Krein Grind/Affect knifes value, up or down?

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Lycosa

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Will the Krein Grind increase or decrease the knifes value or neither?
 
It simply depends on the buyer..
-Some like factory blades/thicker for stronger work knife
-Others prefer a nice thin grind for slicing
-Almost everyone likes when he makes a full flat grind for the blade

It all depends on the buyer.. And in general the value would go up at about the cost of doing it if it is brand new... And will appeal to that group of buyers....
Regardless it cant hurt if thats what you like in the first place....

-It would be similar to getting a low rider STR clip... Many prefer it, few dont... But there will be someone who is willing to pay the extra cash since the job is already done...
 
Up for a user. I would love to get a Kreined knife for my EDC and I wouldn't mine paying extra bucks. What good an EDC for if it doesn't cut well.
 
I would say it really depends on the knife. If anything it would sell a little faster than a non Krein'ed one.

Small Sebbie..........up
Strider SNG...........down

ZDP Delica4....................up
Kirby Lambert Fireball.....down
 
I would say for user knives the value would go up. But I think the real value of a Krein regrind is in the pleasure of using the blade. And realistically, if you are selling a knife and represent it as a Tom Krein regrind, how would the buyer know if you are telling the truth? My attititude is that his regrind and/or even sharpening are so good that I don't even care how it affects the value of my knives. I collect and use knives for my pleasure first and as an investment second.:thumbup:
But I do suspect that in most cases the value will go up. But that's just my opinion.:cool:;)
 
like others have said depends on the knife, a custom emerson CQC6, it would decrease value, a spyderco millie, it would imho raise it.
 
It almost certainly won't raise the value as much as it costs to have it done. It might even make the knife harder to sell because many buyers are looking for a particular make and model of a knife (which would be a known quantity to them), not a variation of that. So the thing is, you need the "right buyer" for it to be worth more, and that may mean waiting longer while trying to sell it. This is the same logic that applies to the question of whether a house is worth more if it has a swimming pool (yes for a few buyers, no for most others in most areas).

Also, the more a Krein regrind is used and resharpened, the wider the edge gets and therefore the advantages diminish over time. A potential buyer will probably value a used regrind less than a fresh one for that reason. I agree with others that you should Krein it if you want to keep it and use it like that. I would also say don't Krein it if you intend to sell it. Let the buyer decide if they want to Krein it.
 
I'd say it also depends on the original value of the knife.

If it's a $20 knife of common steel no it won't, If it's a knife with ZDP-189, then yes I think it would. Or if it's a sebenza I think it would increase the value.
 
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