Why do people collect and frame up good knives?

Why do people collect and frame up good knives?

Simply, because they can. :D
That is what they enjoy and doing so gives them pride and pleasure.

Personally, I don't frame any knives, I carry and use them all at some point.
Some more than others.
Collecting/owning various knives is fun and enjoyable for me, and I hopefully will learn a few things along the way.
I certainly don't "need" any more knives....please don't tell the wife;)
 
jill jackson said:
I use very few of my knives, in fact if I bought them just to use I'd see no point in owning so many. I like them in pristine mint condition. I just like looking at a nicely made knife and it's new as it was when it was first made. If it gets all marred up it just looses it's appeal for me for collecting. It's not uncommon at all, most collectors want NIB.
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I concur!
 
I have a low profile, glass topped, display case on my desk right in front of my monitor (no $1000 knives, but they're interesting and collectible to me). I collect them because I enjoy looking at and handling every one of those knives. I do carry most of them on occasion (though not all at once :)). However, if I'm working in the yard, the shop, or anywhere else I'd put a knife to hard use, I grab a more "regular" knife. I don't use any knife to the point where the "super" steels actually matter (though I do enjoy owning them) so I figure if I'm going to potentially scratch up a knife, it may as well be a more mundane knife.

I don't understand why some people find rare stamps or coins interesting - but my wife doesn't understand why I find each of those knives interesting either...

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Skrapmetal said:
Because collecting knives isn't just about pretty knives for everyone.

For a lot of collectors, it's about showcasing examples of both form and function.
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+1

I'd love to frame up my Endura 1's, 2's 3's 4's just to show the evolution of my, possibly, favorite all around blade.
 
I buy two of each, that way I can use the hell out of my favorite knives and still have a pristine example so that I can look at it and see what my well-used knife USED to look like.

Some I never use, like my three desert sand Endura II's, or my SpyKer.

Two is one, one is none.
 
Its a bit like those comics that are encased in a slab of plastic to be kept perfect forever.
Except you cant read it or anything.
No point in that.
 
Basically because collectors are looking for some activity to fill their time and the items are interesting. The collection can be low-cost or profitable if done with decent quality items. Only suckers collect the stuff meant to be collected, such as the decorator plate and toy car business (or BudK knives).

More experienced collectors want quality items that will not lose value, can be sold, and may appreciate if uncommon. Collecting is taken to absurd extremes with rare cars and high-end art, with a great many investors looking at it as a way to get rich. However, just like clockwork everything eventually goes out of fashion so many investors get burned with these items (even Busse knives). But still, in the end, when you own quality items that are not used/abused then you can typically get most of your money out of them. Used items are tools and much more likely to lose value.

That's the logic as I see it.
 
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