Most Popular Collectible Production Knives

What do you mean by "collectable?' and I'm not trying to be smart ass. Certainly there are many people who collect all the variations of a given maker. Many manufacturers (Case, Benchmade, etc.) produce limited edition runs of knives that are clearly "collector oriented." And then there are the people who collect Vic classic advertising knives ( and there are quite a few of those). Al Mar probably started the "numbered collectors run" inadvertantly when he introduced 200 of a given pattern in an effort to test the market waters. Benchmade took that a step further with the "pre-production" and "first production" run concepts (Buck and others do this as well). If you were going to put a "label" on ONE manufacturer dedicated to producing collectable knives, I would have to say William Henry HANDS DOWN!

Although they certainly produce "using knives" I would venture that more than 50% of the William Henry knives produced wind up on display or tucked away in a box somewhere, but that's just my opinion ( and Blade magazine's as well, since William Henry sure has had a run on the Collector/Investor "Knife of the Year Award" for more than a few years now.);)
 
marcangel said:
What do you mean by "collectable?' and I'm not trying to be smart ass. Certainly there are many people who collect all the variations of a given maker. Many manufacturers (Case, Benchmade, etc.) produce limited edition runs of knives that are clearly "collector oriented." And then there are the people who collect Vic classic advertising knives ( and there are quite a few of those). Al Mar probably started the "numbered collectors run" inadvertantly when he introduced 200 of a given pattern in an effort to test the market waters. Benchmade took that a step further with the "pre-production" and "first production" run concepts (Buck and others do this as well). If you were going to put a "label" on ONE manufacturer dedicated to producing collectable knives, I would have to say William Henry HANDS DOWN!

Although they certainly produce "using knives" I would venture that more than 50% of the William Henry knives produced wind up on display or tucked away in a box somewhere, but that's just my opinion ( and Blade magazine's as well, since William Henry sure has had a run on the Collector/Investor "Knife of the Year Award" for more than a few years now.);)
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marcangel, what i mean by collectible is well frankly will have the tendence to increase in value in the future. as an example from what i have seen: knives from spyderco that go for around $50 might just end up going for $200 in the future. i dont mean knives that are made " collectible " but those that have the tendency to be " collectible " much like antique's; valuable, hard to find. im talking bout knives that you buy now and sell in the future for 10times the price. those are my kind of collectible knives...as knives sometimes labeled collectible or limited for example...often end up being in the bargain bin.

this is my opinion though...any others?
 
Boozoo Chavis said:
I'm not sure if Case Knives are the most "collectible" but I think it's pretty safe to say that they are far and away the most "collected" knives out there.

As for myself, I inadvertantly become a Spyderco collecter several years ago - not because I intended to collect them but because I liked their quality and durability. Some of them have appreciated in value quite nicely over the years - I've recently seen a Spyderco Mouse on ebay go for over 220 bucks.
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:eek: $220? Methinks mine will get sold, at that price...
 
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