A hearty 3-finger Steel Sahlute!



Today I'll be submitting a press release, indicating that the Gerber Bear Grylls Survival Series Scout knife will be auctioned off on eBay after I complete the review.  



The amount of money bid on the knife (less ebay & Paypal fees) will be donated to the Boy Scouts (…

Thank you everyone for making this Noob feel so welcome.

I am just an amatuer who loves knives.  When I was a kid I collected knives.  I loved their beauty and their usefulness.  As I got older I spent my time with other things but now I am getting back into collecting.  I am focusing on switchblades.  I really like their sleek craftsmanship and their kind of hidden deadliness.  At the same time I love old pocketknives and their utilitarian usefulness as well a the beauty of a sweet…

On iKC we have an often used Feature called Events. Our  hobby to a certain extent, in times both past and present depended on knife shows and events for companies and individuals to showcase the knives that were being produced for consumers. They served as a buying and selling event for sure. Now they also are a way for like minded iKC collectors to meet each other in person and talk about the hobby they love.

Think about it, every year certain Shows are can't miss, blockbuster type…

As we get deeper into the year I want to start having some thoughts in place for the 2012 iKC knife.  I have 2 immediate questions

1) Fixed or Folder?

2) materials?

Let me know what ya'll think.  I would like to have some ideas in place around the time of the Blade Show (you know the manufactures can't get away from us there LOL)

Hey everyone we're going to try something fun on here. I'm running a free knife raffle. The prize will be a future Tuna Valley Cutlery Co. knife (sorry can't let you know whats coming out so its still a mystery one which on it will be). The goal is to get 100 members signed up for the Daniels Family Knives group once we hit the number I will pull a winner. Now the way you get a chance is become a member of the group. If your already a member you have already secured a chance but how do you…

Thanks to all of you for birthday wishes. Frankly until I received emails from you guys I had forgotten it was my bday. Living alone as I do its easy to forget things like that. Anyway, thanks!

This knife belonged to a friend of mines dad who passed away a few years ago. He found it in his tool box and is trying to get some info on it. The numbers on it looks like GS3038. I cant find it in my books. He was also wondering if he should sent it to…

Here's a Fight'n Rooster Captain's Rooster I just got.

Hope you guys like it!…

   The Fed-Ex truck just dropped off my iKC club knife.Man this made my day and it was worth the wait.I love the Indian Choffee scales the fit,finish and operation of this knife is just what you would expect from GEC.I want to thank everyone who was involved in making this happen.   Terry

With Valentines Day on the horizon, I thought I would share a few thoughts with some of you.

I often have knife buddies that say “I wish my wife were involved with my hobby”. So how many of you have tried to involve your better half and what better day of the year to try.

A few suggestions you say?

How about this, instead of a dozen overpriced VDay roses, a rose bush and a small pruning knife. Want a little more personal, get the knife now…have your jeweler engrave I…

Working their way through the process,  Getting ready for Shields…

Was able to acquire a very nice Robbie Dalton Warhawk Auto today at the AKCA show. …

Christmas in January Wounded Warrior Auction Bid HERE!

ON MY WAY TO THE EASTERN SHORE FOR THE LAST DAY HUNT AT MY CLUB. HOPE THEY FLY GOOD CAUSE WE CANT DO IT AGAIN TILL NOV!

We're right at the start of the countdown to…

As for a lot of us we love collecting knives. but it seems before you know it there are so many knives they are crowding your wife's shelves in the hutch and taking up room on the shelf under the t.v, even hanging on the walls. This happens to a lot of us knife collector's. Sometimes we seem overwhelmed because we like to show off our collection. We don't want them sitting in a drawers and safes and places were they can not be seen. Even when you put them in knife rolls it seems like you…

Well this has been a fascinating journey. Thank you who have joined us on this journey.   I hope you are all as excited as I am to be coming down to the wire on this wonderful knife.  For those of you still receiving emails asking for the final pieces of information...Please RESPOND and thank you for those that have so graciously already given me their information. By the way, anyone looking to pick one up let me know, we may have 1 or 2 up for grabs.

As this week moves…

Deep in the bowels of the earth, the mad mighty dwarfs toil at their hidden forges.  Souls of spiders, dragonfly spirits and small flightless birds are used to create mystic steels.  These magical metals form a companion fit for a Queen!  A companion named Joe???   Oh boy, I've got to stop eating jalapenos before going to bed.…

Dear Friends: I just wanted to mention that I ordered and recieved my first hand made knife from Mark Paluch from Cheny, WA. I ordered my caping knife which has a small 3 3/4" 1095 carbon steel blade built to my specifications. It was patterned from another stamped blade knife which I like but was not satisfied with due to the way it did not hold an edge very well and I also had some other things altered to create what I believe to be a superior blade.

Mark does fine work in my…

How do you guys rather the balance of the weight in a fixed blade knife "foward"  "in the middle"  "backwards"? I know in a long or large bladed knife the weight will have to be foward but thats not what I'm talking about. The average 8 to 10 inch knife, give or take a little. Do you rather the weight back in your hand or foward in the blade? Lets hear what ya'll think.