We had a discussion earlier about sharpeners and which ones we used most. I would like to address these little (or not so little) tools that seem to fall to the wayside when it comes to knife collecting.

The knife in your sheath or pocket is only as good as the stone you use to sharpen it with. Everybody knows that a dull knife just wont get the job done, so, I want to talk just a little about my stone that i like most.

I was a teenager when my parents bought a house and in the…

Hello,

today I'd like to present you my Seacliff,

I bought this knife in 2008 from KNIFEART.COM.

It is a fully handmade titanium liner-lock made by Keith Ouye an american knifemaker living in Hawai (lucky guy !)

the handles are full titanium, the liners also.

the blade is S30V…

Statements I have recently heard include

"I dont know why people say the quality is inconsistent, I have never bought a bad one"

"I never should have listened to the bad reviews, I always knew them to be a good company with a good product"

"Everyone said it was close to custom quality"

What I hear when I read comments like that is :

"The internet effects what I purchase and why"

Recently we saw a case where a bad video…

Hello everybody,

let me introduce you the BLUE SHARK,

This knife has been fully handmade by a young french knifemaker (and bladesmith) called DAVID LESPECT,

you can find his website here : http://www.davidlespect.com/

David started his new job as knifemaker in…

Robert Beillonnet is a French Knifemaker, one of the most famous.

Website : www.robert-beillonnet.com/

The folder you wil discover below is more thank a knife, it is a piece of art.

Everything has been done manually with minimum tools.

I ordered this knife in 2005 and received it in 2006.

- the bolsters are in MAILLECHORT (I hope this is the right name in english)

- the handles are…

Hello,

today the weather's great around Paris (France). Sun is shining and temperature's very low but now snow. What a wonderful day to take some pictures of my new PIONEER coming from the USA.

as usual the knife came in this little paper cylinder sourrounded by paper wax.

I seriously cleaned it with some polish…

Not two knives, but two different manufacturing periods. If you have looked at many Schrade-Waldens you will find that you will come across some that don't look like others, as far as machining, grinding, and handles. Those with celluloid handles and bone look exactly like Schrade Cuts, but are stamped "Schrade-Walden". Exactly. The second Schrade-Walden you'll encounter is made exactly like their later "Schrade" marked knives. Exactly...machining, grinding, everything. And the'll have…

Recently we have had some discussions in the chat about auctions and utilizing a buyers market to obtain that one special peice, or even just find it, in an auction site as big as ebay. Type in just knife and this is what comes up...388,097 results found for knife. Talk about a needle in a haystack!

Then they give us the way to beak it down.... spring assisted knife, throwing knives, hunting knife, gerber knife, sword, survival knife, pocket knives, knife lot, pocket knife. (well…

I collect Vintage Knives and I'm sure alot of our members do too. It's fun collecting knives from the yester years. Some we have heard how well they were made and their performance in the feild was hard to beat. The old time construction and the amount of labor put into each one is hard to match in the knife world today. My question for ya'll is "Has anyone bought a vintage knife with a great reputation, to become a user knife". I would like to buy one of the old time knives of our…

Dear Friend,

I joined this forum a couple of days ago and I must admit that I feel very good with you !!

People are nice and comments are great... THANKS for this warm welcome.

I learned a lot with you in those very few days and I discovered with pleasure the company GREAT EASTERN CUTLERY and their marvellous knives !

I was so impressed that I have decided to order one and here it is SPECIALLY FOR YOU (it is not even yet on my…

My job is in retail.  I work for a reptile specific pet store.  I carry an Uncle Henry 153 UH by Schrade.  I am often asked by some of the youngsters that see my knife hanging on my belt "Why do you have that?" or "What is that?".  I tell them that it's a knife and I use it for work.  "Just in case an animal attacks you?". No. I don't use it on animals.  I'm an animal lover of all kinds and won't kill anything unless it was a life or death situation.  Even then I'm likely to kill.  (I…

I have received my Case Knife club magazine that has the story about the Lone Ranger Kodiak knife that belonged to the Lone Ranger.  I also have a knife, a Case Hammerhead the I purchased from the Lone Ranger estate.

I have not been collection knifes for a very long time but I had a Case Maco and thought maybe I needed a hammerhead to go alone with it.  I was looking around on the internet and found the add for the estate and made a bid.  Next thing I know I have the knife with all…

When Donnie started collecting you had to go to a knife show or travel to a dealer.  Your local hardware usually only carried a few patterns from one maybe two makers.  Of course as he became an adult, the area around Gatlinburg always had somewhere you could go see numerous brands and being from the South he went there as often as possible.

 When I became interested, we had a few dealers that were online.  They would tell you what they had and if you were interested, they would email…

This blog is written to share my experiences regarding the operation of my small knife business.  Some of the experiences are good, some are not good, and some are in the middle somewhere.  I would say my business is not a success yet because my expenses are larger than my income.  However I am not going to quit yet, because I don’t think I have given it enough time.  I am lucky I don’t need to do this for a living.

We have…

I finally purchased this Russell "Daddy" Barlow.  About 5" long when closed with great saw cut handles, Russell with the arrow thru the "R" is etched on the blade as if it just came from the factory.

The tang has the Russell logo in a diamond shape, and the "R" with the arrow is emblazoned.

What is almost as nice as this 'minty' knife?  It came wrapped in the original waxed-paper covering sitting in the original Russell box that displays the logo for John Russell Green River…

I have a reverse tang stamp on a buck folding hunter which I think dates it 1968-1970 I'm having trouble getting any info on if this is correct and value of such a knife ? Any help out ther people?

I joined your iKinfe Collector today and I must admit that I'm a bit confused and lost.

I'm french and I love knives as you di but also photography.

One of my objective is to provide the best photography for the best knives.

You will discover my collection and it will begin with handmade folding knives.

Take care

Le coutographe…

So here are the guidelines

Post a picture of your IKC Community knife with something unique to your area and enter it here.  Lets see how creative we can be with our own state or country

I will choose 3 impartial judges.  I think we run this from November 9th to November 24th.  Lets see if we can get every knife to show back up on here.  Ready, set, SHOOT YOUR PICTURES!…

My Dad, still MY hero

Show us your heros.......................Lets celebrate their lives, togeather