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Old 10-16-2012, 09:07 AM
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PHROBIS 1995 IWA JIMA veterans ceremony/reunion in San Diego Ca. in 1995

HERE : http://www.ebay.com/itm/BUCK-188-PHR...item3ccb9c10ab
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Old 10-16-2012, 10:31 AM
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Saw the auction in this morning.
Nice custom.
Interesting that they used a 1994 bayonet to commemorate an event which took place in 1995.
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Old 10-16-2012, 11:56 AM
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I have a friend down in the San Diego area whom said a guy turned up at the Del Mar gun show several months ago with some sort of USMC commemorative bayonet. Said the guy was fishing for a price, and was talking around $1,500.00. Seems pretty likely this might be the same bayonet, but I will have to ask him.
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Old 10-16-2012, 12:36 PM
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I think this or a very similar piece showed up on ebay a year or two ago. If I remember correctly it had a starting bid or a Buy It Now price of $1000. It might have been more, I don't remember because I thought it was way too high when I saw it.

These limited edition commemorative pieces do have value, but what that value is really varies from person to person. I feel that the commercially manufactured and marketed commemoratives are more desirable than those made in small number for a reunion or event. But that's just my opinion.
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From Joe :

I don’t have any info on that knife but I do have pics of serial number 4 of 10. The one in the thread looks to be number 5 of 10. Pretty cool looking 188! Wish I knew more of the background of it.



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Old 10-22-2012, 10:23 PM
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1008 $

Crazy !....

And the winner is....
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Old 10-22-2012, 11:00 PM
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1008 $

Crazy !....

And the winner is....
and the winner is . . . sioncool
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Old 10-23-2012, 04:27 AM
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I was expecting a final price around $ 500-600.
$ 1000 is way too much, in my opinion, considering that this is just a standard commercial variant with custom engravings (which are very well done).
I do agree with Bill about the difference in value between commercially manufactured commemoratives and those made in small number for a reunion or event.
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Old 11-12-2012, 07:25 PM
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I suspect the interest in this particular bayonet was greater from the BUCK knife/bayonet fraternity than collectors whom are primarily interested the M9 as a bayonet. Such a bayonet would likely be considered more desirable to a BUCK collector than perhaps an equally scarce or unusual military M9 by Phrobis, LanCay, or Ontario.
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