Camillus Dominator value?

[elkins45]

I have a Camillus Cuda Dominator. It's a D. Ralph designed titanium frame lock with assisted opening and an S30V clip point blade. They were made in 2003 or so, and as we all know Camillus went belly up a couple of years ago.

I stumbled across it in my bad of folders this weekend and just for giggles I looked them up on eBay. Boy was I shocked! People have them listed with opening prices of $495 or more. I know any knife is worth exactly what the market will bear but that's just crazy!

So here's the question: what would be a reasonable purchase price for such a knife? In other words, what would a reasonable knife collector pay that isn't a super steal but isn't price gouging either? I don't recall exactly how much I paid for it new, but I'm guess in it was less than $150.

Any advice appreciated.

Mods, forgive me please if you think this should have been somewhere else----it didn't seem appropriate for Levine's because I'm not asking about something I would regard as a true 'collectable' knife.

 

[tom19176]

The Heats went for 30% of their suggested retail price when SMKW closed them out ( $20 each). The Dominator was a $150 knife and was not discounted too often. I have several Heats, but never thought the Dominator was worth the price.....to me it is still a $150 knife to someone other than me, but I am sure there are those who will pay much more.....

 

[thebladerunr]

I had one once. It was a good knife and I liked it. If you are a hard core collector I'm sure it could bring a couple hundred.
For the average person who like to use/carry older knives I'm thinking MAYBE $100.00 only due the fact it can not be replaced/repaired by the company who made it / put awarranty on it.

 

[JPD1998]

When I bought my Dominator a few years ago, it was the most expensive knife I ever bought ( up to that point). I paid about $150 for it , but it's the tanto version which is a little harder to come by. It was a gateway for me to buy more titanium framelocks.

It definitely has one of the most interesting a/o mechanisms I've ever seen and its still one of my favorite knives.

Last year I found a regular version for about $200, I thought about buying it, but decided not to.