The the secondary market has changed a lot since I first got in. BUSSE using SR101 shanked it in many ways. While I have made a little money on blades there were custom shop and/or INFI or real old school collectors pieces I can’t even get my money out of any of the swamp rat knives I’m trying to sell with sheaths. Used to be a safe bet you could buy something and once in hand if you didn’t like it at least get out of it even or a very small loss/profit
I didn’t realize in the last 5 years how strongly the shift to high end folders was for many knife guys.

While I’m interested to see what’s coming I might not be buying.