spinner come re-sale.

Seems like an easy choice, funds permitting.

 

[Siberianfury]

at the end of the day, its 4mm thick O1 with 28deg zero ground scandi grinds, maple scales and rays name on it selling for 350, you could sell this knife and make back a huge ammount of money, and buy a far classier, more functional knife thats designed for you, not somone else, your in a fortunate position to make the choice ... just my take anyway

 

[DavidJT]

here we go again

 

[JonathanD]

The last knife I got from Alan Wood directly was £310 without firesteel, so if you commission a knife from him now, it's not too different a price from the Woody.