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What happens sometimes is... what is collectable today, is not all that collectable later in the future, And, vice versa. So, if ya want to continue keeping her in that minty condition, do so, or not... but either way is not wrong 
Just remember this, modern "collectible" type knives are mostly going to survive into the future in mint condition, they mostly being purchased for that purpose... to preserve them. Most will be left as new condition and cared for as collectibles. But, the older "inexpensive" type knives (such as what you have there) that don't get the care and love because they may not currently be seen as collectable and worthy of that type of preservation, will get used up, will get rusty, or literally thrown away. Now, fast forward to 50 or 75 years into the future.... someone will appreciate that some people had enough insight to know that these knives were someday going to be rare in any kind of decent condition. It is rarely the item that was purchased as a "collectible", that later stays as much of a collectable... but rather it's the items not seen as collectable, but just usable and discardable (is that even a word?) that later become very desirable, since few specimens will tend to survive as time goes on. Far fetched?.... Not at all... just look at how the old Case user knives became more rare (though usually many of each pattern were made)... and that's because they got used up or lost, or even discarded. Now, these old common knives, are not so common
Btw, I do believe that the so called "collectible" knives that are produced today as just that, "collectibles"... stand a far better chance of being desirable in the future if they are truly limited in numbers. One of thousands will only mean that there will be plenty of them available in the future, and mostly all of them in mint to minty condition. So, if only one to, let's just say, 100 were made... well, no guarantees, but at least they won't be all over the place
My one recent purchase of a current production "collectible" knife that I believe has a good chance of not only holding it's value, but very likely increasing in value, is a knife from Queen/Schatt & Morgan. Yes, the production run is only 100 specimens.... but that alone would have been common with many knives made by firms like Queen, Gec, Canal Street, and such. It helps that the production numbers did not reach over 100, but other factors come into play. The significance of the knife being made to commemorate the company being purchased by the Daniels family, and the pattern chosen being a fairly good sized whittler, which has a nice larger piece(s) of mother of pearl, not usually used that much anymore on bigger pattern knives. I can see future collectors of Queen knives wanting to include this specimen into their collections... and again, with only 100 made, this knife marking a milestone in the company's history, will not be available to everyone that wants one... and that could be quite a few folks in the near future. Never any guarantees... but certain factors can help an item have future desirability
Just remember this, modern "collectible" type knives are mostly going to survive into the future in mint condition, they mostly being purchased for that purpose... to preserve them. Most will be left as new condition and cared for as collectibles. But, the older "inexpensive" type knives (such as what you have there) that don't get the care and love because they may not currently be seen as collectable and worthy of that type of preservation, will get used up, will get rusty, or literally thrown away. Now, fast forward to 50 or 75 years into the future.... someone will appreciate that some people had enough insight to know that these knives were someday going to be rare in any kind of decent condition. It is rarely the item that was purchased as a "collectible", that later stays as much of a collectable... but rather it's the items not seen as collectable, but just usable and discardable (is that even a word?) that later become very desirable, since few specimens will tend to survive as time goes on. Far fetched?.... Not at all... just look at how the old Case user knives became more rare (though usually many of each pattern were made)... and that's because they got used up or lost, or even discarded. Now, these old common knives, are not so common
Btw, I do believe that the so called "collectible" knives that are produced today as just that, "collectibles"... stand a far better chance of being desirable in the future if they are truly limited in numbers. One of thousands will only mean that there will be plenty of them available in the future, and mostly all of them in mint to minty condition. So, if only one to, let's just say, 100 were made... well, no guarantees, but at least they won't be all over the place
My one recent purchase of a current production "collectible" knife that I believe has a good chance of not only holding it's value, but very likely increasing in value, is a knife from Queen/Schatt & Morgan. Yes, the production run is only 100 specimens.... but that alone would have been common with many knives made by firms like Queen, Gec, Canal Street, and such. It helps that the production numbers did not reach over 100, but other factors come into play. The significance of the knife being made to commemorate the company being purchased by the Daniels family, and the pattern chosen being a fairly good sized whittler, which has a nice larger piece(s) of mother of pearl, not usually used that much anymore on bigger pattern knives. I can see future collectors of Queen knives wanting to include this specimen into their collections... and again, with only 100 made, this knife marking a milestone in the company's history, will not be available to everyone that wants one... and that could be quite a few folks in the near future. Never any guarantees... but certain factors can help an item have future desirability
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