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Stanley Wood Joined: Thu Aug 27, 2020 Posts: 31	delete . Last edited by Stanley Wood on Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:49 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:59 am

oldkim Site Supporter Location: Maple Valley, WA Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 9266 Real Name: Young	Re: In need of a serious knowlegeable knife collector. With anything like these. The more papers you can find… the more you can typically ask. Especially old photos. So look and do some research, if there are any photos of him holding it and what unit, etc. Also document as much of a timeline to help any interested buyer know the history.
Tue Mar 28, 2023 11:07 am

survivor Site Supporter Location: Kent Joined: Wed Mar 13, 2013 Posts: 1659 Real Name: Andy	Re: In need of a serious knowlegeable knife collector. I picked up this French Au Lion about 7 years ago. I was not able to get a solid value on this or similar knives like yours. I took it to the WAC show and talked to a few people there. Most new very little. And I was basically told. It’s worth whatever the buyer wants to pay. I’ve seen them on gun broker for $2000.00 +. But are they selling for that ? Probably not. Unfortunately for me. Mine had no brass knuckle duster. But for what I paid. I’m still ahead of the game. Here with a bad reproduction knuckle duster
Tue Mar 28, 2023 12:04 pm

usrifle Site Supporter Location: RENTON Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2011 Posts: 20771 Real Name: John	Re: In need of a serious knowlegeable knife collector. I saw a couple that sold for 450 and 525. https://www.legacy-collectibles.com/041 ... knife.html Here's another with scabbard that sold for 700. https://wartimecollectables.com/m1918-trench-knife.html Gunbroker listing prices are silly, and there is no recent "Sold" history on them. The ones on there have been rolling through with no buyers for some time now. Do you have the scabbard? Is the blade blackened? _________________ Mr. Q wrote: so basically, if you have to smoke some asshole, make sure they become fertilizer and then Bounce? got it. Guntrader wrote: Huh, maybe I was an asshole. NRA Member/RSO SAF 5 Year Donor GOA Member
Tue Mar 28, 2023 12:08 pm

Stanley Wood Joined: Thu Aug 27, 2020 Posts: 31	Re: In need of a serious knowlegeable knife collector. Attachment: 2.jpg Attachment: 1.jpg I did manage to find a dealer in Florida and he said he cant get enuff of them. Unseen he said 1500 to 2500 ez, or for a 25% commission they would put it on thry're website for 3000. Like we say in real estate, sooner or later it all sells. BUT, there is no appraisal process for knives. Also said it if you see one for under a thousand, it is probably a replica. There is a long dissertation on spotting copies. Apparently the rarity of these is increasing. Strange that I can carry a 50cal handgun, but this has to stay in the safe.
Tue Mar 28, 2023 1:33 pm

survivor Site Supporter Location: Kent Joined: Wed Mar 13, 2013 Posts: 1659 Real Name: Andy	Re: In need of a serious knowlegeable knife collector. That super cool. I very rarely sell anything. And knives don’t take up much space. I’d just document everything you have learned about it and keep it. You just need to make sure that your kids (or other family members) know exactly what it is and what it’s worth. I paid .50 cents for mine. Because the sellers did not know what it was. And to be honest I did not know either.
Tue Mar 28, 2023 2:08 pm

mcyclonegt Site Supporter Location: West Olympia Joined: Mon May 28, 2012 Posts: 6817 Real Name: Matt	Re: In need of a serious knowlegeable knife collector. I have an old bayonet that I was told was worth over 1000 bucks, it was in my uncles house when he died. I have no story on it, its not sentimental. I was thinking about selling it also. My theory on some of these things is, its pretty useless to me and the value of them is likely to go down, as the people that want this stuff are dying off. I could be wrong, but I may just put that money to use somewhere else. _________________ "I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two World Wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and TANKS! I've seen the headwaters of the Nile, and tribes of natives no white man had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, KILLED MANY MEN! And loved only one woman, with a passion a FLEA like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am. NOW, GO HOME, BOY!" "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones". Albert Einstein 1947
Tue Mar 28, 2023 5:13 pm

usrifle Site Supporter Location: RENTON Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2011 Posts: 20771 Real Name: John	Re: In need of a serious knowlegeable knife collector. mcyclonegt wrote: I have an old bayonet that I was told was worth over 1000 bucks, it was in my uncles house when he died. I have no story on it, its not sentimental. I was thinking about selling it also. My theory on some of these things is, its pretty useless to me and the value of them is likely to go down, as the people that want this stuff are dying off. I could be wrong, but I may just put that money to use somewhere else. What is it? _________________ Mr. Q wrote: so basically, if you have to smoke some asshole, make sure they become fertilizer and then Bounce? got it. Guntrader wrote: Huh, maybe I was an asshole. NRA Member/RSO SAF 5 Year Donor GOA Member
Tue Mar 28, 2023 6:34 pm

survivor Site Supporter Location: Kent Joined: Wed Mar 13, 2013 Posts: 1659 Real Name: Andy	Re: In need of a serious knowlegeable knife collector. mcyclonegt wrote: I have an old bayonet that I was told was worth over 1000 bucks, it was in my uncles house when he died. I have no story on it, its not sentimental. I was thinking about selling it also. My theory on some of these things is, its pretty useless to me and the value of them is likely to go down, as the people that want this stuff are dying off. I could be wrong, but I may just put that money to use somewhere else. That is a very valid point.
Tue Mar 28, 2023 7:42 pm

Stanley Wood Joined: Thu Aug 27, 2020 Posts: 31	Re: In need of a serious knowlegeable knife collector. Yep! I could free up some real estate in the safe and use the funds to buy another gun or two to take its place. Better get a bigger safe.
Wed Mar 29, 2023 9:46 am

survivor Site Supporter Location: Kent Joined: Wed Mar 13, 2013 Posts: 1659 Real Name: Andy	Re: In need of a serious knowlegeable knife collector. Maybe head on over to Blade forum. That would be a good place to start when looking for a buyer. And avoid paying a consignment fee https://www.bladeforums.com/
Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:41 am

hartcreek Location: Union Gap Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2016 Posts: 1722 Real Name: Randall Knapp	Re: In need of a serious knowlegeable knife collector. You just can not beat the metal used in these older knives if you are a knife user. I have my Dads lightly used 1936 PAL sitting here and I will never part with it.
Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:31 pm

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