I put all the items "to sell" in a box, and set it aside for a while - but I keep raiding it to rescue tools back....
Nice, but you need some color.
As far as SAKs go, I haven't done much pruning. Sold off some items where I didn't like the logo or the product advertised. Sold off a bunch of well-used Classics.The only one I regret selling was a very early Wenger with a broken tool. It was rare enough I should of held on to it. Non-SAKs are another matter. I was a general knife collector before I decided to concentrate on SAKs. Also inherited my Dad's collection of military knives and bayonets. Sold off a large part of those. In retrospect I cut too deep, and should have held on to a number of knives I got rid of. Been gradually replacing a lot of them, generally at substantially more than I originally paid.Hindsight is 20-20.
I don´t sell many, my collection just keeps growing and growing, albeit at a leisurely pace (near 200 pieces in over 30 years). I'm happy that the ones I do sell find a good home with other MTo members. Most of my pocket knives and SAKs do not get carried or used, they end up in a box so when I do sell one of them there's no regrets.Every once in a while I'll check out the "wanted" board to see if anyone is looking for something that I happen to have. Which isn't very often, but then again I'm not in a hurry.
I do buy a lot but I also sell a lot. Partly that is to generate funds to buy other knives , partly it is because I enjoy the proces (buying some great pieces, taking a look at it, making photo's of them, putting them up for sale, packing them and shipping them) but I also decided to focus a bit more on certain "branches" of SAKs.
If you do not need the money then keep them all. They are not going to get cheaper in the long run (unless you bought something fashionable for silly money) so you can always sell them later. They also do not take much space.I have only ever sold the odd lower cost item because it deserved to be used by someone.
I'm caught between these paradigms. I know that it's an easy decision for some stuff... I've have many Cadets but I'm not really into them and when I have a rare color I look at it long and hard.... then BAM it turns into two Soldiers. I have no regrets about these situations. I've recently sold some duplicate soldiers I had to buy other Soldiers and already kinda regret it.. I like having duplicates.
Quote from: El Corkscrew on June 14, 2017, 08:37:41 AMI'm caught between these paradigms. I know that it's an easy decision for some stuff... I've have many Cadets but I'm not really into them and when I have a rare color I look at it long and hard.... then BAM it turns into two Soldiers. I have no regrets about these situations. I've recently sold some duplicate soldiers I had to buy other Soldiers and already kinda regret it.. I like having duplicates. Now that's a nice collecting theme, collecting duplicates
My rambling above leads me to another point! What is everyone's collecting paradigm? What's your angle? Do you need one?
Hi Dan,Have received a personal message from u about your access to 58mm Knives. I am looking for Victorinox 58 mm Knives only which should be in brand new condition. Please let me know if you have knife sets of the Horoscope collection OR National Flag Series of 1990. Please send pictures if possible and advise price.
Quote from: 50ft-trad on June 14, 2017, 02:22:55 AMI put all the items "to sell" in a box, and set it aside for a while - but I keep raiding it to rescue tools back.... I do it that all the time! ... Seems like there's a lot of "gut" involved in collecting.
Quote from: El Corkscrew on June 14, 2017, 04:40:26 AMMy rambling above leads me to another point! What is everyone's collecting paradigm? What's your angle? Do you need one?These days I tend to focus on older/unusual/rare plier-based multitools. I did start out just looking for a couple of users (honest !) but somewhere along the way I was corrupted by this site (some very skilled and subtle enablers hang around here) and I've ended up with a somewhat largish collection ( I think could carry a different MT every day for over 4 years). I will buy duplicates if the price is right ( I tell myself they are either in better condition and/or they might be useful trade bait or they were so cheap it would be wrong not to liberate them). I'd probably sell/trade more of my duplicates if postage to other countries wasn't so expensive nowadays.
Can't say that I have this problem. I tend to buy what I like, but never sell later on. I will say, my collection has been put on hold lately. You just only have so much room...