Interesting collection. Bob Loveless is one of the few, out of ten of thousands of knife makers, whose knives increased in value after he died. It is curious, but Mr. Levine pointed out, that once a knife maker dies, generally the value of his knives decrease, probably due to lack of active promotion.
Those early knives, I have never seen those patterns, but then, I am not buying the books, nor could I afford a genuine Loveless blade. I am more familiar with the Loveless drop point hunter and Big Bear. These are truly classics. You can search Ebay and find lots and lots of factory and custom knife maker copies. Truly Mr. Loveless hit a home run for the centuries with these patterns.
Collector's want mint knives, any use drops the value. You have to wonder how a knife maker feels when he makes a tool that is destined to be never used.
