Used knife sets in Perth, Western Australia typically sell for A$29 to A$190 (about $20 to $135). Knives sell well and carry real legal weight: it is an offence to sell a bladed article to anyone under 18, and most carriers restrict or refuse them, so read your carrier’s rules before you promise postage.
Selling a knife set in Perth
Perth is one of the most isolated large cities in the world, and that isolation is the single most useful thing to know about buying here. Freight from the east coast is slow and expensive, so the local second-hand market is deeper and better-valued than the population alone would suggest.
The resources industry brings people in on contracts and takes them out again, and a worker leaving at the end of a contract usually sells a whole household rather than shipping it. Those clear-outs are where the best-value listings come from.
Almost everything is collected by car and the city is built for it, so distance matters less here than in the eastern capitals. The coastal suburbs run a long way north and south, and it is worth naming a suburb rather than saying Perth.
Perth, in Western Australia, has around 2.1 million people, which means a deep enough buyer pool that most things sell without having to travel far to hand them over. Bunbury, Geraldton and Busselton are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Perth
Australia is a pre-launch market, so it is worth saying what a seller here should expect when it does open. Distance dominates everything: interstate parcels cost several times a metro delivery, and bulky items effectively only sell within a city. Most trade concentrates in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, and buyers in those cities expect to collect rather than wait. Seasons run opposite to the northern hemisphere, so listings that follow UK or US timing arrive exactly half a year out of step — warm weather items want September, not March, and winter gear moves from around May.
What knife sets are worth
What lifts the price
- Forged, full-tang construction
- Straight edges with no chips
What pulls it down
- Chipped or badly reground edges
- Rust pitting on carbon steel
Working out what yours is worth
- Look at the bolster and spine for forged construction
- Confirm the block and all knives are present
Getting it ready
- Check each blade for chips along the edge and for rust or pitting near the bolster.
- Confirm the set is complete against the block, and note any knife that has been replaced with a different make.
Photograph
- The block or case, showing every slot and whether any is empty
- The maker’s stamp on the blade or tang, plus any rust, chip or loose handle
Put in the description
- Blade lengths, and steel type if marked
- Condition of each edge and handle, and any rust, chip or replaced piece
Lifts before Christmas and in January. Named Japanese and German makers sell within days; unbranded block sets are slow and compete on price alone.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Western Australia)
Common questions
Where can I sell a knife set in Perth?
List it free and agree the handover with the buyer between you. Almost everything is collected by car and the city is built for it, so distance matters less here than in the eastern capitals. The coastal suburbs run a long way north and south, and it is worth naming a suburb rather than saying Perth.
Will you post them?
Check your carrier’s rules first. Several services restrict or refuse bladed articles, and the ones that accept them require specific packaging and adult signature on delivery.
How much is a knife set worth in Perth?
Most used knife sets change hands for A$29 to A$190 (about $20 to $135). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a knife set across Australia, what knife sets are worth, everything second hand in Perth, or Kitchen & Appliances in Perth.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.