Thread: Knife collecting

I too like thing that go click in the night,mine are mostly autos,michrotech,S&W,and a first generation Microtech HALO,toys can really get to be like potato chips,you cant have just one.Ill post the pics,soon now that I know there are others..

Just a thread for everyone to flaunt their other sharp metal object!

I got into swords first, then saw some stuff on straights and realized I already had the maintenance items. My only investment would need to be brush, soap and razor. Viola, I am here today!

Since the gentleman should always have a pocket knife, I chose Rock Creek Knives Higo no Kami:



I recently got the stag handle version and is just as nice in a different way.

Top set is a WIP Kris Cutlery Daisho consisting of Wakizashi & 26III katana, The bottom daisho conists of Ronin Dojo Pro Wakizashi and & katana:



I wound up with 2 sets of tsuba's for the Ronin's:





Frank Beltram 11" Swingguard:

And some that have passed through.

Munetoshi Wakizashi:



White Musashi:







Hanwei Practical XL (still have and its looking for a new home):

Some FINE lookin steel in this thread!!

I've had PKAD for many years and KAD for many more. Got into straights to try something different.
Most of my knives are folders. I like the older stuff.

Here are a few of my bigger knives.








I also like old spear blade jacks.


And the occasional pushbutton ( switch blade )



Got a few hundred more here and there. LOL

Here's a Dobson EDC I just got this week. Yeah, so I kinda like blue.

That dobson looks like its just itchin to get turned into a kamisori.

Here's a couple of scarce ones.
W.R. Case and Son, Bradford, PA. that stamp was used from 1903 to 1905. This knife belonged to my great grandfather. He carried it all over S America in the early 1900's prospecting for oil for J.P Getty. THe knife type is known as a "hobo" knife. It separates in half and you have a knife and a fork as well as bottle cap lifter on the fork.






This ugly beast is a really scarce one. I've seen three for sale on ebay in the last five years. It was made by a gent named Chris Wolfe, who later became the general manager of Schatt and Morgan Cutlery in the 1920's. It has a back spring that will hold a small car off the ground. It's also devoid of a nail nick to help open it. DOG help you if you get a finger in the way when it closes. It does have "half stops" on the blade so it doesn't slam home without a bit of warning.







Crude yet effective.

A more complete collection...No not a complete collection, just a more complete one than the last photo I posted.





Mick

Two newer knives added to my "kit" Above is a 270 KU yanagi from Kochi and the other is the Wa-gyuto 210 KU also from Kochi, Yes I must always have carbon steel kitchen knives and Japanese ones just make me happy

The bottom knife in the lower pic is my 180 KU Nakiri by Murray Carter

As many of us I have an interest in other knives as well.
Lately I've been upgrading my kitchen knives.
Just as the poster above me, the preference is Carbon steel, and of Japanese origin is what I prefer.

Here's a couple shots of them: