The best used knife you've ever purchased was...?

[dogstar]

If you have purchased on the used market, what was the best thing you've ever snagged?

For me it was this Buck 303. It's from 2002, gave it a little TLC and it came out like new.

Cheapskate Club #1

 

[bayouace]

Not home now for photo, but mine is an Ulster 183 Peanut.

 

[Hammer67]

CPK Kephart

 

[ferider]

CPK UF

 

[Kettleman]

Few years ago I picked up an “ old rusty knife” in the box for 5 bucks at a garage sale. Took it home and dropped it into mineral oil to remove the dried factory oil off the Buck 319 and put it on my shelf. I sold my Buck collection a couple years ago and remember well how excited the guy that got the 319 was to have a show room fresh example!

 

[Synov]

Hossom Au Eli. Had to scrub some dead skin cells off the handle but other than that, just wow.

 

[HexY3co]

Picked up a Busse Battle Mistress for way too cheap to even mention.

 

[abcdef]

Got a Swamp Rat Battle Rat way back in the day from A.G.

 

[1911bphil]

I bought a Buck 307 at a thrift store that was in very good condition. I carry it frequently.

 

[GB940Rookie]

Got this for way below what it was worth. Almost feel guilty…..almost.

Wouldn’t be right if I didn’t include this old guy. Rehandled. Have used the hell out of it.
Had to force the guy to take more money. Friends.

 

[SwissHeritageCo]

Got this for way below what it was worth. Almost feel guilty…..almost.
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Wouldn’t be right if I didn’t include this old guy. Rehandled. Have used the hell out of it.
Had to force him to take more money. Friends.
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Is that a US army bolo?

Something about it looks familiar.

 

[GB940Rookie]

Is that a US army bolo?

Something about it looks familiar.

It’s a WWI reproduction from the ‘60s. Japanese made for Kiffe Sporting Goods. Sold with the original WWI sheaths. Kiffe bought a bunch of sheaths after the war and had these bolos made to sell together.
This particular knife was found at a garage sale, in pretty bad shape. My friend bought it, cleaned and polished the blade, rehandeled it, and made a leather sheath for it. This thing is tough as nails and I’ve put it through it’s paces over the years.
My friend’s name was Dub Anderson. A true gentleman and friend.

 

[abbazaba]

First one to mind

 

[30-30remchester]

Would boil down to an original Remington baby muskrat, stag handled bullet knife, found in a junk shop in a painters toolbox. Cost me $3.18 with tax. The runner up is a Care Tested XX green bone stockman that is stone mint, till you open the blades and someone sharpened them with a bench grinder. Cost me a whole $10.

 

[WedgeAntilles]

My first CRK. Bought 3 1/2 years ago. Recently had it glassblasted.

 

[xraso]

The Next One

But seriously, probably my Rockstead Higo.

 

[brownshoe]

Buck Mayo for~$45 at a gun show.

 

[ex Vento]

Microtech Kestrel NIB for 80€, sold it a few years later for 250€.

 

[dogstar]

Microtech Kestrel NIB for 80€, sold it a few years later for 250€.

Can a knife be NIB and "used" at the same time?

 

[TC]

Cheapskate Club member #14 reporting: Um, pretty much most of them...as a hobby-upon-hobby, if you catch my drift, I track certain brands and styles on the bay and one or two other auction sites. I'd say 90%+ of my collection was thusly sourced.

While not used, just pre-owned, I'd say my Chris Reeve Impofu was a most satisfying buy, as well as another CRK, a very early Nyala from before the Idaho Made marking. Always meant to find out how many of those were made, but never got around to it...