Charles Ray Wagnor

73, Male

Hanna, IN

United States

Profile Information:

How did you hear about iKnifeCollector?
Yes
Do you currently subscribe to any knife publication (offline)
No
How long have you collected knives?
16- 20 years
Favorite Kind of Knives
at the moment Great Eastern
About Me
Just an ol 58 year old man married to a mean ol red headed gal named carrie, with 5 children all married and gone with 8 grand kids
Interests
Normal, knives, antiques, hunting and fishing, also love my bow, and all my narrow heads, have also about 5000 ol bottles
Other Hobbies
yard work , As I was born and raised in West Texas, I do have
and am always looking for Indian Artifacts. My mother lived on
the Devils River for 5 years and I have all that she found. Some pretty nice items

Comment Wall:


  • In Memoriam

    Scott King

    Glad you joined us, do you go by Charles Ray?

    When you get settled in check out the Great Eastern Group. One of the reps from GE joined today, in fact. That is going to be a good group.

    If I can help in any way, give me a shout.
    Scott
  • Ken Mundhenk

    Great to have you in our group.
  • Ken Mundhenk

    Great collection Charles. I just spoke with Chris at Great Eastern and she will be giving us an update soon on new ones coming out.
  • J.J. Smith III

    Hey Charles, Good to see you here. Can't have too many knife groups.
  • David P. Baker

    Hello Charles, Thank you for the kind words I appreciate it very much. The shells would probably work well for trim on a show knife and if you want to get rid of a couple I will be happy to try it. The reason I use Gemstone other than the beauty is because it is the hardest toughest material available. The only thing that will cut or scrathch it is diamond. All of my equipment from saws to grinders and polishers are diamond coated so I can cut, shape and polish the Gemstone. The shells are a lot less sturdy but beautiful. I do use Pearl and avalone sometimes but not on a evey day carry knife. I prefer to build knives that a person can use daily and still pass on to the children from generation to generation. It is alot easier to work the stell blades and bolsters than it is the Gemstone handles. LOL. Thanks again,
    David
  • Terry Barkes

    Charles

    Thanks for your comments concerning my knife shop. A lot of hard work went into setting it up back in 2004. It was one of the biggest investments in my life. From reviewing your status I can see you are a knife collector. And I must say you have some nice knives. I have a small collection of old knives as well, some date back in the early 20s and 30s. If I can recall correctly I have around 200 plus to date. But when I started making knives I almost stopped collecting them. Thanks again for your post and God bless and have a nice day.

    Terry
  • Mark Goddard

    Hope they are not to hungry as those jackets may be a bit tough to chew on...LOL...It arrived yesterday...Bet your tongue is sore having to lick all them stamps.....Carrie is probably happy as it probably shut you up for the evening...
  • Mark Goddard

    Man that timber handled knife with the cowboys is a beaut..