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Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on March 3, 2015 at 12:22

Thats a great story, Bob. Sometimes it is what intrigues us early, then life and all it demands gets in the way, and suddenly  one day, we get back to what we liked so many years ago. Its a great hobby and some folks become quite devoted collectors. No matter what its great to be in the company of like minded individuals.

Bob Robinson said:

Same here Steve, no sidewalks. I was lucky though as my dad had a hunt club and one of the men gave me an old broken Colonial pocket knife. I envied all of their hunting knives though. Finally one year I guess I was around 8 or 9 my dad got me a knife and hatchet set for Christmas. I think that was around the time that timbering got into full swing! ha ha  none the less that set got away from me somewhere in times past. I have seen some sets similar but never purchased them. I figured it was best to let old dogs lie. I traded with some friends at school for pocket knives along the way. Don't remember why I quit but glad I got started back. I had forgotten how fun the hobby is.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on March 3, 2015 at 12:26

Excellent Drew, an older brother certainly qualifies as incentive! I find it interesting you started with a pen knife. Must have just caught your eye perhaps.
Drew Webster said:

I think it started out hankering after a knife that my older brother had in his fishing tackle box, soon moved to whittling as soon as I got my own penknife.

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Permalink Reply by Michael D. on March 3, 2015 at 19:08

Necessity started my collecting interest. I needed a knife for work. Went through them like water. Either I wasn't satisfied with their performance or abused them to destruction. So it was on to my next knife.

One day in the 1980s I counted them. I could carry a different knife every day for about half a year. What the...

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on March 3, 2015 at 19:23

Now that is another way to do it Michael. You had to buy and use, pretty soon you had a Box of knives ! I imagine you learned a thing or two about quality as well!
Michael D. said:

Necessity started my collecting interest. I needed a knife for work. Went through them like water. Either I wasn't satisfied with their performance or abused them to destruction. So it was on to my next knife.

One day in the 1980s I counted them. I could carry a different knife every day for about half a year. What the...

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Permalink Reply by Drew Webster on March 4, 2015 at 11:30

My Uncle John also had a big Bowie Knife that he must have picked up in the States, to an English school boy this seemed a really exotic object, the real deal... He also played the harmonica and loved listening to Bo Diddley. I also play the harmonica, as well as banjo in a country, blues band. I think the knives and music influences must have stemmed from there.. 

I don't have the first knife I managed to convince my dad to buy me, I called it a penknife but It's what you would call a single bladed Barlow,  I remember it was made in Sheffield and had a blue pearloid handle.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on March 4, 2015 at 12:20

Thats pretty good Drew,a country music musician as well as a knife collector. I think we have a few of those folks here. One that comes to mind is Mike Bott, who if memory serves plays a mean banjo. 

I will say a blue pearloid handle on a sheffield knife , well never know what turns up! Thanks for filling in some details.
Drew Webster said:

My Uncle John also had a big Bowie Knife that he must have picked up in the States, to an English school boy this seemed a really exotic object, the real deal... He also played the harmonica and loved listening to Bo Diddley. I also play the harmonica, as well as banjo in a country, blues band. I think the knives and music influences must have stemmed from there.. 

I don't have the first knife I managed to convince my dad to buy me, I called it a penknife but It's what you would call a single bladed Barlow,  I remember it was made in Sheffield and had a blue pearloid handle.

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Permalink Reply by anthony a. reid on July 21, 2015 at 14:58

 Well, i guess it was a couple of reasons.  i thought the knives/swords i liked were beautiful and functional too.  i used to carry a knife for tactical self defense because it was simple. also because the word on the street was folks rather be shot than cut with a knife .  

   As i got more into weapons use because of martial arts i just saw more types and loved them even more .  i had a pretty nice collection that was basically stolen via a bs landlord/bad eviction . i lost the license number of the perp and that killed my chances for recovery of my best blades and a 700$ stereo vcr . grrr

  

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on July 21, 2015 at 21:04

Beauty and function.  That is what a collector sees when they look at a knife.  Sorry about your loss though

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KnifeMakerPermalink Reply by Greg Riggs on July 22, 2015 at 5:30

Thinking back, wow! the years have passed. Dad always had a knife in his pocket and I did too. Man I really miss him. I had an uncle who used to carve monkeys out of peach seeds and done a lot of trading. He always had a roll of knives and let us look thru them. I remember trading him a nice Case knife for a worn Craftsman. Still have the Craftsman. Made my first hunting/fighting knife before the teenage years and cars, girls, marriage, etc. Always kept some knives around but not until the last few years was able to really collect very many or have time to make or repair them. Now I have several thousand and love them all, but never enough time to spend making and repairing them. My special knives are the old ones made in the USA. 

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on July 22, 2015 at 11:20

Greg,

I love the stories of how we came to this point in our collections.  Those who have the knives passed down or just remember the folks in families carrying one always warm my heart.  It means there is still hope for those fond memories with our next generation.  The companies that see this, I believe, will be the knives our grandchildren collect.

You know it is funny you remember the peach pit monkey's..I have one that attends every show with me.  Ike is our cherished mascot.He is a sneaky little thing, sometimes he goes in the show suitcase and hides until the end of the show, when I find him in there just hanging out, but he never misses a show.  http://iknifecollector.com/photo/ike

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Permalink Reply by Mario on July 22, 2015 at 21:06

My interest developed from interest in WWII history and military firearms. Bayonets had to come next and then all things pointy or sharp (except for the WWII Raft Survival knives, of course).

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Permalink Reply by Rick Hooper on July 23, 2015 at 0:12

Mario, I had a similar interest in military knives, due to purchasing bayonets for the WW1 and WW2, rifles I owned. After selling or giving the rifles to my sons, I still retain those bayonets. Had several U.S. Army Navy pocket knives too. I'll have to post them sometimes!

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