Dunno where to turn but I was given a a beautiful hand crafted knife worth $1500 that was stolen recently.?

Question

Unfortunately, I have no contact with the person who bought it, nor do I have any idea where it was made, other than up-state New York. I have no pictures of it and am only able to provide a description. I'm looking for a knife maker who can give a quote for the knife, based on the desc. and est. value, so it can be turned over to our insurance company. If anyone has any idea, please let me know. I'm no-where near an expert on knifes and have provided the best description I could below.
* It was about 15 inches from from the tip to the base.
* The handle was made of a dark wood that had gold or brass finger slots for the index, middle and ring fingers then an open ended slot for the pinky.
* Each of the three finger slots had a gold spike protruding from it, similar to brass knuckles. The bottom of the blade also
contained the same type spike underneath the handle
* The handle was about 5.5 inches long, the blade was 9.5
* The back of the blade had a serated edge
Any ideas?

Answer 1

No matter how accurate a description you have, or estimate of value you receive, the insurance company will not pay off on a claim without documentation of the item.

I had to take my insured ring to an expert for a written description of it, and a picture, and a signed statement that the appraiser had physically seen the ring. Now I have to pay an extra fee for the "jewelry rider" on the policy.

When our garage was robbed, we could not get coverage paid for any item we did not have documentation for. Our antique arrow collection was among the items which were not reimbursed, even though I had a list of every item in the collection. They wanted acquisition dates and locations, which I didn't have.

Answer 2

Ooooh... at first I thought you had RECIEVED stolen property... I was going to curse your stupidity and criminality.

I'm sorry you had an interesting object stolen... but unless it was already entered INTO your insurance policy your are... to use an industrial term: SOL.

ANYTIME you get an object into you home... take digital pics... of it entering, of it in it's place, and of the room.

I Lost an apartment when I was moving... my "Nephew-in-law" stole a rifle, 40 CD/DVD, a computer, etc... but I had no claim because it was my LATE Dad's residence.. AND the Mother refused to prosecute.

Thank gawd the little bastard suffered criminal penalties for later crimes, BUT.. I wasn't covered for those objects. They WERE covered under my OLD apartment-renters policy... but since they were MOVED, I was SOL.

Answer 3

you were GIVIN what ?!!you dont know to insure an object like that or even take a photo!! DaAAAA...... you deserve to have it stolen,... plus your not out anything; WHAT R U BIT....CH.IN......About---- think how the person who gave it to you must feel.OR WHO EVER REALLY PAID FOR IT.