Collaborations

[jideta]

Not sure how I feel about them.
Especially when they get into the high dollar zone.
I think I'd rather just spend the cash for one name on the blade.
Maybe when I can see obvious influence one way or the other but most times they come off looking generic or lost.
Thoughts?

 

[betzner]

Personally, my past experience (emphasis on "past") has been that resale value on most collabs tends to be lower than one might expect, and almost always less than if not a collab.

But if purchasing for use without any regard whatsoever for real current or later value, just go for it if it's what you want.

 

[Richard338]

The natural exception is probably when the second artist does the engraving.

 

[lhzeng]

It all depends on the knife. Hard to get a consensus answer.

How do you value the piece below. It is a collaboration of six giants (Edmund Davidson, Steve Johnson and Wolfgang Loerchner, heat treat by Paul Bos, engraved by Barry Lee Hands, Paul Long Sheath)

 

[brownshoe]

I think the Knight/Zeiba collaboration knife is better as a collaboration. Zeiba construction, Knight blade/handle design https://www.bladehq.com/item--Zieba-Knives-Jason-Knight-S5--84083

 

[Dawkind]

I have a Fisk/Caffery/Wheeler colab and several others, all good by me.