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H.D. Smith drawknife prices

What H.D. Smith drawknives actually sell for, from 9 recorded sales.

Sold prices

Median sold
$125
Most sell for
$125–$135
Sales on record
9
For sale now
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Every recorded sale. The band spans the middle half of all sales; the line is the median.
median $125Dealers9 sales$95 — 8 Inch Draw Knife H.D. SMITH & CO. (Jim Bode Value Guide)$115 — 8 Inch Drawknife “Perfect Handle” H.D. SMITH & CO. (Jim Bode Value Guide)$125 — 12 Inch Draw Knife H.D. SMITH PERFECT HANDLE (Jim Bode Value Guide)$125 — 8 Inch H.D. SMITH Perfect Handle Draw Knife (Jim Bode Value Guide)$125 — Fine 8 inch H.D. SMITH Perfect Handle Drawknife (Jim Bode Value Guide)$125 — Fine H.D. SMITH Perfect Handle 8 Inch Draw Knife (Jim Bode Value Guide)$135 — Fine H.D. SMITH Perfect Handle 12 Inch Draw Knife (Jim Bode Value Guide)$149 — Fine 8 Inch PERFECT HANDLE Draw Knife H.D. SMITH & CO. (Jim Bode Value Guide)$150 — Extra Fine H.D. SMITH PERFECT HANDLE 8 Inch Draw Knife (Jim Bode Value Guide)$100
WhereMedian soldMedian asking
Dealers$1259—
Marketplaces—$105.993

These are different markets, not a contradiction. Dealers list restored, checked tools and price accordingly; marketplaces carry everything from collector-grade down to parts. Compare within a row, not across the table.

About H.D. Smith drawknives

H.D. Smith & Co. worked in Plantsville, Connecticut, from the late nineteenth century into the early twentieth. The firm is identified with its Perfect Handle pattern, in which a steel tang runs the full length of the grip with wood scales riveted to each side, and that construction shows up here on both ball peen hammers and 8-inch drawknives. Value follows crisp stamped markings, tight unsplit scales with all rivets present, an unpitted head or blade, and a drawknife with straight handles and plenty of blade left ahead of the bevel.

The 9 sales behind these figures come from Jim Bode Value Guide (9), and run from 2020 to 2025.

Recorded sales

Every sale behind the numbers above, most recent first. Click through to the source.

ListingSourceSoldPrice
Extra Fine H.D. SMITH PERFECT HANDLE 8 Inch Draw KnifeJim Bode Value Guide2025-05-11$150
8 Inch H.D. SMITH Perfect Handle Draw KnifeJim Bode Value Guide2024-08-02$125
12 Inch Draw Knife H.D. SMITH PERFECT HANDLEJim Bode Value Guide2023-11-24$125
Fine 8 Inch PERFECT HANDLE Draw Knife H.D. SMITH & CO.Jim Bode Value Guide2023-02-11$149
8 Inch Drawknife “Perfect Handle” H.D. SMITH & CO.Jim Bode Value Guide2023-01-22$115
8 Inch Draw Knife H.D. SMITH & CO.Jim Bode Value Guide2023-01-06$95
Fine H.D. SMITH Perfect Handle 12 Inch Draw KnifeJim Bode Value Guide2021-06-03$135
Fine H.D. SMITH Perfect Handle 8 Inch Draw KnifeJim Bode Value Guide2021-06-03$125
Fine 8 inch H.D. SMITH Perfect Handle DrawknifeJim Bode Value Guide2020-11-26$125

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Updated 2026-10-13.