What knives have the highest demand with the lowest supply?

The one below is the larger Arius. Impossible to find the mini.

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I would say how long do you have to wait to get one is a good measure. When I bought my first Randall around 1982 I think it was about six months to a year. What is it now? About six years?
 
Wowbagger said:
As far as GEC ; I would have bought three or four as soon as I saw it in their fresh listing and their links to I forgetwhonow . . .
Never found a single one I wanted that was available .
I havent even looked at their site now for about a decade .
For the most part I prefer Case blade shapes and often Case handle shapes anyway even though the fit and finish , in the past, was not as good . Lately I have gotten some pretty dang good Case knives ( Dark Navy Blue Jigged Bone Trapper and Jigged Black Water Buffalo Horn big Folding Hunter ).

GEC : I have about thirty Case Trappers alone now . . . at least a few of those would have been GEC if only . . .
Not to mention the other hundred or so slip joints I have bought since .
Silly rabbits .
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I agree; seems like every time I think I want a GEC the drops are some silly gimmick knife or yet another Barlow. These days for traditional I stick with Case or the occasional vintage.
 
The GEC supply/demand problem is very timely for me to read about because I was just at Blade 2025 in Atlanta and one seller had 4 tables of glass cases full of GECs for casual perusal, including a few boxes of "less desirable" patterns on acrylic and micarta still in their tubes.

After dealing with getting shut-out of limited drops that last 10 seconds, it was blowing my mind the be able to pick out what I liked with zero pressure like I was buying socks at Walmart.
 
Hard to say if it's inclusive of every knife ever made in any way.

The lists given so far are pretty good.

I would remove CRK and Hinderer from the list, and Koenig is on the way off the list as well. Koenig is still on there, but it's heading off.
 
Dutch87 said:
The GEC supply/demand problem is very timely for me to read about because I was just at Blade 2025 in Atlanta and one seller had 4 tables of glass cases full of GECs for casual perusal, including a few boxes of "less desirable" patterns on acrylic and micarta still in their tubes.

After dealing with getting shut-out of limited drops that last 10 seconds, it was blowing my mind the be able to pick out what I liked with zero pressure like I was buying socks at Walmart.
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Were you buying at primary market prices, or inflated secondary prices?
 
RPZIP said:
I would say how long do you have to wait to get one is a good measure. When I bought my first Randall around 1982 I think it was about six months to a year. What is it now? About six years?
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Seven years, but you can get one in a shorter time from one of the dealers. It would take about a year if they have still room for an order. Because Randall is more behind than ever, dealers can also get fewer knives now. I believe 30% less than normal. Especially the big Bowie's are more difficult to order from the dealers and have a longer wait because they take more time to make.
 
Sphinx3000 said:
Seven years, but you can get one in a shorter time from one of the dealers. It would take about a year if they have still room for an order. Because Randall is more behind than ever, dealers can also get fewer knives now. I believe 30% less than normal. Especially the big Bowie's are more difficult to order from the dealers and have a longer wait because they take more time to make.
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Yeah I did buy from one of them a number of times. Also bought a CRK from them too
 
There is a 5 year wait for a Randall Made.

Loveless, Lile, and Scagel knives pull top dollar because there are a very limited amount of them available.
 
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