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Having collected for many years with a number of different manufactures , the words Prototype and First Run always make my eyes widen and my ears perk up.

The first time a company produces a pattern doesn't happen often.  These knives tend  to hold value and also tend to hold the collectors interest.

How many times have you seen one and thought, maybe I should get one of those...and you dont.

So the next thought about them is, I wish I had.  You put it on the growing list of knives I want and the cost continues to rise.

So as a collector, do you take the opportunity to get in on a first run series or are you the guy that pays more for it later to add it as a must have in the collection?

Having done both, I like the buy it right the first time option :)

Tags: Classic, First, Knives, Queen, Run

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Actually as much as I think a first run or prototype is kinda neat, I don't buy them, unless the "First Run" is priced the same as the standard run. I prefer the standard everyday knife...one reason I usually don't buy "Limited Editions". And of course I'm one of the weirdos that doesn't collect for future value! So I leave all of them for those that like them! LOL!

I got a first run Geppetto, not so much for the"first run" aspect, but for the blades.

I was wondering because of the new Queen Classics First Runs.  I know we will getting some of these and it is for 2 reasons.

1) The First Run factor.  These knives are moderately priced at only 85.50

2) Because of the First Run being made in original Winterbottom making it a hit in future.  I believe Queen fans will enjoy the Classic Series using a bone so predominantly utilized in its older knives

By the mid to late 1940’s Queen began producing most of their knives in Winterbottom bone. Winterbottom bone was originally produced in the Winterbottom factory in Egg Harbor , New Jersey , and from about 1950 to 1959 Queen used that style of jigged bone almost exclusively. (found that information from David Krauss)

I always liked the Winterbottom bone Queens, whether it is real bone or the later delrin, because it looks so different from anything else. 

It is an amazing bone

First run or prototype, in the long run, I think will be worth more possibly to a collector, but here is the thing, who is the knife from? I think going forward name will mean everything and those companies that stay consistent with limited runs and quality pieces will still be sought after years from now by future collectors. Those marked Proto or First Run should have a premium, but again that hinges on the comany itself!

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