Welcome Home...THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY

iKnife Collector

The online community of knife collectors, A Knife Family Forged in Steel

It is time...2015 iKC knife

So here we are 2015 and we need a knife!!!! Again, I don't like to just choose one and say this is it. This is OUR community knife not my personal knife.

As with last year I want 125.00 or below in your hand. We only run 50 so they need to be in a knife companies production line up we can tie into and make the knife our own. Not all companies will do this, but most of them will work with us.

There have been a lot of questions about doing a Fixed Blade this year, I am all for it but we need 50 commitments. So lets talk it through, what do you think?????

Tags: 2015, iKC, knife

7 members like this

Replies are closed for this discussion.

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Alexander Noot on February 25, 2015 at 2:30

Jan, if the pattern would be something different than normal then I suspect you're right. On the other hand customising scales, an etch and small details like that are not all that big of a problem for companies.

There are plenty of custom makers that would be overjoyed with an order of 50 small fixed blades to our spec.

Remember these people are in it to make a living from selling knives. Any knife they sell makes them money.

And yes, Queen has provided for iKC in the past and that's great. However in Dutch we have a saying. It's about investing in stock normally but it works for a lot of situations.

"Results gained in the past are no garantee for the future."

Jan Carter said:

Alexander,

I am also awaiting Bark Rivers response.

Yes this would be the third year of having Queen produce our knife, each with a different and distinct tang.

I would love to be able to approach all makers and promise 250 made, giving me the opportunity to widen your choices. Companies willing to work with us at a 50-100 knife range,not just stamp our name on the blade but actually make it unique to iKC, are rare. A company does not make too much out of a run like that.

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on February 25, 2015 at 10:16

Well we have the response from Bark River, they will only well to a distributor. I do appreciate that as distributors rely on the manufacture to create knives for them to sell. Hess is likely to work with us but I don't see a knife in their line up that fits what we were looking at.

Alexander,

There may be a time where I am willing to attempt the custom maker line again but the wounds are still a little raw. That is actually the one time I feel as though I let iKC down. Even though we ended up with a knife distinctive to us and with the help of friends, on time. It still was not the knife I originally sold in good faith

Permalink Reply by Max McGruder on February 25, 2015 at 10:58

That wasn't your fault and it is still a sore spot! Understandable bout the dealer deal. I'm still up for the Barlow but could be persuaded into the right knife at the right price.

Permalink Reply by elbin bunnell sr on February 25, 2015 at 11:02

miss jan that was not the falt on your part it was the other way around.it seems that the barlo is hitten it hard I'm in

Permalink Reply by peter force on February 25, 2015 at 12:46

hey max!! CSCC is a great knife... if you collect them .. do a little reading first.as the history is great!...SCHRADE HISTORY!!

.. ..one of my favorite pieces they make .. would be the RINGTURN for sunday carrier!..the most least offensive knife i know..

here are folks Max at church with this knife ... "alll,pete,look,you turn the rings and the blades just come out!".. - then their REVERSE GUNSTOCK.. is a beast!!!!

YUP MAX.club knife or not i would look into it.

BUT!!- like i said i have gotten my CSCC CLUB knives cheaper then the same knife from their production line!!..

if we have an IKC CSCC RING TURN..I AM IN!!.. and CSCC is the only company i know of right now that produces a ring turn knife. before them i had to hunt down vintage....
Max McGruder said:

Wow Peter, sounds cool! I dont own anything by them. Sounds like it could be worth looking into even if it dint happen this year.

Permalink Reply by Alexander Noot on February 26, 2015 at 9:24

Jan Carter said:

Alexander,

There may be a time where I am willing to attempt the custom maker line again but the wounds are still a little raw. That is actually the one time I feel as though I let iKC down. Even though we ended up with a knife distinctive to us and with the help of friends, on time. It still was not the knife I originally sold in good faith

Jan I understand that. But at the same time it's a little paranoid. Just because one maker wasn't worth your trust doesn't mean the 500+ other ones aren't either.

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by D ale on February 27, 2015 at 20:13

??? Would Queen put a wharncliffe in a frame like this for us ???

Permalink Reply by Jeanette IwanskiArehart on February 28, 2015 at 10:12

I want a barlow

Permalink Reply by Max McGruder on February 28, 2015 at 10:55

Me too!

Permalink Reply by RONALD T. BUNDICK on February 28, 2015 at 17:39

I would also like to see a Stag Handled Sod Buster in 52100 or S30 v, but am open to other Steels too.

Permalink Reply by Jeff Lefffingwell on March 2, 2015 at 23:56

fixed blade knife would be great maybe boot knife style as I would love a boot knife sounds good to me and will comment to getting one not to big med. to small size what do you think with clip style sheath .

Permalink Reply by elbin bunnell sr on March 4, 2015 at 11:21

i agree fixed blade

Jeff Lefffingwell said:

fixed blade knife would be great maybe boot knife style as I would love a boot knife sounds good to me and will comment to getting one not to big med. to small size what do you think with clip style sheath .