to Lssenn!Cosigned all day long. This really should be a sticky.QTCut5 wrote:The only true measure of a knife's value is the amount someone is willing to pay for it.Lssenn wrote:Hi all...Im new to the knife collecting and picked up a couple...nice ones in my opion and paid quite a bit for them...im needing someone with knowledge to maybe look at pics of them and estimate a value please.
So, you already know the "value" of your knives because it's whatever you paid for them.
The only way to know what they're worth to someone else is to try to sell them.
Since you say that you are new to knife collecting, a word of advice: know what you are buying before shelling out the big bucks...as with any collectible item, there are a lot of forgers out there who are very eager to take advantage of your inexperience.
In an effort to give you some practical help or advice, I'd concur that the bone (USA era?) 6375 has been used and buffed, so collector value is going to be under $50 IMO on a good day, but that's exactly the kind of knife I'd be proud to sharpen up, pocket, and use. I'd say if you managed to stay under $60 you did just fine for a quality user. Those carbon steel blades will pick up a good usin' patina in no time.
As for the stag stockman, I'm fairly ignorant of Tested knives but as others have stated it really doesn't look right to me. I don't see that as Tested-era stag and the shield seems wrong too. Please take my opinion with many, many grains of salt, however, because I am by no means experienced in identifying the Tested-era knives which seem to be the most-faked of all. We have many walking Case museums around here so I'm sure someone will steer you right on it.
Enjoy the site and thanks for sharing your knives!
Love em' both. I am kinda partial to that 72 though 
