Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with my friend Michael from www.droppointhunter.com The sentiment expressed in his email was just so true to the heart of all of us who are true users,collectors or creators of knives. I will send your responses to him or you can leave comments on his website.

Enough from me here is his email: 

We're away this weekend at the Dixie Deer Classic in Raleigh North…

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I am so very pleased to announce a selection for the 2012 iKnife Collector knife. Our selection is:

From GEC a Whittler, specifically #570312 Northfield UN-X-LD, jigged Pioneer bone. The blade is 1095 Carbon Steel. The knife will include the traditional Wharncliffe (cut swedge), Pen and Coping blades(inside cut swedges) that are polished. The main blade will have the Northfield Tang Stamp. Bolsters on the knife will be Lined and /Dimpled.

The Shield will be our iKC shield used…

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FOR ME I KNOW WHAT I WANT IN A HANDLE MATERIAL SOMETHING WITH A GOOD GRIP.  SO I GUESS FOR ME A FAVORITE WOULD BE G-10 HANDLES, SO THERE IS NO SLIP OR VERY LITTLE SLIP WHEN I AM CHOPPING WOOD OR WHEN I'M CAMPING AND HUNTING.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND I LOVE THE LOOK OF BEAUTIFUL WOODS. SO I GUESS YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TWO FAVORITE'S ONE FOR THE USER KNIFE AND ONE FOR THE COLLECTOR KNIFE.

WHAT DO YOU GUY'S THINK? IS THERE A  FAVORITE HANDLE FOR YOU? OR DO MOST OF YOU THINK THE WAY…

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It's a great day today and a very Happy Birthday to iKC ! Yes, just 3 years ago, iKnife Collector became a reality. From our earnest start it was destined to become a quality, friendly knife collecting community with the idea all members are bound together through their passion for knives.

Our founder was none other than, writer and publisher of the Cutlery Journal Scott King, who worked tirelessly in the early day to launch iKnife Collector. This was his vision, that all knife…

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JOURNAL ENTRY DATED  January 15th, 2011

 

I've entered a new phase in my knife collecting hobby and it is one I've never gone through before. I relate it to entering later mid-life and dealing with things that come along as a…

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If you've been a member here at iKC for very long you've probably noticed the blog post feed of Cutlery News Journal piped into our community's homepage. That's my personal collector's blog I've written for about a year and a half now. Well, got some changes coming down the pike that I'm pretty excited about, and I think you'll like them too. Continue

Friends,

SO I have complained about eBay but not enough, frankly it's overwhelming to decide what more print worthy than somethings else you see the next day.... Ergo writer's block AKA Lazy writer syndrome.....

Sorry I have been consumed too but I do have some great stats..... CASE Vintage knives are up about 20% in volume of offerings, overall Case Volume of offering has increased from 5,400 in September to over 7,000 now.

Buzz…

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If you like factory collections of pristine mint condition knives, then feast your eyes. Roger Russell is a major Boker collector and significantly contributed to the Boker article by Mark Zalesky in this month's Knife World. I shot this for him :)









This… Continue