Schrade orange switchblade

[skityme101]

Anyone know the value of this knife? Its an orange knife 4 1/4" with a button and a lock,flips open pretty good,small blade is broken.no cracks or splits in the handles,any help appreciated.

 

[gradall5200]

Welcome skityme101.. The value of pretty much any knife varies, as a lot of people stop by this site and wanna know what something is worth. The best way to judge the value of a knife currently is to do a "completed listings" search on ebay and see what they are selling for.
In your case it may be a bit more tricky as ebay does not allow the sale of automatic knives, although many of the knives that your talking about have slipped through the cracks on ebay as sellers have learned not to advertise them as automatic, and the well informed buyer knows what they are looking at.

Thoes are called paratrooper knives that the blade your are refering to on the other end should be a hook. One just sold on ebay in mint conditon for $87 and another for around $100 Regardless of the condition of the main blade if the other blade is broken its gonna hurt the value greatly. Here is a pic of the knife I think your talking about.- Joel

This picture is obviously not showing the button and lock that are probablly on your knife which are on the opposite side

 

[riversidedep]

I have one of those. It was my first knife, given to me by my father when I was around five years old (1971). The bail is broken off, there is some white paint on the handle, and the main blade wobbles from side to side a bit when its open, but it otherwise functions well. I saw an ended ebay auction of one of those posted on this forum a while back, and the knife had sold for slightly over $250 if I recall correctly. In fact, the high price was the reason the OP posted, as he was curious why it sold for so much.

 

[edbeau]

That is always the big question "Why would someone pay so much for a cheaply made knife?". These knives were made by different companies and all were ill fitting. I have seen ones still in the plastic and never used and they still look cheap.

 

[zonaman]

I have a schrade and a camillus and both wobble a little. These knives were made as "disposable" for paratroopers to cut their lines if needed. Mine broke as I was cutting the lines.

 

[gradall5200]

I have one of those. It was my first knife, given to me by my father when I was around five years old (1971). The bail is broken off, there is some white paint on the handle, and the main blade wobbles from side to side a bit when its open, but it otherwise functions well. I saw an ended ebay auction of one of those posted on this forum a while back, and the knife had sold for slightly over $250 if I recall correctly. In fact, the high price was the reason the OP posted, as he was curious why it sold for so much.

WOW if there is people paying $250 I got a few I may be willing to let go Right NOW!!!

 

[zonaman]

If you list it with the bay and they catch it it is immediately taken off the listing by them. Switchblades are not allowed by them. Some sneak through perhaps because in the write-up there is no mention of switch/auto blade and the photos don't show the push button. Good luck.

 

[Larry303]

Zonaman, its a bit deeper than Ebay simply removing the listing I am reasonably certain,as I have followed listings for this knife for a number of years.
When I bought mine from Vietnam Ebay it was listed Worldwide however went through to the end with no problem whatsoever..why...because as soon as these knives are listed on U.S. Ebay..there are persons who immediately report the item to Ebay with the intention of having it removed....and then contact the sellers after it has been removed commiserating with them and giving them their email address to deal off Ebay and purchasing for an absolute song in relation to their real worth because generally folk selling these knives have no where else to turn after removal.<and my info is they generally aren't knife collectors and obtained these knives through family etc>.....buyers are probably able to sell at knife shows for an excellent profit on each transaction....watch the next one listed correctly it will usually last for a few days before its reported and removed...buyer could then expect to get the knife for whatever the bidding got to or less....Ebay actually scan for listings that violate at the time of listing <there is a time delay between listing and the item appearing..I am a Power Seller and know> ..for it to be removed later it is as a result of a report....my Vietnam knife went through after 10 days because it was not reported and seller barely spoke English it would have been all too hard for the usual" practices" to take place......suffice to say I have spoken to a few of these sellers over the years.........my guess its a nice little earner with no victim apart from the seller not achieving true value for their knife....

 

[wveah]

Here is mine which I think was given to my mom in the late 1960's early 1970's. I sort of "claimed it" in the mid-1980's. Had I lost the knife in my many moves over the past 30 years I would probably pay way over market since the style has terrific memory "value" to me. That said I always see a bunch at knife shows in the $30-$100 range.

 

[edbeau]

Saw one on the bay today with a postage stamp over the button. They made only a few statements about the knife and never said "push button".

 

[jdracing]

Saw one on the bay today with a postage stamp over the button. They made only a few statements about the knife and never said "push button".

yeah,i saw that.
i was also looking at a guys completed listings and saw a nice
old toothpick style auto mixed in with about 4 other knives sell for cheap.

jd