Knives Good Investments?

BlazenGem

BlazenGem

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Title sums this up, do you guys feel knives make good investments?

Look at the prices of rare Busses! Freaking high!:thumbup:

Look at how much the prices goes up for custom makers that stop taking orders or discontinue models! (Scott Cook, Rick Hinderer, RJ Martin, Tom Mayo) etc.:D

Look at the prices of discontinued production models.:yawn:

But that is one sided, of course, most knives lower in price.:rolleyes:

What do you guys think? and how can you spot if a maker's knives are going to go high.:)

moreover, what knives are you guys stacking up for later sales?:thumbup:


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Knives are terrible investments. I have a few I thought I'd turn around and sell in a few months but I can't let go of them!
 
Oh yes. When I sell my knives I always have 200% profit!:rolleyes::D

Actually I don't think knives are a good investment. I don't buy knives for investment anyway.
 
a knife by a blossoming maker would be good, as they are often more affordable too. Any Busse seems to be a good investment because so many of them get discontinued.
 
There are certain knives that appreciate, however, I would not buy knives hoping for them to appreciate, since by and large the appreciation is minimal or non-existant. And, if you use them like they were intended- well- there goes the appreciation right there.
 
For me they're not a good financial investment but they are a great personal investment. Collecting knives makes me happy and I have no intentions of monetary gain from my knives.
 
stevekt said:
For me they're not a good financial investment but they are a great personal investment. Collecting knives makes me happy and I have no intentions of monetary gain from my knives.
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Well said. I feel the same.
 
Most knives don't seem to appreciate enough to be good investments. By which I mean one that can be sold at a significant profit, after inflation. To give a good example, say you bought a knife in 1950 for $20. And you sold it in 2006 for $80. That might seem like a decent return. But you'll realize that the knife actually depreciated by 50%, once you take inflation into account. To just break even, it would have to sell for $160 in 2006.

Some knives appreciate well in the short term, some over the long term. Long term knife investments are difficult to foretell. Short term ones are sometimes easier to see, such as Busse and Randall. I'm surprised the market for Busse and Randall user knives is as large as it is, as I'd expect most to be purchased by scalpers for relatively quick turnover.
 
no they are not good investments, lotta fun though.

its virtually impossible to predict which of the 100s of smiths are gonna be the next hot maker so ya can buy when the availability is high/price low.

very few knives are in high demand like the emerson customs and they seem to be slowing down some recently.

lotsa smiths make great knives but the collector interest is low allen elishiwitz comes to mind, excellent knives, great F&F, hard to sell at all though much less at profit..
 
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