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***This post is for the Library only, please. Knife ID posts should be their own discussions under Q&A with John McCain***

Greetings members!

For a while now, Jan and I have been discussing us trying to form a set of resources that can be used to research the knives and answer the questions of our members. As many of you may recall, we had John McCain as our go-to guy for info before his passing. While many members do pitch in to answer people's questions, sometimes it is just beyond us. Thus, I have started to try to gather resources on knives that will be used for iKC research. Now, we thought about trying to buy books for this, but after looking up the prices for new books, we found that gathering enough to be functional will either take a great deal of time, or a prohibitive amount of money. So I have decided to try something a little different.

We would like to appeal to our members, and ask you all whether or not you may have *any* knife books, guides, catalogues or other resources that may be collecting dust, or socked away in a box somewhere that you are not using and would care to pass along. Any and all donations would be greatly appreciated, and would go toward building The John McCain Memorial Library and Research Center! The Library would be there for any questions our members may have, new or old. I am the first to admit that I don't hold a candle to the knowledge John shared with us, but as I work from home, I am willing to try my best to keep our Q&A section going strong.

Now...some sites ask for a membership fee, others require payment to get answers to your questions. Jan and I both agree that this is not a direction we want to go. Also, research takes time and patience, and sometimes online resources just aren't enough. As I live in a small town in Canada, finding specific books is quite difficult, especially not having a knife store or knife shows locally. Also, many companies will not send catalogues up North without an exorbitant amount of shipping. So we ask you, our members and family, for any donations and help you may be able to provide, so they can be used for the iKC Community.

I am still fleshing out the idea, and we will have two options for shipping addresses to try to keep mailing costs down. I will also start and maintain a Library Group for research requests, as well as what books and other resources we have available and whom they were donated by. This way we will all know what iKC has available as well as knowing what we need. John Kellogg has already started us off with a generous donation of 5 books to officially start the Library, and I have been collectiong some digital resources such as magazine and the like

So, there you go. An iKC Library of resources dedicated to John McCain with content donated by our community to make our site more helpful to those with questions about our fantastic hobby! You can email or message either Jan Carter or myself (addresses at the bottom left of the main page) regarding donations and we'll let you know the best way to go. So...check your shelves or book boxes, keep an eye on the bookstore bargain bins, check with friends, order an extra free catalogue from your favourite knife company and help us make our community even better! Who knows? It may be you that the Library helps to get a better sale value for your knives for sale, or answers that nagging question you have had about a piece in your collection!

Thanks for listening, and do share any ideas you may have to help with this endeavor!

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Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on February 7, 2018 at 18:37

Manx is correct, the donate button is available always. For right now anything coming in will go to this project.

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Permalink Reply by Bryan W on February 7, 2018 at 19:31

Nice. Would love to help out where I can.

I'm happy to post my "Kastor Brands" spreadsheet if it helps. It would give me a good reason to review and do any needed updates!

Let me see what else I can drum up. What about some scans of some old catalogs?

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Permalink Reply by Todd Werts on February 8, 2018 at 9:49

Good morning. I am the owner of the ToolArchives website, which focuses much more on mechanics tools. However, I've recently begun an exhaustive effort documenting all tool related trademarks registered since 1870. I've made it through 1907 so far, with a goal of going through 1950. I thought you might find this research useful for knives. There are multiple ways to search the data but I suggest the Product Search. Simply begin typing the name of a product (like Pocket Knife, or hunting knife, sword, etc.) and choose the option you wish to see TMs for. By placing a comma after your selected product, you can then type again and select multiple products. Products with a ** after them are "focus products" which means we collect every trademark that has those products listed, whereas products lacking the ** are collected incidentally. Besides knives and edged weapons, we are also documenting guns of all types, tools of all types, and metal and woodworking machinery & tooling if you're interested in those domains.

In the right menu you can find other ways to search the data such as manufacturers (registrants), registration dates, etc.

http://toolarchives.com/trademark-productsearch-browser

I truly hope your community can benefit from this work and please don't hesitate to ask questions or make suggestions. I'm all for making this an invaluable resource for the collecting community at large.

You will see a login but there is not need to create an account if you don't want to.

Kind Regards,

Todd

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Permalink Reply by Steve Scheuerman (Manx) on February 8, 2018 at 12:02

Sounds great, Bryan! Anything and everything helps. Catalogues are great too, and since many won't ship free to Canada, it would be awesome to get some from those companies. I am working on getting some from the companies that do send up here.

Bryan W said:

Nice. Would love to help out where I can.

I'm happy to post my "Kastor Brands" spreadsheet if it helps. It would give me a good reason to review and do any needed updates!

Let me see what else I can drum up. What about some scans of some old catalogs?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Scheuerman (Manx) on February 8, 2018 at 12:03

Many thanks, Todd! I'll look into that as well. I think I'll have to start something to keep track of online resources as well as the physical books.

Todd Werts said:

Good morning. I am the owner of the ToolArchives website, which focuses much more on mechanics tools. However, I've recently begun an exhaustive effort documenting all tool related trademarks registered since 1870. I've made it through 1907 so far, with a goal of going through 1950. I thought you might find this research useful for knives. There are multiple ways to search the data but I suggest the Product Search. Simply begin typing the name of a product (like Pocket Knife, or hunting knife, sword, etc.) and choose the option you wish to see TMs for. By placing a comma after your selected product, you can then type again and select multiple products. Products with a ** after them are "focus products" which means we collect every trademark that has those products listed, whereas products lacking the ** are collected incidentally. Besides knives and edged weapons, we are also documenting guns of all types, tools of all types, and metal and woodworking machinery & tooling if you're interested in those domains.

In the right menu you can find other ways to search the data such as manufacturers (registrants), registration dates, etc.

http://toolarchives.com/trademark-productsearch-browser

I truly hope your community can benefit from this work and please don't hesitate to ask questions or make suggestions. I'm all for making this an invaluable resource for the collecting community at large.

You will see a login but there is not need to create an account if you don't want to.

Kind Regards,

Todd

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Permalink Reply by elbin bunnell sr on February 12, 2018 at 17:31

great I'm going to start with

Jan Carter said:

Elbin,

I am sorry and should have thought of that. There is a donation link for iKC. It is here iKC donations

elbin bunnell sr said:

this all sounds good but have you came up with a way to send money to help if you can give a site to go to and that way all any buddy needs to do click and pay.

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Permalink Reply by Gus Marsh on February 15, 2018 at 17:27

I know a lot about Remington Knives and their values. I am always willing to help anyone with questions or value.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Scheuerman (Manx) on February 19, 2018 at 13:53

Always great to get input wherever we can, Gus! And I'm sure you know a lot about more than just Remington! ;-)

Good to see positive responses coming from this thread!

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Permalink Reply by Jerry Mack on February 27, 2018 at 18:48

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Permalink Reply by Jerry Mack on February 27, 2018 at 18:50

Hi Jan and others - the 3rd knife from the bottom is actually my favorite knife and I know very little about it - it is a west german hubertus - stag- and it opens via scale release - it's called a trick knife - Hubertus makes a new one all black and looks nothing like this 50 year old classic - any help in all regards will be much appreciated

jerry

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Permalink Reply by Steve Scheuerman (Manx) on February 28, 2018 at 12:03

Heya Jerry...If you can bust that knife out and take a few more pictures just by itself, that would be great! Any writing or markings anywhere on the knife...especially the tang, any shields or logos on the handle and also the locking mechanism. This will go far in helping identify your knife.

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Permalink Reply by Jerry Mack on February 28, 2018 at 16:27

Hi Steve

I know what the knife is - it is a West German Hubertus trick knife from 1970's - it is an automatic that is spring bar propelled and the blade opens when the scales are moved in opposite directions the knife locks open - so it is a scale release and the scales must be again moved in opposite directions to release the lock and close the blade. My questions are production years and retail cost at the time of manufacture. I figured there would be a Hubertus man here on site and there may be , but I have made in roads with Henning (the owner of Hubertus) in Solingen Germany.
Steve Scheuerman (Manx) said:

Heya Jerry...If you can bust that knife out and take a few more pictures just by itself, that would be great! Any writing or markings anywhere on the knife...especially the tang, any shields or logos on the handle and also the locking mechanism. This will go far in helping identify your knife.