On the contrary, in the world of custom knife collecting purchasing a blade from one of the renowned masters of the craft is seldom a poor investment. I dont think anyone who's spent that much for a Bill Moran or Howard Hitchmough or Bob Loveless or Don Fogg has ever regretted it. These aren't production pieces or machine made replicas or anything, they're pieces of artwork and Jake Powning is one of the best.
*sigh*

Not talking about whether or not someone would regret purchasing one of their pieces, but how well they might hold their value. Especially long term.

The uber high-end knife and sword* market if still fairly young. Add in how some countries are putting restrictions against blades now**, and that market might not have a chance to grow.

Again: not questioning if the craftsmanship is worth it. Just the idea of it as an investment.



*- talking about the "fun blade" thing here.

**- I NEVER thought I would see the day I saw free countries actually put restrictions on blades, beyond "you can't carry it around ready for use". Boggles my mind.