It is a lesson we need to learn, unfortunately some of us learn it the hard way. I was in high school. I had my first larger fixed blade with me while camping with some friends. I good buddy of mine saw my knife and said he had a way to make it super sharp. Before I knew what was happening he was pulling it through one of those horrible pull-through sharpeners. Not only did it not make the knife sharp but it left ugly deep scratches on the whole length of the flats. Not considered an expensive knife to me now but it was then. Still have the green handled USA Schrade oldtimer. Man that knife was a big deal back in the day. Now I let knives 4x as expensive through my hands on a weekly basis. Lesson learned. I sharpen it or no one sharpens it, though I would trust some of the folks around here (razor edge, etc...). I sure pay a lot better attention now as well.
And yeah, there is no rule on what collecting is and there is no reason to expect others to know you are a collector unless you tell them you are a collector.
