"Shadow Hunter
This is my 2021 CFK Shadow Hunter, a mid-size hunting Bowie with a black powder coat blade. I typically shy away from powder coat blades, but I just couldn't pass this one up.This full tang hunter features a 1095 high carbon…"
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Lars Ray
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Mossberg MSG9899 General Purpose Hunter and Skinning Knife
Started this discussion. Last reply by Lars Ray Apr 24, 2015. 6 Replies 6 Likes
Not too long ago I uploaded some photos of my Mossberg MSG9899 Skinning knife into my Gun Maker’s Knives Photo Album. To my surprise, I received several comments – well questions actually – about its…Continue
iKC Member in Need Request #14 - Western W35 Bowie
Started this discussion. Last reply by Shlomo ben Maved May 20, 2015. 17 Replies 4 Likes
The NeedSimilar to my first request, please take a look at this and the other postings I have similar to this one and share with me what you know about it. My goal is to use the information you…Continue
iKC Member in Need Request #13 - Colonial Executive
Started this discussion. Last reply by Lars Ray Apr 9, 2015. 2 Replies 1 Like
The NeedSimilar to my first request, please take a look at this and the other postings I have similar to this one and share with me what you know about it. My goal is to use the information you…Continue
iKC Member in Need Request #12 - Colonial Shur Snap Switch Blade
Started this discussion. Last reply by steve @ colonial knife Apr 13, 2016. 9 Replies 2 Likes
The NeedSimilar to my first request, please take a look at this and the other postings I have similar to this one and share with me what you know about it. My goal is to use the information you…Continue
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If all knives are tools, and they are the oldest tools known to man, then why not own one with some style. I am always on the hunt for an "ideal" knife.
After all - the best knife in the world is the one you carry!
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- User/Collector
- 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.
- 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.
I am also a firm believer that a sword is just an over sized knife, and equally worthy of collecting!
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.
- Other Hobbies
- Hot Wheels, cycling - road touring, Polish BBQ, Member of the Bayonet Collectors Network - a global community of passionate bayonet enthusiasts.
Latest Activity
"Hey Nick - is it too late to help out on this or did you get the answers you needed? Well, I'm going to respond anyway.
What you have here is a Gaucho knife - the side arm of the Argentine cowboy. I think Brazilian Gauchos use them too - but…"
"Hi Harvey - Happy Thanksgiving! And welcome to iKC - we're glad you're here.
Lots to do here, lots to explore here, lots to contribute to here, and of course...lots of knives here!
So I gotta ask...what does a traditional knife look like…"
Kershaw family photo
"I'm hip to what you're saying....some pieces are just too important to take out of the wrapping. Although I am from many places, I am of Oregon....large Slavic and Scandinavian communities all throughout Northern OR. Naturally then my…"
Kershaw family photo
"Never mind you mixed in 2 Zero Tolerance knives in there (always room for a little showing off in family photos!), but what's that at the bottom center...an unopened Camp 14? Wait...what?
What are you waiting for, another free shipping…"
"Hello Vinnie - G'day!
I think you are in the right place....and for all the right reasons too! (the least of which you already identified). I have enjoyed following your Puma updates...learned a lot. One of the great reasons I like hanging out…"
"CFK White Bone Skinner
This is my 2020 CFK Custom Skinning knife. As a blade style, trailing point blades are not necessarily my favorite, unless they possess those sleek curvy Persian lines as this one does - subtle as they may be!
This general…"
"Preparing for the Family Thanksgiving Meal
In preparation for the 2021 family Thanksgiving meal, we harvested two turkey's today at my son's farm - a 24 pound Tom and a 23 pound hen. With plenty of hands to do the feather plucking, my son…"
"Hi Anthony - welcome to iKC! We're glad you're here. With a smile like yours, how can you be anything but a laid back type of guy - that's great!
So you're into replica knives - that's so cool. There are endless discussions…"
"Well hello Ken...err...Willow Ufgood! Welcome to iKC - we're glad you're here.
Anyone who identifies ALL kinds of knives as their favorite should have no problem finding something here, that's for sure. Feel free to bob about and…"
Lars Ray's Blog
Sheaths, Scabbards, Frogs, and Throgs
Posted on October 24, 2021 at 11:47 0 Comments 3 Likes
I was wandering around some of the older discussions recently and I came across one that grabbed my interest. Eight years ago, iKC member Robert Burris started a discussion called “Knife Carry?” and asked the question “What is the difference between a "Sheath"...." Scabbard"... or "Frog?"…
ContinueThe Cutting Edge: Collecting Inexpensive Knives
Posted on March 15, 2015 at 14:56 10 Comments 6 Likes
Spend any time on the internet whatsoever looking up knife stuff, and you’re bound to hit a few dozen discussions regarding “cheap” knives. In this context, cheap is referring to poor quality in materials, construction, performance, or any combination thereof. Today, cheap knives are almost synonymous with anything made in China, Pakistan, or other parts of Asia.
This is unfortunate, because many inexpensive knives come from these same regions, and they are anything but cheap. Even…
ContinueThe Cutting Edge: Hidden Gems - the ugly ducklings of knives
Posted on March 11, 2015 at 20:31 8 Comments 3 Likes
We all have them…those knives we bought some time ago…years maybe…that we really did not intend to add to our collections. We see them as disposable tools, junk knives, knives not worth mentioning or are too embarrassing to admit you ever owned.
I have a handful of such knives – those blades I purchased for a specific need at the time and really didn't care if I ever lost it, broke it, had it stolen (no such luck), or just neglected it because I no longer cared about it.
After…
ContinueOpen Views – Part 2 of 2: Survival Knives
Posted on March 7, 2015 at 15:53 13 Comments 3 Likes
Part 2 of this blog is dealing with Survival knives, both as an item and a legit category for collecting.
The bone of contention that was vocalized some time ago is that there is no such thing as a tactical knife or a survival knife – rather, these terms are marketing terms to sell more knives. (Tactical knives are discussed in Part 1).
While I have a different opinion on the matter, I can’t throw out the whole argument because some of it is true – many companies and makers do…
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thank you ! its an interesting site !
Many thanks for the welcome. Wisdom, not too sure about that.
Featureddead_left_knife_guy said…
Lars, Siema! Dziekuje! (That's the limit of my Polish -- despite having a serious girlfriend about 20+ years ago who emigrated from Warsaw.) I hope you're doing well also, and have to say I'm really glad you're here -- you've got great taste in blades!
Hallo Lars,
Ik heb mezelf op deze website omdat ik nieuwsgierig ben of er ook DAK messen verhandeld worden. Ik heb zelf namelijk nog een paar jaartallen van dit soort messen liggen en was benieuwd voor welke prijzen deze messen verkocht worden.
Hi and thank you!
Don't know what happened to your post on my covid bead pic. I was adding another comment and they both disappeared.
But I went through a bunch of crap, and I'm not sure I wanted to go shopping for a crap knife. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I have a Facebook page called Craig’s Knife Life if you are on that platform. I have a lot of before and after pictures. To me no knife is to far gone, they all have some value to someone.
KnifeMakerBobby Branton said…
Thanks, getting a little older and want to focus most of my energy on pocketknives which have always been a fascination.
Hey Lars, sure do know what a 110 looks like. Lost one and the other disappeared. Have a 112, Buck vantage is my go to EDC have two. One 420hc other s30v, like both. When wife wants me to look decent carry Kershaw leek.
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