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I have been thinking for quite some time on how to display my collection. I never had been the one to go the traditional route, seeing that I'm not a traditional kind of guy. I love simple things, old things, and tend to break off of what is usually done. I decided to go simple and vintage, finding old items that told a story in themselves, rather then just shelves for my collection, I tend to have just as much fun finding ways to display my knives then getting the knives themselves. How do you display your collection, traditional or with a personal touch?

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Permalink Reply by mark smith on January 30, 2013 at 11:02

Hi everybody, this is my first post on this forum. Here is one of my displays. Since this picture was taken I've located the knives needed to fill the empty spots.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on January 30, 2013 at 13:30

Mark that is an absolutely beautiful Camillus branded case. That just has to be pretty rare.

mark smith said:

Hi everybody, this is my first post on this forum. Here is one of my displays. Since this picture was taken I've located the knives needed to fill the empty spots.

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Permalink Reply by Steven Matthew on January 30, 2013 at 13:34

Nothing short of perfect!!!!

mark smith said:

Hi everybody, this is my first post on this forum. Here is one of my displays. Since this picture was taken I've located the knives needed to fill the empty spots.

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Permalink Reply by Ron Cooper on January 30, 2013 at 14:42

For me the remarkable thing about this outstanding Camillus display case is that these used to be pretty much standard fare at any local hardware store you walked into. Whether it was Camillus, Schrade, Imperial or Buck knives. They all had similar cases prominently displayed in most all of the big department stores, such as Sears, Montgomery Ward and F.W. Woolworth's, also.

Nowadays not only are most of those department stores gone, but so are the local hardware stores. A display case like this one that used to be commonplace is now a highly prized collector's item. That's what struck me when I first looked at this fantastic display case with all of those beautiful Camillus knives.

Wow! I really am getting old and nostalgic. There really was a kinder, gentler time in America. Ha! And we all carried knives and shot guns and nobody got killed. Today we have all of these laws that prevent us from carrying the knives and owning the guns and yet people are getting killed everyday! What happened! Where did it all go so terribly wrong?

Wow! I'm sorry that I got so carried away. Just looking at this display case sparked a flood of memories that turned into an avalanche of emotional confusion. Sorry! You have a wonderful display case!

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Permalink Reply by mark smith on January 30, 2013 at 15:51

Cool displays everyone. That beaver is cracking me up, and I love the Keen Kutter display case.

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Permalink Reply by Lee Smith on January 30, 2013 at 22:22

I like em all. gave me some idea's.

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Permalink Reply by Sue OldsWidow on January 31, 2013 at 11:01

EXCELLENT DISPLAY

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Permalink Reply by Sue OldsWidow on January 31, 2013 at 11:05

We mainly have wood box display and original box display...have a few in entertainment center...most are stored or hanging on wall...lol

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Permalink Reply by Lee Smith on January 31, 2013 at 16:57

Oh man I want to go to sue's house

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Permalink Reply by Steven Matthew on January 31, 2013 at 17:02

Sue is rocking those displays!!!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by mark smith on February 1, 2013 at 6:35

Neat displays Sue. How are you holding the knives in place inside the frames? I don't see wire or anything else, magnets? Or are they just squeezed between the glass and the backing material?

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