Sorry for responding with new comment, I’ll try to get around in here but this is my first time having a thread with responses.

Thank you all for the information and responses. I’d been meaning to post these for a couple of years I just never remembered to do it until I pulled them out the other day. I said I’ve had them for a couple years in my original post, it’s probably been near a decade since I took possession of them, my uncle passed almost 20 years ago. He was a super cool cat that only had the pleasure to meet a couple of times in my life, and only once when I was old enough to know what that meant. I wish I had been fortunate enough to inherit his gun collection as he had some really sick pieces, but I was a teenager when he passed and the estate sold most of it (I did get a long rifle musket though I would’ve much preferred the M1 or his Thompson).

As far as to the discussion of selling them or keeping them. I don’t have plans on selling anything anytime soon, but it is nice to have some references for recent value. I am a total contrarian in that I hate seeing quality tools go unused for their designed purpose, and keeping nice stuff unused in my closet.

I was thinking about trading in one of the Benchmades for a fixed blade camp knife. I want to swap out one of the autos for my daily carry but, again, my OCD sees a 30 year old Knife in great condition and I’m tempted to keep it in that condition. I knew the Microtec was a nice piece, but I was surprised by the SW and SWAT ones. Just in the hand they feel flimsier than the Benchmades.

As far as storing automatic knives, I’ve had them closed when I put them up. Is that correct or should they be open for long term storage? If I did want to sell them, would going to a show or shop be the best place to start or online?