Used Knives - Best place to look/buy?

[LucyA]

Hi, I was wondering where the best place to buy secondhand knives might be?
I know there are some for sale on here, mostly bushcraft knives - obviously! But looking at folders to add to the collection.

 

[mikehill]

Well.. Edgematters forum for a start. Then there are loads of Facebook groups … easy to find

 

[kard133]

Mikes Knives, I haven't brought from him in years though.

 

[LucyA]

Well.. Edgematters forum for a start. Then there are loads of Facebook groups … easy to find

Is Edgematters a UK Forum? I've had a look on Facebook but all the knives seem to be in America or abroad!
Can you tell me any UK groups? Thanks!

 

[LucyA]

Mikes Knives, I haven't brought from him in years though.

Thanks, I'll bookmark that for future. Looks good.

 

[Souledman]

Edgematters is a UK forum. It is membership only.

Also try:
https://framarknives.co.uk/ and https://www.acwknives.com/ https://www.sportingcutlery.co.uk/ also has a pre-owned section

Mike’s Knives does a lot of its sales through Instagram.

 

[LucyA]

Edgematters is a UK forum. It is membership only.

Also try:
https://framarknives.co.uk/ and https://www.acwknives.com/ https://www.sportingcutlery.co.uk/ also has a pre-owned section

Mike’s Knives does a lot of its sales through Instagram.

Thank you for that - just the sort of things I was looking for!

 

[hughtrimble]

Edgematters is a UK forum. It is membership only.

Also try:
https://framarknives.co.uk/ and https://www.acwknives.com/ https://www.sportingcutlery.co.uk/ also has a pre-owned section

Mike’s Knives does a lot of its sales through Instagram.

In terms of knifey retailers, Framar and ACW are great to deal with - never heard of sportingcutlery before so thank you very much indeed for that, their pre-owned section is one I'll be keeping my eye on for sure.

 

[Robson Valley]

Look for estate sales. You don't know who collects what until you see it.

I bought a very good set of 7 wood carving knives, twice removed, from an estate sale. I was 3 days away from joining the blade smith's wood carving class when he died. Years later, a carver on the Gulf Coast had a set of Mike Komick's knives from an estate sale to part with. Not a day passes as I use them that I don't think of the guy.

 

[brambles]

Look for estate sales. You don't know who collects what until you see it.

I bought a very good set of 7 wood carving knives, twice removed, from an estate sale. I was 3 days away from joining the blade smith's wood carving class when he died. Years later, a carver on the Gulf Coast had a set of Mike Komick's knives from an estate sale to part with. Not a day passes as I use them that I don't think of the guy.

We don't really have those at all in the UK. Here an estate sale literally means buying an estate - thousands of acres of land for many millions! Generally speaking when someone dies, either their relatives keep and distribute belongings or employ someone to do a house clearance and the items get split up and sold as second hand retail.