How to figure out the value of a knife

The value of a knife also depends greatly on where you sell it. I friend is selling a collection, he wrote our friend Bruce with photos etc. He immediately received a very honest and friendly response which made him feel good about the value of the knives and the knowledge will be very beneficial when he decides his next step. He feels good and passed the information on to me. Now I pass it on to those who read this.
Thanks Bruce!
 
My wife and I discuss all major purchases. We have open and honest communication and that serves us well. She does not understand the utility or appeal of custom knives but tolerates it without complaint. As we both enjoy athletic pursuits she is actually happier with me buying an expensive Italian road bike than a knife costing 1/10 the amount.

I always try to put the needs/wants of my family before my hobbies. That has meant a great reduction in my own knife spending the last few years and I am quite OK with that

I do know about the stainless appliance thing...ever price a six burner Viking stove? :eek::eek::eek:
 
I think that Jtech, who started this thread is ALSO entitled
to some simple answers...

Jtech said:
I am new to this forum and have recently come into a pretty large knife collection. My grandfather was a custom knife collector and his collection includes some Randall, D'Holder, Hancock and many other makers who I haven't heard of. My parents would like me to slowly start figuring out what the knives are worth and to start slowly selling some so that others may enjoy them.

My question is how to find out what a particular knife is worth and then where is a good place to sell them so that people who will really appreciate them will see them.

Any help in this would be greatly appreciated.

To start does anyone know anything about this "Hancock"? Such as the name or style of knife?

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Well, Tim Hancock told me that this is one of his "Three Finger" knives,
it is ATS 34 with a 24 hour cyrogenics treatment at -320 F, the bolsters
are 416 stainless and it looks like it has Buckeye burl scales...

All the best,
David Darom (ddd)
 
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