Lars

Mckinney, TX

United States

User/Collector

Profile Information:

How did you hear about iKnifeCollector?: I found iKC while researching my Imperial Kamp King knife.
Do you currently subscribe to any knife publication (offline): No
How long have you collected knives?: 46 to 50 years
Favorite Kind of Knives: Sharp ones! While I am always on the look out for the ideal knife, I specialize in fixed blades - Bowies, Daggers, and Combat knives primarily, but I've been known to pick up a folder or two when they capture my imagination. In the broadest sense, I am a collector of edged pieces - Swords, Knives, Bayonets, Ethnographic / Aboriginal, and Historical.
Website: http://www.renesanswoodcrafts.etsy.com
About Me: I am passionate about all edged pieces...Knives, Bayonets, and Swords. Always looking for the ideal knife, I collect knives when I cannot afford a Bayonet. I collect Bayonets when I cannot afford a Sword. When I can afford a Sword, I look to see how many knives I can buy for the same money. And so it goes.

Joined February 23, 2015. Never been sorry.

My dedicated email to all things edged: Szabla.collector@gmail.com (Szabla = Polish for Sabre)
Interests: Edged weapons, wood working (treen ware), back country exploration, music, Polish cuisine.
I love using the hunting knives I collect in preparing the food I make and enjoy.
Other Hobbies: Hot Wheels, cycling - road touring, Polish BBQ, Former member of the Bayonet Collectors Network - a global community of passionate bayonet enthusiasts (shut down in 2015)

Louie Balog

Black holes aside, I’m trying to sell a knife. What’s the smartest way to list it on this site?”

Dec 17, 2025
Louie Balog

Thanks so much for laying that out so clearly. I really appreciate the step‑by‑step guidance and the humor along the way — makes the whole process a lot more enjoyable. I’ll check out the forum posts to get a feel for things and then put mine up. Good to know about the Friend invite for private messages too. Appreciate your help!

Dec 18, 2025
CPT JACOB A HUMBLE

You automatically deserve a friend request, for your funny welcome. I am a COMPLETE and TOTAL whore for damascus knives, add in Damasteeel and some Sanmai and my brain no longer makes complete sentences. I got my start a long time ago at a knife shop in West Texas and never looked back. I have all kinds of knives but I honestly only have a few that are not damascus. There are just too many beautiful knives out there to use time and money on stuff that isn't folded steel of some sort.

The languages and other stuff is from my military career. I was an officer and so they would NOT allow me to get a slot in sniper school and so I did it on my own. Lots of time and too much money later, I could shoot long distance. I live in Germany now so I shoot no more, unless I'm visiting my children back in the states. I USED to live in Texas, IF I am ever in Texas visiting my parents, I will look you up.

May 10