If you’re in the market for expensive butterfly knives then you want to go custom made for sure. A custom butterfly knife can run you anywhere from $200.00 up to $2000.00 depending on who makes it. I still remember when I bought my first real good Knife, and man was I wandering if I was getting a good deal. The gentleman who was selling it wanted $350.00 for it, and he made it himself but I was not sure of how to judge the quality, and also the material used. After that purchase I realized if I truly wanted to collect butterfly knives I needed to do a little homework. I would recommend if your wanting to be a collector in any field you definitely want to understand, and know all the ends and out of that niche. I have been pretty lucky up to this point where all my purchased either have gone up in value or have held their own.
I wanted to tell you about a buddy of mine who thought he was going to start collecting knives as a hobby. He would come around and look at my collection, and decided one day he was going to do the same thing. So he asks for a few pointers and what to look for, and was on his way to go out and buy some knives. I ask him if he would like for me to be with him, and he agreed to let me be a part. So Brian took a trip down too Las Vegas for some convention for work, and while he was down their, he came across a hunting and fishing outdoor event. To make a long story short he ended up talking to this guy at one of the booths about becoming a knife collector, and what type of butterfly knives did he have. Well of course the guy realizing that this guy was a rookie, and had no idea what was a good knife from a bad one. I guess he pulled one out of the box, and told him this is my most expensive butterfly knives that I have. So of course Brain not realizing that he is about to be hustled ask how much. It was $600.00 and like a dummy he bought it thinking he was going to come back, and show me up. So he pulls it out and shows me, and I had to laugh and then told him he took your money silly. I pulled a knife out of my collection that was an identical too what he had, and ask him how much do you think I paid for this knife? Yea I paid $40.00 at the swap meet, he about feel out of his chair. The moral of this story is, if your going to buy something that is suppose to be of value then make sure it is. So I gave him crap and then told him next time stick to the plan so we can get his collection going in the right direction.
