Buying Used Knives on the Secondary Market: The Nick Shabazz Guide 

love that flying benchmade note! and i agree,lots of good info hear,thank you.

Thanks Nick! This vid is 6 ?] years old, but since you take a facts & analytical approach its as relevant today as back then. You are a great contributor this hobby and well, a terrific entertainer which is a rare, very rare talent. Thanks again, George

Good vid man. People like you make the knife community awesome.

This is an excellent vid Nick, well done.

The Benchmade bit was PERFECT. I always lose on eBay. I'm not paying full price for a used (often heavily used) production knife...

Useful advice - well presented. Thanks, Nick!

What a bunch of good, sound advice, much appreciated. I have gotten some good deals on Ebay but got a Case Peanut once, used, with a slightly bent tip that didn't show in pics. Case actually rebuilt the knife under their warranty, free, with 2 new blades.

Great video. Thanks for this overview, I recognize a lot of this list. Let the hunt for a second hand Z-hunter begin!!

I LOVE YOU NICK!!! You make GREAT reviews and I can HONESTLY say... I TRUST YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. You Da Man!!!

The benchmade card falling into the shot made me laugh out loud. 😆Because you are 100% Correct. knife prices in general are beyond over priced considering the cost of labor and materials.

Nick I love your channel can't stop watching lol

Hey man I just found your channel today and I subbed, I love your stuff, take care

what a great video! excellllllllent points ! keep it going!!!!

the benchmade tag was funny! and I agree

Nice vid and good tips. Another tip: be patient. If there is an out of production model of the Spydermade ParaRift offered, it will not be the last to be offered. So do not immediately pay the overpriced offering. There always be another opportunity in the future. Just to protect paying to much. Maybe it takes another 4 weeks, or 4 months, or a year. But the offering with a more realistic price will come. A few examples: The Kershaw TIlt there was a time they sold for $ 1200 or higher. The ZT 0600 sold on a particular moment for almost $ 1000,-. And now, the Tilt has come to price levels around $ 650,- and the ZT0600 around the $ 500-. So patience will be rewarded.

I personally like cold steel. My Finn wolf holds the edge and is a great knife

I would also point out that lower end knives can be had for better percentages than higher end knives. I just picked up a cold steel code 4 (70ish retail) for 35 for a 50% savings. You will never find a norseman for 50% off. BUT, entry level knives get the crap kicked out of them, so buyer beware

lol yes benchmade has such horrible prices

You are wise beyond your ears. Or years. +1, all good!

Man I'm glad I discovered you channel, I've learned so much from binge watching your videos lol, I have never taken my knives apart and cleaned and oiled them until I saw u do it in some videos

Thanks Nick..

Over the years, I have bought many thousands of items on eBay, and getting burned has been very rare… probably not more that 3 times, out of maybe 7K purchases.

Great video, Nick Can you do the same for watches? I know, I know. DON'T GET INTO WATCHES, But it is too late, so I need to know how to buy and sell watches.

Sage advice

Earned my sub with the benchmade joke at the beginning. Good videos. Also good first name (we share that in common).

There was a HUGE bubble around Rolex watches for a while. The GMT Batman was selling for 2-3x retail for a long time. People finally realized that a $7,000 watch isn’t worth 16-18,000.

I try to use PayPal if at all possible, most use it...I bought a bu-t-full Victorinox from S. Africa. It never arrived, but the seller had tracking numbers and it arrived in NYC, where some jerk stole it, I guess. Anyway I let it slide, cause the seller did his part. Sometimes you lose..sometimes you win...

so correct on Benchmade

great video Nick !

Whats the name of the 3rd knife in the second row Spyderco knife

Question I'm looking to buy my next knife. I love the design of the Kizer Zugang. Don't own a kizer. But is zero tolerance a better buy.

1:22, brilliant😂

So where do I go to buy second hand knives?

I’m looking for a pro Tech Dark Angel if anyone knows where I can find one.

I really wish i could buy a hinderer or Chris reeve,but no one can be bothered to ship outside the Us. I could buy from an american store but Hinderers are never in stock & the Sebenza 21 is not made anymore. There's a lot of talk of how good the knife "community" is & how people help each other out in the knife groups....but filling out a damn customs form is apparently too much.

Very well done video Mr Nick. but I guess I'm just a big fool. I only buy knives new and only buy what I like. if I see something I might like I goto San Francisco to the big knife store and put it in my hand to see if it's really something I would want. if it is then I seek it out online or pick it up local. might be a bit more money but I don't ever have to worry about flushing any money down the toilet. I have a few knives I like so much that I have 3 and 4 of them. but at 45 years old your collection gets big. been doing this for over 30 years. only got into high end knives in the last few years.

from a "random jackass" on blade forums. Frickin gold.

What is that wooden knife at the beginning, sounded like you said minardi?

thank you

Nick, can you please provide a link to a secondary market. I have been spending crazy cash on new knives

Do you know where I could buy a florescent green zhunter???? Very rare after the ban lol

great video, I was watching and my girlfriend said you were funny. keep it up

I bought a unicorn, it’s a zt 0022. Why does everybody hate it,it’s a perfect wallet knife

not sure if you check these videos comments still... but how do you feel about buying a knife that is a "display" model??

What's that red knife far left? It's beautiful in a minimalistic way. If you mention it in the video I apologize. Saw it and had to know immediately haha.

What blade forums would you suggest ?

Your voice sounds higher than usual, different mic?

Loved that diss on benchmade, their stuff is way overpriced

heh, that zdp delica looked horrible

Chinese knockoffs, saw a PM in orange from China, seller said it was a "special just for China" A call to Spydie, and I got the truth, aha!!

Nick what is the name of that small wooden knife

Wish I would have seen this video before 😀😃😄😁😕😟🙁

Lightly used is better! Near new

Haha nice move on Benchmade sticker

"A bright pink Hello Kitty Umnumzaan." That would be the ultimate incongruity in the knife world. LOL

Lol I loved the benchmade snub! SO TRUE! The 756 at $400? HA!

Love listening to his voice east coast right?

So i just bought a Spydie on ebay that ticks ALL red flags. bye 58$

“Sketchball9215@yahoo” 😂

Can't believe you voided the warranty of the CRK Um on camera!

benchmade retail 2023 europe prices

Amazing how different your accent has become over the years….

I actually bought my PM2 used for $80. It seemed like to good of a price and I was paranoid at first because I thought I was getting into a Chinese clone, but everything checked out in the end and I was satisfied with the knife. Thank you for sharing your wisdom of buying used with us. I will keep this in mind when I buy used again.

I got my Real PM2 for $80 bucks.

The best way to buy knives is to buy them new from Blade HQ. If you buy them used, you never know what you are getting.

This video desperately needs to be updated. A lot of the info is no longer correct.

“Unicorns”

knife- club?

Since my last name is graham can I have your graham knives

5:14 Somewhere, a feminist puts away her Cold Steel Espada XL with a satisfied smile.

Not to mention Benchmade’s politics

Nick has a mousy voice.

I try to use PayPal if at all possible, most use it...I bought a bu-t-full Victorinox from S. Africa. It never arrived, but the seller had tracking numbers and it arrived in NYC, where some jerk stole it, I guess. Anyway I let it slide, cause the seller did his part. Sometimes you lose..sometimes you win...