Whats the most you made on a knife?

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Shing

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A while ago, there was some threads on knives as investments. I was wondering which knives you found to have been the best investment in terms of percentage return or amount you made on it and want methods did you use to buy and sell it?
 
I have never sold a knife to make money. When I have sold a knife, it is usually to buy another knife.
 
Hi Shing,

same here, I don`t sell knives to make money but to get me another knife.
Most of the time I get less money for the knife than I payed for.
That`s why I`m often looking for trades. ;) :D
 
I've made a few bucks off a knife sale here and there,only to offset the cost of "leaving a few bucks" on the table,on other knife sales,and,mostly,any knife money is just spent towards other knives,eventually.
-Vince
 
The last knife I sold was for about a hundred more than I paid for it, which I thought was great. It was the first knife that I tried to make any money on. Before that I figured that if I came close to breaking even, I was doing well.

Over the last couple of years I have learned a lot more about knives as an investment, and though I still don't purchase knives as an investment, I do think about future resale value when making the purchase.
 
$345 on a Don Fogg I had had several years.

The most money I lost was several thousands on a Howard Clark tanto, with the full mounts and polish by Ted Tenold. This has taught me a few things about when to reject a blade from a maker, and the risks of a project blade.
 
cant recall the #'s exactly , bought an Onion in the lottery at Vegas show 05 for $700-$750 ( cant recall ) , many months later , needed $$$ for a trip to childrens hospital in Pitt for my kid , sold it for $1900.

Believe that is one of the few knives I ever made any $$ on , usually I prefer to trade.
 
I've made quite a bit on some, loss a little on a few and made a hundred or two on most.
I try to maintain a 15% - 20% ROI average over all.

All ABS maker's knives.

I keep a detailed spreadsheet on all knives I have ever owned. I find this helpful along with purchasing the right knives at reasonable prices. If you are able to buy knives direct from certain makers, they have built-in a 10% or so profit into the purchase price.

A very wise man once told me told "bought right equals half sold".
 
Lost money on every knife I have ever sold. The lost money was just the fee I paid for the pleasure of owning them for a time. I did make a few bucks selling a Chris Reeve walking stick one time.
 
I sold my Skirmish for a $1900 profit, but that was less than going rate at the time. I have made $1k plus off of several knives over the years, and most of them cost less than a grand .
 
brandon said:
I sold my Skirmish for a $1900 profit, but that was less than going rate at the time. I have made $1k plus off of several knives over the years, and most of them cost less than a grand .
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That's the secret. If you can make a grand or two on pieces here and there it really helps to offset the loses that you may realize form those "early" or "impulse" purchases.
 
Zero. The only knives that I have ever gotten rid of were 4 Randalls which I traded for a pre-64 Winchester model 70 way back when. In hindsight, the Winchester, whihc was eventually traded for a Belgian Browning Superposed Filed Grade, wouldn't be worth a lot more today than it was back then, but the Randalls, especially my one-off stag handled stick tang Model 14, would be worth a bit more than what I paid for them. I bought the 14 out of the display case at Randall in 1991 for catalog price ($275, if I recall correctly), so you do the math. The Superposed would also be worth a lot more today than back then in 1993, but, as you may have guessed, I don't have it anymore either. Just saw two of them in the fine gun room at Bass Pro Shop in Dallas for $2800 each asking price. I did some stupid trading back them with guns, including letting go a REAL pre-war 7.92 mm Mauser Type B '98 sporter with a Krupp octagonal barrel with an integral front sight ramp and "safari" style 2 leaf rear sight and claw scope mounts. I haven't sold or traded anything remotely resembling a gun or knife since then, except for "long term loan" deals with other family members. Live and learn:p
 
You're exactly right Kevin. I rarely buy a knife unless I know it's "already sold" if I need the money back. That being said, I don't buy near as many knives as I used to.
 
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