If it is his, he's been doing some online shopping at Faker's HQ.
New Classic Private Collection K98ks
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If it is his, he's been doing some online shopping at Faker's HQ.
john_ciocca
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Super War Eagles? I'll take it!
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Bird Blaster
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I'm buying the lot!!! Those look amazing!
heavy_mech
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All matching 1937 for $999. is really all you needed to hear. Even if you had the video off and were just listening to the sound you knew at that moment it was all bullsh*t. I'd LOVE to know who 'did' these.
Scottk98
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ncreptile
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heavy_mech
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Yeah, it's like the carnival. Pretty much just what I expected to see.
Quotes from the Video:
"Nicest batch of K98s we've ever had"
"When it comes to private collections, people ask me the story. Of course there is a story behind these.. the owner told us their story, but we weren't there, we don't know, we can never verify the validity of any story we're told. So what we try to do--instead of passing on something second-hand. We always try to let the product speak for itself. And you can see the product: you can see exactly what we have, exactly how we got it, and you can make up your own mind".
"every number I've been able to find matches... and these could be reproduction stocks folks--I'm not saying they're not"
If anyone watching this, after hearing all that hyperbole and all those caveats, is still stupid enough to drop over a grand on any of these, they deserve what they get. Also, I highly doubt Old Ben and his crew were "ignorant" of what these really were when they negotiated a price to buy the "collection" from the former owner.
"Nicest batch of K98s we've ever had"
"When it comes to private collections, people ask me the story. Of course there is a story behind these.. the owner told us their story, but we weren't there, we don't know, we can never verify the validity of any story we're told. So what we try to do--instead of passing on something second-hand. We always try to let the product speak for itself. And you can see the product: you can see exactly what we have, exactly how we got it, and you can make up your own mind".
"every number I've been able to find matches... and these could be reproduction stocks folks--I'm not saying they're not"
If anyone watching this, after hearing all that hyperbole and all those caveats, is still stupid enough to drop over a grand on any of these, they deserve what they get. Also, I highly doubt Old Ben and his crew were "ignorant" of what these really were when they negotiated a price to buy the "collection" from the former owner.
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My guess is that these are purpose "restored" rifles and not some collection but presented under the guise as a collection.
The large grouping of rifles that a large Ohio based vendor purchased were not as bad as these but nearly all renumbered, reblued, and "corrected" even to
the point of having new codes engraved - almost done on a factory scale, at least from my viewpoint.
My guess is that we will see more attempts at "restoration for resale" so stay tuned.
Mitchells created the mess in the first place which was a poor attempt but there will be additional vendors coming
to the table that have a higher skill level.
As many have pointed out over on the Questionable Camos thread, K98ks for the time being are not threatened from near perfect knockoffs but stay tuned.
My guess is that these are purpose "restored" rifles and not some collection but presented under the guise as a collection.
The large grouping of rifles that a large Ohio based vendor purchased were not as bad as these but nearly all renumbered, reblued, and "corrected" even to
the point of having new codes engraved - almost done on a factory scale, at least from my viewpoint.
My guess is that we will see more attempts at "restoration for resale" so stay tuned.
Mitchells created the mess in the first place which was a poor attempt but there will be additional vendors coming
to the table that have a higher skill level.
As many have pointed out over on the Questionable Camos thread, K98ks for the time being are not threatened from near perfect knockoffs but stay tuned.
Ole Ben was really sweating on this vid!
You'd be sweating too if you had to keep a straight face while selling these rifles. My sense was that even Classic is a bit wary of this lot, given the hurried video, relative lack of fanfare, and relative pricing restraint.
While you're all doubting my sanity over the "pricing restraint" remark, consider that the first two examples in this video are priced $300 less than the "excellent/unfired" Czechoslovakian K98ks from the video posted 3 weeks ago. If Classic really believed they had unissued/like-new pre-war K98ks, do you think they would bring these to market at anything less than top dollar?
The example of their Swiss Lugers springs to mind in this regard -- nice looking pieces at full retail price.
heavy_mech
RKI- Reasonably Knowledgable Individual
Absolutely. That '37 would have been $2999 or $3999, not $999. As someone pointed out, all the CYA speak that almost reads like a script is because I believe they know these are fake.