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Quite a collection!

We need to get this guy to join iKC. Does anyone on iKC have this many knives?

http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/12/01/fremont-man-tries-to-set-wor...

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FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on December 6, 2016 at 23:52

From the story it was pretty obvious that at least some of his knives were cheap ones.

dead_left_knife_guy said:

Yeah, I heard about this Daniel Koster posted the story on his Facebook feed a couple days back. So, the story, & the guy, have caught the attention of at least one serious maker.

I haven't seen any photos of the guy's collection, except the colorful blurs behind the dojo-owner/knife collector.

2 things though: First, 2,200 hardly seems record-breaking. Second, I bet we COULD get close top that with a couple hundred dollars & a few Frost Cutlery sets from Cutlery Corner -- but that doesn't mean we SHOULD.

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Permalink Reply by David Mullins on December 10, 2016 at 14:16

Wow! I thought I had a big collection until seeing this!

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Permalink Reply by David Mullins on December 11, 2016 at 8:43

J.J. Smith III said:

That is true. I have nearly a thousand but many are just not up to par with other's and i would not want to consider them as real 'collector quality'.

Quantity certainly doesn't make a collection.

Like Dale says, whether you have only a few, that you're proud of, or hundreds, makes no difference.

Over the years I've gone from an accumulation to a collection. There's a big difference. Still have most of my old accumulation but they aren't included in what I would call my collection.