Thread: Knife collecting

Well, It's been a while since I posted in this thread. By now the stuff I have in my posession has changed quite a bit. Of the knives that I previously posted I have only one left. And even that one has been changed quite a bit. So here's some of the stuff in my current collection:

Still own that little Queen Cutlery Gunstock. But the bolsters have been engraved. Probably still my favourite knife:


Then there's the custom folder by Suchat Jangtanong from Thailand. Damascus, Mastodont ivory, blacklip pearl and titanium held together by 14k gold screws. It came with a kangaroo skin pouch


The GEC/Tidioute #72 small lockback with Choffee jigged bone. This was the 2011 iKnifecollector.com forum knife


The Messenforum.nl 2012 forum knife. A Handmade Lagiouly by Remy Aubry with Desert Ironwood scales.


My selfmade cross between a scagel knife and a sodbuster dubbed "scagelbuster" with purpleheart scales.


a Medium Avatar handmade by Tim Britton with goldlip Pearl scales.


One of the knives that Paul Happy (www.happyknives.wix.com/home)made for his Journeyman Smith test (which he passed) in 5160 Carbon steel and Giraffe bone.


The 2010, 2011 and 2012 A.G. Russell Texas Ranger knives


All these are knives that I plan to never get rid of. I've got a few more. But the ownership of those is a little more fluid. And if I need some money I'd have no qualms in getting rid of those.

Just about forgot about this one.

This one was given to me by Mr. A.G. Russell personally when I visited with him last month. He told me it's their most populair model. After carrying it for a while I understand.

Offcourse this one will also never leave my posession:

A.G. Russell One Hand Featherlite knife.

Originally Posted by Birnando

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:



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I'm wondering about the hammer marks and forging blackness on middle kitchen knives:
- do you mind them
- do you ignore them
- or do you like them
?

I've made kitchen knives, but so far I always polished them (and then sometimes etched them) after heat treatment because I though people would dislike the rough look for kitchen use where most people typically want their knives to be smooth for easy cleaning.

Originally Posted by Bruno

I'm wondering about the hammer marks and forging blackness on middle kitchen knives:
- do you mind them
- do you ignore them
- or do you like them
?

I've made kitchen knives, but so far I always polished them (and then sometimes etched them) after heat treatment because I though people would dislike the rough look for kitchen use where most people typically want their knives to be smooth for easy cleaning.

The Kuro-Uchi finish is a traditional way of keeping cost down, while also providing some corrosion resistance to the lower quality clad steel.
I, however, bought them solely for their traditional looks

In use, it really doesn't matter much to me.
Food release is pretty darn good on those Takeda's, and they cut really well, the core steel being Aogami Super made by Hitachi.

Always need more Takeda knives

All great steel in this thread! I've been following this thread for a while but have had a hard time selecting what to post. I got into straight razors to have a father/son hobby and a couple of years ago Jr. started showing interest in knives so we diversified. At first I tried to keep to collecting knives by the manufacturers or straight razors we have. Needless to say that didn't work too well and we now have a very diversified collection. The main theme now is just made in the US, England, Germany or Sweden. I will entertain knives made in Japan but it is rare. Avoiding knives made in China isn't easy, as many of you know, because many of the US and English companies went out of business and are now made in China w/ brand names of these now closed manufacturers. Companies like Puma and Boker as well as some US companies like Gerber and K-Bar brand and sell knives also from China. I found this thread on a knife forum that some of you may find interesting: Who Made your New Slipjoint?

Now, down to some eye candy. For kitchen knives we have a set of J.A. Henckels Pro S Friodur. Don't have pics but here is a link: PROFESSIONAL "S" - ZWILLING J.A. HENCKELS AG

For the ready bags we have a couple of Ontario Cutlery fixed blades, the RTAK II - 8628 and SK-5 Blackbird.

Next samples of knives we have from manufacturers of some of our straight razors and then some bling and vintage knives.
Ontario RTAK II, Ontario SK-5 Blackbird, Robeson, JA Henckels Barlow, Robt Klass, Camillus, Shatt and Morgan Congress and Case Ciger Whittler in Stag

Originally Posted by LX_Emergency

Offcourse this one will also never leave my posession:

You can't take it with you !

Nice bunch of knives you got.

Beautiful knives & great photos, Joed.
I like the RAT-7, got one close to it.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

You can't take it with you !

Nice bunch of knives you got.

If I don't have a body....I can't possess anything anyway. (Unless I get my ghost to posess someONE and use him to own my knives....interesting thought)

And thanks. I'll be adding a few in a short time. I've had a few lucky shots on the Bay recently. And I've been talking to a Pakistani maker who's sending me some samples.

Not quite a knife but a really really good knife sharpener!