WTS - A number of high quality folding and auto knives

by cubrock, Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 16:59 (4367 days ago)

A while back, I went on a binge of folding knives, especially auto-openers. I've been downsizing my collection and thought some of these might be wanted here. I'll ship any quantity of them for $5. Drop me an email if interested. Thanks!

steve@groundwaterresourcespllc.com

1. DKD Phantom Swing-guard. ATS-34 steel. 5" blade, 11.25" overall. Scarce pre-production knife and so marked on the blade. Extremely fast and solid open. Extremely nice condition. Comes with a faux leather pocket sleeve. DKD is long out of business and didn't produce a whole lot of these before they went under, so they are tough to find. They sold for $350 new in 2006. You can have this one for that same price.

2. Rick Hinderer Gen III XM-18 3.5. 3.5" blade, 8.25" overall. Specs are at the link below. This one has titanium and black G10 scales. This is the nicest folder I have ever owned, bar none. Very fast to flip open. Locks up with no movement whatsoever. Perfect balance and size. I bought it a good while ago to use as my EDC, but I could never bring myself to carry a knife that cost more than most of my carry guns. Far too easy to lose a knife, despite the excellent gripping clip on the body. Hinderer knives are very hard to come by through normal channels, as he prioritizes military/LEO/emergency personnel orders, then the rest goes to dealers. It is not at all uncommon to see an extremely nice used XM-18 sell for well over $1000 (I'm talking money changing hands, not pie in the sky knife dealer prices). The cheapest I've found one was for $750 and it was gone in an instant. You can have this one for $700.

http://www.rickhindererknives.com/rick-hinderer-knives/xm-folding-knives/

3. Benchmade Gravitator 425 SBK. Snody design. Another discontinued model. No box, papers, or clip. This one looks like new. Opens fast and easily and locks up rock-solid. $105.

http://www.benchmade.com/products/425

4. Benchmade Apparition 670 S. Spring assisted open. Looks like new. $100.

http://www.benchmade.com/products/670

5. Kershaw Ken Onion Bump 1590BL. Spring assisted open. Very fast. Excellent condition - nearly new. S30V steel. Made in 9/2003. No box or papers, but has clip. Titanium scales. They made a very limited number of these. This one is serial # 63. Great knife that often goes well over $200 on ebay. You can have this one for $125.

6. Benchmade H&K 14905SBT auto-opener. #88 of 250 made. 154CM steel. No box or clip. Excellent condition with just a bit of high edge wear. Looks almost new, but not quite. Great carry knife. Retail on these when they were available was $245. You can have this one for $125.

7. Nemesis Knives Pirela Model 5150. CPM 154 stainless blade with titanium body. Light, fast, and rock-solid lock-up. The blade has a high polish, which isn't the norm for these. I don't know if it was ordered this way or someone polished after it left the factory. I suspect the latter. These sell for $250 new from Nemesis. Due to the uncertainty of the blade polish, and the need for it to be sharpened, you can have it for $145, which is a screaming deal for one of these. It came to me pretty dull, but not abused. I put a working edge on it with my crock sticks, but stopped before it was razor sharp, but it will take hair off your arm (just not shave it to the skin).

http://www.nemesis-knives.com/folding.htm