In Memoriam

Scott King

Rainbow City, AL

United States

User/Collector

Profile Information:

How did you hear about iKnifeCollector?: Yes
Do you currently subscribe to any knife publication (offline): Yes
How long have you collected knives?: 11- 15 years
Favorite Kind of Knives: Old Elephant Toenails/Sunfish knives
Website: http://www.elephanttoenails.com
About Me: I'm a multi-tasking father of 4, husband of one, real estate auctioneer and one who enjoys our hobby & nice knife folks.
Interests: Knife shows; KNIFE AUCTIONS; observing social changes brought on by technology and specifically its impact on our daily lives....and of course, all things Mac.
Other Hobbies: Vintage Mac computers and tennis

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J.J. Smith III

LOL -
Just a combination of basic photo editing (MS Paint), IranView and PhotoBucket.
Just let we know about what you want to stock in the store...

Oct 25, 2009
Frank Evans

Scott,

Poor man's market resurch is what I do on eBay. I quit selling about a year ago on eBay. I was not a large enough dealer to get administrative issues solved with both PPal and eBay... But I kept treading sales volumes, bids, $ for certain standard knives in lines, how many folks were listing in long term no bid "Buy Now".. At one time I kept a spreadsheet with a lot of this. Now its just what I see. But I see what I think are interesting treadings since last September. One key tread is just the gross number of Case listing... 9/08 over 10K now about 5,400 at any one time. Well last week on three days it jumped back up to nearly 11K. So I wrote a forum deal about why asking did anyone have opinions and just after publishing it I double checked and it was back at 5,400(+-). So I tried to get the egg off my face quickly by

Oct 25, 2009
Frank Evans

Continued: zapping it out.

I wish we could data mine that organization. I thought a few folks have but that's hearsay.

My comment was about my heart stoping after I wrote this first forum question and it was based on some kind of quirk. If I can find it... I lost my computer recently to lighting, I'll share the spread sheet. It was interesting but very time consuming. Now after doing it for a few month I can satisfy my need to know without Excel.

BTW: I see you're an auctioneer by trade... We may have a mutual friend - Bracky and Mark Rogers from the "Mayberry" area of NC and I know you know Tony Foster. Tony was a draftsman for my father at Westvaco in Charleston for 35 years. He's one facinating guy.

If you want me to find that file I'll try and if you want my 2 cents on what I see ebay and the eBay market treands from last October until now.

Brevity is not one of my strong point and neither are my spelling and grammar so have patiance... I'm Dyslecic and ADD and it can destroy ones ability to write well. but I can talk like hell... maybe not as you auctioneers do but I can hold my own.

Frank Evans
803-718-0009

Frank Evans

Oct 25, 2009
Gary Kennedy

Glad you where able to come and Mark thanked me for the sale he made . see you soon Gary

Oct 26, 2009
Carlos Rodríguez

Thanks a lot!

Oct 26, 2009
Michael D Sabol

no jeff i haven't got around to it and my camera is at my dad's house..i will post pictures of that and a couple other knives that i've got---MDS

Oct 26, 2009
J.J. Smith III

The guys down at the cartography office designed this for you...

iKC Community Flag.

Oct 29, 2009
J.J. Smith III

That there be a FLAG. You have a translator now? Nope ! We all understand KNIVES.

Oct 29, 2009
Randy, HHH Knives

Thank you, Scott..

Oct 29, 2009
Adam Chandler

Thanks very much

Oct 29, 2009
Gary Kennedy

I don't know if it was what we where talking about all members putting where there from ? but I noticed that all the new members had there location under there name if so thanks . Enjoyed talking to you at the swap meet and Mark was glad you showed up .See you soon Gary

Oct 29, 2009
iKC Gift Shop

That unfinished blade would make a real nice "Key Fob".

Oct 30, 2009
J.J. Smith III

Swami JJ sees all, knows all.

Oct 30, 2009
james martin

hey scott...here are some samples of my knives...the bowie is historically correct with ebony wood handle and solid brass...the other knives are imported french stag, olive wood, buffalo with bone inlay

Oct 31, 2009
Ruben L. Cole

Thanks for the welcome. I have very little time but I love this site and hope to particapate more in the future. Again-thanks.

Nov 1, 2009
Allan Harder

Thanks

No knives but I get to pick out a new handgun!!

Nov 1, 2009
Vince Roberts

Thanks Scott.

I almost gave up my Birthday years ago when I decided it woudl be a good idea to get married on that day (so I KNEW I wouldn't forget our Anniv), so nowdays I have an Anniversary and only occasionally a Birthday. :-) I think that probably means I'm still in my 20's...

Nov 3, 2009
KnifeMaker
CaptJeff Saylor

i dont rember if i showed you this picture of me and Brad at the last Knife show we were at.

Nov 3, 2009
J.J. Smith III

Nov 4, 2009
J.J. Smith III

I saw where you were looking for a "Club House"...

Nov 4, 2009
J.J. Smith III

I know that, somewhere in town, someone wanted jack-o-lantern pics...
Coconut, English and Black Walnuts.

Nov 4, 2009
Tom Cai

Thanks, Scott. I'm gonna be back home in a few weeks so I'll be rejoining the convos here.

Seems the group has expanded quite a bit while I was gone. :D

Nov 6, 2009
Larry Polston

Thanks Scott I look forward to spending time with this site. - Larry

Nov 7, 2009
john a shavel

Hi Scott ! And thanks for the greeting. I'll take it slow till I get the feel for this site. About the autos, most of my old ones are junk,but I do have one or two "class" ones. Here in NYC switchblades are hard to find.I guess that being that the movie"Blackboard Jungle" was shot here ,NYC is in part responsible for the dam law being passed.
Of course what with all the class new stuff out there,the old stuff seems like junk.Hey catch you down the road
john

Nov 8, 2009
mike neddeau

hey Scott,thanks for the welcome!I do own one case toenail they are cool knives.Ant it funny how on paticular style or or type of handle can thrill a mortal man!lol. must be something wrong with us but I just dont care.Even my wife likes small toothpicks,shes at least excepting my glorious affliction!.....Mike

Nov 13, 2009
Brad Hyde

Hi Scott, Thought you might want to see this. I still have to work on getting the COAs printed before the whole project is finished. Looks like the uploading images is fixed. Brad

Nov 13, 2009
J.J. Smith III

Thanks Scott.
I feel much better now, got pics to the intended folks.
Have a good trip.
I'm going to try to find something special at the show this weekend.

Nov 13, 2009
Rick Cothren

Thank Scott.. I appreciate the welcome. That would be cool to have a Schrade group. I'll have to go and comment on that.
I think this will be a fun place to come and chat as well as learn.
Looks great from what I see so far and pretty cool setup too.

Nov 14, 2009
Trent Rock

http://books.google.com/books?id=Xpl74J03NI4C&printsec=titlepag...

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=624178

The old stuff is way cool!!
Except for the Grinders Consumptun' :(

Nov 16, 2009
J.J. Smith III

Looks pretty much customized to me...
Check out the link at the gift shop to http://www.acme.com/licensemaker/
(Makes a smaller one)

Nov 17, 2009
KnifeMaker
CaptJeff Saylor

hey Scott, i am having problems uploading an image. is anyone else having probems. i click the "camera" icon and go to browse, when i click add, it just goes to the loading page .... and thats it. it never loads. i have tried pics from my computer, and my flashdrive. is it me or the system?

Nov 17, 2009
J.J. Smith III

Just getting ready to hit the sack after I finish the new CNJ article. Yep we read it.
Night...

Capt Jeff and Michael got me inspired to play...

Nov 18, 2009
J.J. Smith III

You don't need any more tickets...

Nov 18, 2009
KnifeMaker
CaptJeff Saylor

the Parker's show?? what is that? i never heard of it! my dad has a mustang GT he loves it!!

Nov 18, 2009
Alan Stevens

Thanks Scott Glad To Be back

Nov 19, 2009
J.J. Smith III

Oh yeah, blame it on the big guy...

Nov 20, 2009
J.J. Smith III

As long as you're not sleeping, stop by the diner for a game of checkers...

Nov 21, 2009
Alex Holmes

i love this site, everyone is so welcoming and frendly. its good to talk to other knife guys, all my friends (even tho they are mechanics) are not really knife people. this is a great place to learn and have fun talking about knives. thanks again for providing us with this awesome stie.

Nov 22, 2009
KnifeMaker
CaptJeff Saylor

THANKSGIVING SCOTT! i found a pic of your family from last years thanksgiving.... hope you like..... lol........

Nov 25, 2009
Mark Henley

I'll post a pic as soon as I can get the Sheath figured out

Nov 27, 2009
J.J. Smith III

Smart alek. There a'int no such thing as "Too many leftovers" on the Friday after Thanksgiving.

Nov 27, 2009
KnifeMaker
CaptJeff Saylor

hey i just read your iKC avatar discussion. i was amused by your comment on my Welcome to iKC gift! lol you are not upset that i used your pic for that are you? i will stop using it if you like. i dont want to upset anyone!
i thought it was funny and hope you do too!

Captain

Nov 28, 2009
Steve Pfeiffer

Thanks!!!

Nov 29, 2009
Justin Dunn

Hey thanks for the tip. I posted it in the forum you told me too and added a new photo, i hope someone can ID it.

Nov 29, 2009
stephen harrison

Thanks Scott.

Dec 2, 2009
KnifeMaker
CaptJeff Saylor

so, how is A.G. doing? did he talk about me? i told him not to. lol
i was wondering how close we are to member #1000?

Dec 3, 2009
Doug Sutherland

Hi Scott. Thanks

Dec 4, 2009
Ricky Colbrook

Hi Scott, Thanks for the comments and warm welcome. Looks like a great knife site!! Ricky

Dec 5, 2009
Trent Rock

NOOOOO!!!
Say it ain't SO!!!!
Bring back the tye dye shirt!!!! ;)

Dec 5, 2009
Andy Voelkle "AxeMan"

Scott, you've made iKC a great place to visit with new and old friends. That is a very special thing. I'm learning new things from people young enough to be my grandkids, and I'm able to pass on a few things I've learned. That's great. And I like your new photo.

Dec 5, 2009