Yard sale finds!

[Gunthusiast]

Came across these 3 knives at a local yard sale, any idea what the values are? I don’t know anything about the Damascus one, it even if it’s genuine.

S&W XtremeOps First Production (the regular ones sell for $15ish so I don’t think this one is much more).

Next is a Parker Cutlery Co Gypsy balisong, (made in Japan) saw some online for $299, is that accurate?

Last one, not sure if real Damascus or not, how else would I be able to tell?

 

[Lapedog]

Yeah the top two knives are worth nothing but the third one is worth probably about $35,000.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Yeah the top two knives are worth nothing but the third one is worth probably about $35,000.

Your not allowed to ask about value without at least a gold membership, but luckily you really don't have any here.
$35 what these fixed blades often sell for new, the actual value is probably $5 at the most.

These cheapo pakistani fixed blades are often way over priced by people who try to pass them off as " custom " or " handmade "

These old Parker Cutlery knives do have a collector following, but the imported ones are never really worth much at all so I wouldn't think that price you found is too realistic.

 

[Lapedog]

Your not allowed to ask about value without at least a gold membership, but luckily you really don't have any here.
$35 what these fixed blades often sell for new, the actual value is probably $5 at the most.

These cheapo pakistani fixed blades are often way over priced by people who try to pass them off as " custom " or " handmade "

These old Parker Cutlery knives do have a collector following, but the imported ones are never really worth much at all so I wouldn't think that price you found is too realistic.

I know the rules, you misread the price I gave him.

Thirty Five Thousand dollars!

 

[Hickory n steel]

I know the rules, you misread the price I gave him.

Thirty Five Thousand dollars!

Man,how did I miss that.
That's funny, seeing how so many of these get sold for ridiculous amounts of money to the uninformed.
I'm sure being from a yardsale the seller got it as a gift and he probably didn't pay much for it from this yardsale so hopefully nobody got ripped off.

 

[Gunthusiast]

I guess that’s too bad considering I spent $20 on the lot lol. Thanks for the laughs.

 

[Lapedog]

I guess that’s too bad considering I spent $20 on the lot lol. Thanks for the laughs.

In all honesty the rules are we can't give values on a knife to someone without a gold membership.

I will tell you that the S&W and the damascus one are essentially worthless though.

I believe the butterfly knife might have some value.

 

[Hickory n steel]

I guess that’s too bad considering I spent $20 on the lot lol. Thanks for the laughs.

Can't really give values, but I can say you definitely did good with that Parker Cutlery balisong.
Probably not $200+ good but still good, when I said not worth much at all I meant compared to any American made Parker knives and because many Japan Parker knives do have little to no value

paying for a gold membership here is a good way to be able to get evaluations, and will also allow you to list stuff on the exchange here.

 

[W. Anderson]

That parker is nice. If I were a gold member I'd give you...uh, nevermind.

But that Pakistani damascus thing is deffinitely pakistani damascus, and real. ( and probably not as bad as folks would have you think.) I like the handle scales.

Good haul for 20.00

 

[GIRLYmann]

wow! op, you sure know how to pick 'em good!
A tactical karambit, dagger-like balisong, and a tom brown tracker knife replica??!
it would have been a field day for the UK press
had this threesome came from an amnesty turn-in bin...
and into your protective custody

All said, given time enough;
even horribly cheap knives may actually be elevated to
rare collectable status in decades to come.
Because the attrition rate
for what is commonly thought of as "cheap knives"
is considerably high.
Best advise is for you or your descendants to wait it out
and then resurrecting (like a decade from now)
this very post in the bernard levine section of this forums.
the response might actually be very different
with the inclusion of perceptions from new forum members then.

 

[Planterz]

I'll give you $20 for that Parker Gypsy!

Seriously, it's the only one worth anything, and it could be worth quite a bit. Nice score.

 

[tltt]

The Parker is the winner of that batch, and a very rare shape to boot. That being said, that price is way off, so if someone offers you anything close, smile and take the money.

The S/W is whatever, enjoy it as a toy.

The Pakistani Tracker is real damascus, but you never can tell how they'll be. Sometimes they're perfectly fine working knives. Other times, they're awful. Searching Damascus WSK or Damascus Tracker will probably bring up comparables on ebay.