Bought used knives

[Smm96]

I bought these 3 knives from an old man at a swapmeet,im new in the us and I dont know what should I do with them,they're used and need some work, should I sell them how they are? Send them to warranty? Keep them and try to fix them?

[Pelagic]

Clean them up and keep them, I say. That old native is cool.

[JonLeBlanc]

Definitely keep that. Isn't the one on top a Jhot Singh?

[The Deacon]

Depends on what you mean by "need some work". Warranty is for defects in workmanship or materials, not normal wear and tear or abuse. Spyderco does offer a free sharpening service, if that's all that's needed, and a repair service for a fee if the issues can be repaired.

[wrdwrght]

Among the many joys of knives is bringing back old ones.

[TomAiello]

Keep them, and use them. :)

[vivi]

Definitely keep that. Isn't the one on top a Jhot Singh?

Looks like that, an S30V Native, and an Ark.

[knivesandbooks]

Do whatcha want. Looks like a pretty decent mini collection. Jhot Singh for self defense and a cool looking blade, older Native (Native 3? Or 4?) For edc, and a small fixed blade for small fixed blade uses ( EDC plus T (t for tang lol). I'd clean em up.

[jpm2]

Keep them and try to fix them?

What's wrong with them?

[Smm96]

Thanks to all of you.
Looks like he tried to sharpen them but he didn't do a good job,any suggestions on how to restore the edges? Im not very experienced on that.

[Water Bug]

Those :spyder: s look worthy of keeping.

If they are in need of some form of restoration, perhaps you can give Spyderco a call and see if there's anything they can do to bring them back to as close to fully useable refurbish condition as possible. Spyderco will probably charge a fee to do such work. If these knives can be restored (if restoration is needed), at least it's the original parent company using original Spyderco parts that's doing the work.

[zhyla]

eBay that top one. You’ll get some cash for that.

[Smm96]

eBay that top one. You’ll get some cash for that.

How much do you think it is worth?

[zhyla]

eBay that top one. You’ll get some cash for that.

How much do you think it is worth?

Hard to judge condition from that photo but at least $100.

[TomAiello]

Thanks to all of you.
Looks like he tried to sharpen them but he didn't do a good job,any suggestions on how to restore the edges? Im not very experienced on that.

Send them in to Golden for factory sharpening. You will basically just need to pay the shipping.

[Smm96]

Thanks to all of you.
Looks like he tried to sharpen them but he didn't do a good job,any suggestions on how to restore the edges? Im not very experienced on that.

Send them in to Golden for factory sharpening. You will basically just need to pay the shipping.

I was thinking about buying the lansky sharpening system,what would be the better option?

[Wartstein]

Thanks to all of you.
Looks like he tried to sharpen them but he didn't do a good job,any suggestions on how to restore the edges? Im not very experienced on that.

Send them in to Golden for factory sharpening. You will basically just need to pay the shipping.

I was thinking about buying the lansky sharpening system,what would be the better option?

I am totally happy with the Spyderco Sharpmaker.
If the edges of your knives are very dull, you should probably get CBN or diamond rods aditionally to the basic sharpmaker, which comes with "medium" and "fine" rods (the "medium" being in fact also somewhat "fine")