This is a find at one of my trips to our local goodwill. Paid five bucks for a box of old tools and this was in the bottom of the box. I am pretty sure its real but you can never be too sure. I would think it is an early SS dagger from around 34-35. I know its not in the best of shape, but hey.....it was only five bucks.

Whats it worth and is it real?

Here are links to the pics:
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p215/53chev/Picture151.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p215/53chev/Picture157.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p215/53chev/Picture159.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p215/53chev/Picture160.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p215/53chev/Picture169.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p215/53chev/Picture176.jpg

It's worth about 100 times what you paid for it. It looks like a beater, but a real SS dagger. We should all be so fortunate!

Mark

Yep, I'd have to say that was five dollars well spent.
Congratulations!

All I can say is "WOW" and good score.
SSman

Well...?

I think its worth a heck of a lot more then 500 bucks....has anyone got any idea of its true value?

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I think its worth a heck of a lot more then 500 bucks

If that is what you think then why are you asking here?

Good condition SS dagger.....Several Thousand

Ratty, beat up, SS dagger......Couple Hundred

Having a story of Finding an SS dagger at Goodwill.......Priceless

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Originally posted by Sk8punk:
Well...?

I think its worth a heck of a lot more then 500 bucks....has anyone got any idea of its true value?

If it were me and someone offered me $500 for it, I'd take it.

Your mileage may vary.

It looks like the grip and crossguards are salvageable. Sounds like about $500.
Certainly there will be no retirement plan funded by this one.

I agree this is a great story. Keep the dagger on the wall with the story typed below it.

Jim

If you think it's worth more than $500..try to sell it. It's a real beater and the blade is worn heavily. We are not novices here, this is the real deal.

I wish you luck...( I certainly would not pay $500.00 for it, but maybe some other person would.) That one is a tough sale my friend. Anyone else here would be super glad to have found it for $5.00, but a rare treasure? I think not.

Mark

What the heck.
Put it on ebay and see what happens.

One never knows.

The way that some of those pinheads bid that junk through the roof, it could go for thousands.

Skatepunk, keep it. a 5$ SS, its the deal of the year.It speaks volumes in the relic condition its in. You may never collect another piece but this things got the history. Better yet, start a collection and this can be the one that started it all. Its very cool for what it is!!!! go with the flow,
Bret Van Sant

I thank those of you for the help. I have decided to sell it. A local dealer who is very reputable has told me he will give me 900 bucks for it and thats the top end of the scale. If I can get a little more so be it, but if not I will take it to him. Now I know some of you are going to call me nuts or that its not worth that. Its all about supply and demand, you know the drill. I may even part it out on ebay. Who knows!

I can then take the profit and put it into something better.

Thanks again.

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Originally posted by Sk8punk:
A local dealer who is very reputable has told me he will give me 900 bucks for it and thats the top end of the scale.

I congratulate you on your good luck. You've gotten two very good deals on a single piece.

Hmmm... Wonder if the dealer's going to hump it up, and we'll see it for sale here for $5000.

SELL IT...Its kool but a beater...probably worth $1100 on the market today...Not a dog but look for a better one and prepare to pay quite a bit more.

Great story if it was me I'd keep it but than I'm a collector.It's the find that counts.

For an outlay of $900 the only way I can see a "dealer" making anything on this one is by humping it up. Grip repair, nice convincing repo blade & bingo!

I can smell a rat already & it stinks!

Landser, I thank you so much for jumpingto conclusions, but you should watch what you say before you have all the facts. Everyone is entitled to an opinion but your opinion makes unfounded accusations, not only against the dealer, but against me as well. I am a newbie to this field, and after the reception I have recieved here, I am giving second thought to future dealings with anyone on this board.

I came on here seeking advice and a value. Now that someone is interested in buying it, some of you immediately start putting me down for wanting to sell it to a legitamate dealer. Then you start putting the dealer down because of the price he is offering. I know many people that have purchased authentic items from this dealer and NEVER had a complaint.

I level no accusation against you whatsoever. If you had been around as long as some of us then you would understand that there are dealers & there are dealers. Some are reputable & others have less moral integrity than a rattlesnake. Perhaps I am overly cynical but I wonder just who is going to buy this dagger as it is after the dealer has put his pecentage on it? I will await with interest to see this dagger offered in an unaltered condition.

If you were a collector then I expect you would keep this dagger because the real value in the piece is the conection to you & how you acquired it. A great story but that is not transferrable & has no value beyond the day that you part with it.

Maybe you have been thinking of collecting though because even though this is your first posting you have been registered since February? I couldn`t imagine anything better for a start piece.

PS. I guess you must have been thinking about collecting because you already know many people who have bought legit items from the dealer. Definate advantage for a "NEWBIE" No doubt they will all tell you the same thing. Lots of bad stuff just waiting for the uninitiated to come along with their $$$$$$

Why in the hell are a couple of you guys giving this guy so much crap? Jealous!?

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Originally posted by Sk8punk:
Well...?

I think its worth a heck of a lot more then 500 bucks....has anyone got any idea of its true value?

Great score for $5 bucks. I wouldn’t pay $500 for it with the blade in that condition. I would jump all over that $900 and welcome sir.

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Originally posted by Sk8punk:
I may even part it out on ebay. Who knows!

...........It would be really unfortunate if this dagger survived a war, and possibly decades in a tool box,.....but not you.

Right you are BB.
A real shame to see these daggers parted out.
I have to believe it's worth more as an original piece than as individual parts.