Knives of today that will be collectors later on.

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Ford1911

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What knives are being produced today that in your opinion will be valuable or collector items in 10 - 25 years or so?
Custom knives are the easiest to list becuase of the supply and demand. So please try to include production knives in your list.

I hate to ask for a list and not have my own but I haven't really been collecting long enough to have seen the trend.

My first thought is the hard to find production knives as of today. Like the PM2 or maybe some of the Camillus Beckers.
Obviously the sprint run knives by companies like Benchmade and Spyderco for instance.

Just bored and thought maybe this would be a fun exercise.
 
Maybe knives like the Spyderco Superleaf that just didn't catch on despite good design, materials, and price. I have one and its a great knife - cuts well for how thick the blade is. VG-10 never disappoints, despite the trend towards steels like S30V, S35VN, 154 CM, etc.
 
Spyderco Southard, because it's the first Spyderco to have a flipper I believe.
 
I think the Spyderco knives with the fluted/milled titanium scales will be highly desirable in the future (as they are today!) - the Military, the Native, and the Chapparals. This will soon be joined by a new Paramilitary 2 in fluted carbon fiber - I saw a pre-production model at Blade and it was completely mesmerizing. I'm sure it will sell out within moments of its release.

TedP
 
While on the more traditional side of things, Great Eastern Cutlery is producing some of the finest slipjoint, and traditional pocket cutlery out there. Fit and finish is really top notch IMHO. I can't help but think of other companies that started out on top in the QC department, but let it deteriorate to the point of humility, or sold their name, and closed their doors, and/or outsourced their products to the lowest bidder. As you can tell I've been purchasing a good bit of GEC, just in case. Who knows what they'll be making 20 years from now, hopefully the best, but you just can't tell.
 
It all depends on supply and demand. Most likely models which are rare now, such as sprint runs and limited or special editions, or discontinued models, which still have a high demand and interest, will have the best chance of gaining value on the collector market in the future.
 
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