Don't start bringing logic into the equation. Normal rules of supply and demand get put aside by many folks when it comes to special editions. As you can see in the posts on the holiday knives, almost everyone who buys the special edition buys more than one, the idea being that there will be one to put up for future resale when the value increases with time. The problem is that since most folks are putting aside a nice mint example, there will be a pretty large number of nice mint special founder's knives compared to the overall number produced, so the rarity which drives prices up will occur at a slower rate than with a knife that is collectable as a result of consumption(because fewer examples of these are out there, and many people are competing when trying to buy them) but not marked as a collectable (since there are fewer people keeping them in mint condition). Keep in mind that it takes many years for production knives to really become scarce enough to have additional value. The Founder's edition was no doubt made in lower numbers than the regular edition, but for a company that orders products in such huge quantity that they can force a contracted price lower than other companies by threatening to not carry product by a maker if the price is not met (the initial price is therefore artificially low compared to a regular 112, although its value as a tool is really the same). All of that being said they are pretty cool knives, go ahead and use one for the purpose for which it was designed if you want, there will be some mint ones around for a while. Just my 2 cents.
