Used knife sets in Edinburgh typically sell for £15 to £100 (about $20 to $135). Knife value rests on steel and construction, and forged full-tang knives are worth many times stamped ones.
Selling a knife set in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a university and finance city whose population swells enormously every August for the festival, and that single month does more to move second-hand goods here than any other part of the year. Outside it, the Old and New Town tenement stock means most people live in flats and buy furniture to fit them.
August brings a large temporary population that arrives with things and leaves without them, and September brings the students. Between them the autumn is reliably the best time to buy here and a slower time to sell.
The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
Edinburgh, in Scotland, has around 530,000 people, which means a steady local market where the usual things move reliably and the unusual ones are worth listing with a wider radius in mind. Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Edinburgh
Most private sales settle by bank transfer or cash on collection. Faster Payments clear in seconds, which makes a transfer as safe as cash for the seller — wait for it to land before the item leaves your hands.
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
- Loose handles and exposed tangs
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
- Confirm the set is complete against the block, and note any knife that has been replaced with a different make.
- Wash and dry them fully. Do not sharpen aggressively before selling; a clumsy re-grind takes value off a good knife.
Photograph
- The whole set laid out together, blades visible, on a plain surface
- One blade close up along its edge, showing sharpness and any chip
Put in the description
- Maker, model or range, and how many pieces
- Whether the block, case or sharpening steel is included
If you post, use a carrier that permits bladed articles, sheath or card-wrap every edge, and use a signed service. For local handover, sell only to an adult — that is a legal requirement, not a preference.
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 (Scotland)
Common questions
Where can I sell a knife set in Edinburgh?
Put it on WishThrift free and deal with the buyer direct. The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
Are the blades chipped?
Sight along each edge under a light and say. Small chips grind out; a large chip near the tip is a permanent change to the knife’s shape.
How much is a knife set worth in Edinburgh?
Most used knife sets change hands for £15 to £100 (about $20 to $135). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a knife set across the United Kingdom, what knife sets are worth, everything second hand in Edinburgh, or Kitchen & Appliances in Edinburgh.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.