So what are the sum of the parts for a knife?

Steel

Nickel

Brass

Pins

Handle materials

Labor

Basically they all take the same materials. So whats makes one worth more than another to you?

I will tell you my answer…

Attached is a concise one pager defining  GEC knife configurations for your use. 

GEC_Configs.pdf

Just a look at what we woke up to today....of course i started singing "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" ...giggles a little late.…

Hello everyone,

I tried bannersnack to present some nice pictures of my latest knife : 

GREAT EASTERN CUTLERY, NORTHFIELD, Pioneer trapper with saddle brown jigged bone...

it looks great and it's very easy !!  

hope it will work as it is flash. Just in case, here's the public link http://snack.to/bui4x0al

take care.

le coutographe

 I just got the SOG flash two with AUS 8 steel GRN handle sogs spring assist tech and there arc lock and for the price its a great knife.

 Out of all my knives ranging from kershaw to gerber my favorite knife would be my benchmade griptillian. It has proved reliable and resistant to everything i throw at it.

SWISS ARMY KNIFE - SAK (example only)

The knife I call the ultimate in manufactured.  You can put 200 of them in your hand and each and every one of the will be identical.  They are machine made in mass quantities and have proven to be a reliable knife over many years.  Every knife collector I know has one in the collection.  Until iKC I did not realize the extent of the variables.  I did not know short runs existed.…

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…