Norman Tennessee killer cedar crank bait

[king fisher]

Looking to buy a Lot of lures on Ebay that has quite of few Tennessee Killers along with some other lures that I am interested in. I  have experience with the other lures in the Lot, but no experience with the Killers.  Has anyone used these? What did you think?  Are they similar to Poes?  How deep do they dive?  Thanks in advance.  

[king fisher]

Nobody has experience with these cedar crankbaits?  I haven't seen them before, they look good in the pictures, and were apparently made by Norman.  Must be a reason for lack of popularity.  

[Bird]

When I googled Tennessee killer I got tons of mug shots.....no crankbaits. 

[Glenn]

I don't know about Norman, but the designer/maker of the Tennessee killer is in California. The bait came out in the early 90's, I believe. I have 2 of them. They're similar to the original Poe's RC-3 crankbaits, but dive deeper, and work about as well. The RC-3, if you recall, is what Rick Clunn used to win the Bassmaster Classic.

[king fisher]

Thanks Glen.  I have used Poes before.  The LOT I am looking at on EBay has a dozen of the Tennessee Killers that look brand new.  They look to me to be very similar to Poes.  Half are in what looks like original boxes from Norman. I never heard of Norman making a cedar crank bait, and I have seen people put all kinds wrong lures in boxes on Ebay.  I hoped someone on this site had experience with these lures.  I really want a couple of the other lures in the LOT but the price is high if the killers are poor baits.    

16 minutes ago, Bird said:

When I googled Tennessee killer I got tons of mug shots.....no crankbaits. 

Sorry, not interested in criminals just lures.  Although my wife thinks the time I spend looking at tackle on Ebay is a crime.  I guess I should have been more careful in the wording of the post.  Sorry for any confusion.  I am wondering if you saw the Bait Monkeys mug shot on Google?

[Va. Bass]

I know this is an old post but I just ran across it and figured I could clear up some of the questions. The Killer is a Norman bait built in the design of the original Jerry Lohr baits but with a “coffin” bill. Came in 3 sizes and depth ranges. Awesome hidden gem of the old school crankers !!!  And Clunn won with an RC1