All Discussions Tagged 'trends' - iKnife Collector2024-03-29T13:04:28Zhttps://iknifecollector.com/group/vintageamericanknives/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=trends&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAre vintage knife collectors a dying breed?tag:iknifecollector.com,2009-05-18:3181080:Topic:178012009-05-18T23:04:21.881ZScott Kinghttps://iknifecollector.com/profile/scottking
Knife collecting has come a long way since it began. It seems few makers produce a "traditional" folder any more. And we know the old knives are rare and highly sought after today. Plus, among all collectors- of all ages- it seems the more modern knives take the prize.<br />
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Sure different strokes for different folks, but......what is your forecast about the future of antique American made traditional knives? Are they simply a niche' that will always be highly collectible or is this collectible…
Knife collecting has come a long way since it began. It seems few makers produce a "traditional" folder any more. And we know the old knives are rare and highly sought after today. Plus, among all collectors- of all ages- it seems the more modern knives take the prize.<br />
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Sure different strokes for different folks, but......what is your forecast about the future of antique American made traditional knives? Are they simply a niche' that will always be highly collectible or is this collectible going to fade as the collectors who prefer them pass on to the Big Knife Show in the sky?<br />
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If high-quality original condition old knives get harder to find and more expensive as the years go by, isn't that going to make it harder for collectors to enter this niche'? <i>(Take for example: What to buy an old toenail? Get ready to shell out several hundred to several thousand dollars for a single knife)</i>.<br />
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What about say- 20- 40 years from now, when the next generation collector who is more into the ultra-modern/tactical knives today moves into their high-income earning years- are they going to graduate into old American knives? Or are they going to want their own "vintage knives," which may be all the tactical and modern knives being made today (those knives will be at least 20 to 40 years old at that point)?<br />
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What say you?