When it comes to buying and selling collectible and custom knives, I’d love to say, “It’s all good, just go buy one. Maybe buy a dozen, because it always works out great!” But we instinctively know from observing the world around us that it’s not “all good” all the time.
There are two main areas that are important to knife collecting satisfaction: accurately judging the quality of a knife, and accurately managing the economics of collecting.