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Who Inherits?

This week I met a wonderful lady who regrettably lost her husband and inherited a complete shop and a few nice custom knives. The problem is, she was not involved in his hobby. Our own Carl Rechsteiner is helping her find good homes for the equipment and John McCain is helping me identify the maker of the customs so we can try to get her the best deal on the sales.

This is a small collection of maybe a dozen that will sell and a few I have advised her to pass along to the son and grandson. They were obviously loved skinners and they both hunt.

Some of you have heard me say that in my safe, knives are marked. If I want that knife to go to someone it is labeled to go to them, first and last name. There is also a letter in there with all three kids names on it. The letter tells them to distribute the ones we marked, have everyone go over Dad's EDC's and and distribute them as they see fit. They are then to contact Tommy at BlueRidge Knives and Bruce Voyles. I have actually had folks gasp when I say that LOL. Here are my thoughts

Our collection was built for and by us, not as an investment but as a joy and a passion. Our children will not know what they are looking at and even if I sent them here, the time invested to learn about them and then try to individually sell them would not make sense. over 1000 knives can be overwhelming if you know nothing about them. I would rather they sold the collection to someone that we trusted to be fair and quick with them. Then they can take the money and buy something for themselves that for them is a joy and a passion.

So what is your someday for your knives?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on January 30, 2015 at 19:11

Well a good question and you are way more prepared than me. About the only knives I have designated were the ones from my knifemaking friend Tony(since retired). We talked bout who might get which one of his and that is about as far as it got!

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Permalink Reply by Bob Robinson on January 30, 2015 at 22:01

Jan, you give very good advice. The folks at BRK are nice and very fair to deal with. I used to buy knives from them to sell and was never disappointed. They will also get the blades back into the marketplace for other collectors to enjoy. It is really good advice to label knives and have some sort of log to include specifics on each one. I have already given my son and son-in-law some knives and have some that I would want my grandchildren to have but usually the word of mouth gets forgotten along the way. There is a Collection Record that is in 'Standard Knife Collectors Guide' that is ok and free to copy. It is the 2007 issue by Roy Ritchie and Ron Stewart.

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Permalink Reply by Ms Data on January 31, 2015 at 16:16

I keep telling Cathy and Aaron, if anything happens to me they need to talk to Jan about what to do with the knives because some of them might not look like they are worth much but it would surprise you.

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FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on February 1, 2015 at 10:58

Neither my son or daughter are into knives. Danny is my only grandchild so far. He is only three now. So if that situation were to be permanent, I hope to hang around long enough to get Danny interested in knives and pass my collection down to him.

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FeaturedPermalink Reply by Jeremy B. Buchanan on February 1, 2015 at 14:03

I have thought about this a few times in the past. I have not come up with a good plan yet. At this point, Kaleb (my oldest son) is the only one really interested in knives. I have a few that have sentimental value that I may divide up among my kids. The rest could go to Kaleb but I don't have anything to give the other 2 kids that they would appreciate. So, I guess I still need to figure it out.

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Permalink Reply by Alexander Noot on February 2, 2015 at 8:41

That's what I do.

For my wife as well.

l.lantz said:

I am going to give mine to my sons and am going to make an inventory list,price and who it is for( price for sale value if they sell the knife).

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FeaturedPermalink Reply by dead_left_knife_guy on February 2, 2015 at 21:46

So far the plan is to inventory my collection (with purchase documents as much as possible) & will them to my wife & kids. Chances are they'll know they meant something to me, that some might have decent resale value & some won't.

I'm also hoping to build some personal value into at least some of the knives by creating some personal memories with the knives. Having them remember that I carried one or some of the knives a lot, or that a particular knife got used during some trip or excursion. Or having them remember using it on a scouting overnight trip or cut something even at home or in the yard.

I've also taken the step of buying them knives for their birthdays. I'll give them the knives when they're old enough & mature enough to be safe with them & to appreciate them (maybe not all at once, we'll see). But that way, they'll have their own knife collection as a base -- to build on or to get experience with, or both. I want them to know what a decent knife feels like, & how a decent knife can hold up.

I'm also hoping that I will have significantly thinned out my collection well before it gets passed along to them -- I'd ;like to weed out the crap so that they don't have to deal with those knives...