Help with pricing

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joe sacco

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Gentlemen,

I have 3 knives I need to sell and I have no idea what to ask. I'll probably put them on forums I regularly read-Ebay is way too complicated for me (I'm an old guy).

1. Benchmade CQC-7 right handed 31/2" grey steel plain blade. Purchased new circa 1998. Pocket carried for about 6 months before I figured out it was illegal in San Antonio. Never sharpened, never cut anything (if you don't count my thumb the first time I opened it).

2. Benchmade CQC-7 LEFT handed 4" black half serrated blade. Purchased new circa 1998. Never carried, never cut anything, never sharpened.

3. Cold Steel Tanto 6" stainless blade (not San Mai) stainless guard & pommel. Black leather sheath. Purchased new circa 1995. Never carried, never sharpened, never cut anything.

Generally, I'd like to know what's a fair price. I'm not running a museum, but I can't afford to give them away, either.


Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Joe
 
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There are quite a few different versions of the CQC-7 and the prices vary a good bit between models, pics would help here or a complete model number. Pics would also help with pricing on the Tanto including pics of the sheath. Actually E-Bay can help you with pricing as you can watch auctions for the same knives as you have and see what they sell for. This can give you a baseline to price your knives from.

Normally for NIB you should realize about 85% of the price they sell for new and on the on you carried it really depends on the condition but if it looks good then about 10% less than NIB. I realize this doesn't give you prices but it gives you a place to start looking.
 
Thanks, I'm working on pictures. I was born before 1950 and I can't figure out how to get the film into the computer. Best, Joe
 
There are a couple of ways to get the film in Joe...lol. First if you have a scanner that will suffice for ID purposes, you can find info on how to do so here...

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=505982

If you have digital pics you can learn how to post them here...

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=353471

If you have any specific question feel free to msg me and I will try to help you out.

I did have a question on the Cold Steel, according to my quickie research the Master Tantos were all San Mai, were they offered in plain SS in the 90's?
 
Actually, you are correct. I just checked and it only says "Tanto" on the Blade.

It looks like the current pictures of the Master Tanto but is not San Mai. I'm not a knife guy. Thanks for the info, I'll make the correction (if I can figure out how).
 
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