Franklin Mint Knives

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doomonyou

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I have a question about Franklin Mint knives. Are they worth anything?My parents, being the good parents they are bought my a set of F.M. Fire Engine knives a few years ago. I have no need for these knives and would like to sell them. I can't remember who many I have at the moment. I believe over ten, they all have padded cases and I have a display box to go with them. Does anyone know the value if there is any.
 
Well, what is the limit on the production? It is probably 100,000 or so...:eek:

They probably aren't going to be worth much.
 
Honestly, probably not much. My brother bought me a Franklin Mint knife with a Harley on it last year. It sucked as a knife, no edge and no lock, weighs a ton, and no easy way to carry it. Frankly everything that they sell is way overpriced.

I checked on Ebay for FM knives in general and they seem to be going for less than $20 each, and they sell for around $60 new. I suppose you could try and sell them somwhere in that range.
 
Thanks guys, I did'nt figure they would be worth much. And I agree, there is no way I would carry one of these.
 
not to rain on your parade, but franklin knives worth anything? well maybe to someone who collects them, but most knife collectors would not be interested in them.
 
I just want to unload them. I have no need for a knife that I can't use. God love my parents but, they buy some of the most useless crap for Christmas I have seen.
 
I think they have meaning for some people and that is where the value is. I bought my father in law one that was based on a sky chief gas pump. He had restored a pump that sits by his garage that hold his classic car.
Would I buy any others? Probably not. But this was a nice thing to add to his sky chief stuff.
 
Rule of thumb is that if the sales pitch says it is a collectible bound to go up in value, the opposite is true.
 
A favorite story of mine regarding "limited edition" junk was stopping once with some friends at a huge place called "Surplus Sales of Nebraska," (do a web search). This place is huge and full of all sorts of unsold, surplus, and over-run merchandise, every sort of thing you can imagin. As we were trudging through one of their many warehouses looking for the item my friend was after, what should I come across but big bins full of those very same Franklin Mint Fire Engine knives. They wanted a couple of bucks a piece for 'em. You can be sure that they're making a 100% mark-up, at least. So, after bilking as many customers as they could for the $50/each or whatever those things sold for new, Franklin dumped the remainder on Surplus Sales of Nebraska for about a dollar each. And I can also assure you that Franklin didn't loose that much money on the deal. My guess is that Franklin has 'em banged out in China for about $2 each total cost on the dock in LA.
 
My Father(bless his heart, he doesn't know knives)bought me one of these Franklin Mint knives for Christmas once. I know he meant well, but what he got me was possibly the worst "knife" ever. So bad, I can't even call it a knife without shuddering. It was a lockback of some kind, with the wobblyest blade I have ever seen, heavy brass bolsters and sort of greyish/green plastic slab handles that literally had gaps big enough to stick a credit card into. A really, really cheesy looking gold paint eagle was on the side. When I pulled this gem out of it's box, the gold paint was already flaking off. I thanked him, drove down the road and promptly threw it into the river.

Just say NO to Franklin Mint!
 
Originally posted by Danbo
My Father(bless his heart, he doesn't know knives)bought me one of these Franklin Mint knives for Christmas once. I know he meant well, but what he got me was possibly the worst "knife" ever. So bad, I can't even call it a knife without shuddering. It was a lockback of some kind, with the wobblyest blade I have ever seen, heavy brass bolsters and sort of greyish/green plastic slab handles that literally had gaps big enough to stick a credit card into. A really, really cheesy looking gold paint eagle was on the side. When I pulled this gem out of it's box, the gold paint was already flaking off. I thanked him, drove down the road and promptly threw it into the river.

Just say NO to Franklin Mint!
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Eh, thats no way to treat a gift from your father. He meant well. Even if the best thing you had done was put it on a shelf and looked at it. It would have meant more to him then throwing it in a river.
 
Frankin Mint Knives are extremely overpriced, and the quality is not much better than flea market imports. But they do not knock off designs and they do pay their licensing fees.

Pam
 
Yep, my Dad who is pushing 80 bought me one. He knows I collect knives. It is a china pos, but it is from him so I still have it. I asked my wife to let him know in a nice way that I only collect auto knives. While this is not true, he lives in Calif. and this will keep him from wasting his $ on these so called "collector knives". Sorry doomonyou, but there is really no value to these things.
 
Yes, I own a Franklin Mint "Vampyre-In-Coffin" folding knife - given to me by my young son early in my collecting days, and purchased with money he had saved himself. I would guess the monetary value of my collection now has quite a few zero's in it. But I'd rather throw all of the "names" I own in the river than part with that FM folder. I can always get another Mayo, Lake, Steinau, Herman, or whatever - all it takes is money. But the look of eager anticipation on my son's face when he handed me that gift was - priceless.
 
6 or so of these...and they are priceless to me. My grandmother buys me one every year(for the past 6 years..duh). Despite the quality, they will be treasured due to this simple fact.
 
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