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Scott King's Blog – September 2009 Archive (10)

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Added by Scott King on September 25, 2009 at 23:41 — 3 Comments

Knives 2010, The World's Greatest Knife Book- A must have for all knife enthusiasts

While its billing as The World's Greatest Knife Book may be a little over the top, Knives 2010 is a must have for all knife lovers.

It's Krause Publications' 30th Anniversary Edition and it is chocked full of over 1000 high quality knife photos of all makes and models. (Granted 1000 pictures pales in comparison to iKC's over 5000 pictures, it is still a wonderful view of custom made knives by today's top makers.)

If you like to look at cool knives-… Continue

Added by Scott King on September 21, 2009 at 14:00 — 7 Comments

A Case of Case Trivia

You probably know that my favorite knife pattern probably has more documented names (nicknames) than any other pattern I am able to identify.

The list includes, Old Honesty, Butterbean, Pumpkinseed, Red Eye, Elephant's Toe, English Rope Knife, Toe, Sunfish, Camp Knife, Pocket Axe, Vest Pocket Axe (my favorite), Jumbo, The Bulldog and probably others.

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED?

I know it has been a topic of conversation as to when Case first… Continue

Added by Scott King on September 20, 2009 at 20:00 — No Comments

Helping spread the word- iKC Handout

Jeff Saylor's self-initiative of passing our iKC invitation flyers at a recent show provides us all an excellent example of how real our virtual community actually is!

There are tens of thousands of knife enthusiasts who may be interested in connecting in a very real way here at iKC. So, I ask you print a few dozen of the new iKC Handout and take them with you wherever you go- knife shows, club meetings, knife factory open houses, hardware & knife stores...in… Continue

Added by Scott King on September 17, 2009 at 12:00 — 12 Comments

Finally It Tasted My Blood

An axiom in the knife world you've probably heard is- "A knife only becomes yours when it decides to taste your blood."

Sure we all own knives we think are ours but from the knife's point of view- it only agrees to be yours at the time it decides to taste your blood.

Well I am proud to say my new EDC agreed to be mine yesterday.

The story is kinda funny and illustrates how careless we knife… Continue

Added by Scott King on September 17, 2009 at 10:00 — 6 Comments

iKC's New Features!

The system hosting iKC is continually working to make our community better. For several months, enhancements have been in the works. Overnight they were rolled out.

One of these new features is another communication tool for our members. It's called STATUS. Many of you have it on your My Page now. I do and I like it! For you who don't, I'm checking if you add it from your settings area.

Basically STATUS- let's you post a note on your My Page about activities,… Continue

Added by Scott King on September 9, 2009 at 9:00 — 5 Comments

All About Toenails: A Case XX USN Redbone

The Elephant Toenail pattern's been around for over a hundred years and is favored by both production and custom knife collectors. They come in hundreds of flavors, which is good cause we pattern collectors love variety!

Saw one the other day I had to show you. It's the standard style toenail. And is a Case XX Redbone. The redbone is very popular- only the rare XX Greenbone toenail is more sought after, as far as the XX's go anyway.

We'll save the redbone talk for another… Continue

Added by Scott King on September 4, 2009 at 17:00 — 3 Comments

The Elephant Toenail Collector Club is officially calling iKC home!

The Elephant Toenail Collectors Club decided by unanimous consent to officially move in to iKC- lock, stock and barrel.

Yes, that's right. We like these new digs better. iKC offers us everything we need, plus some. For close to 2 years we called home ElephantToenails.com and in particular its blog- The… Continue

Added by Scott King on September 4, 2009 at 8:00 — 4 Comments

How to use iKnifeCollector to write a blog post

As promised here's Part II to Blogging to the Knife Community and specifically how to use iKnifeCollector. Part I of this series outlined the opportunity for bloggers and writers to establish their presence and reputation in the community on their favorite knife related subjects.

If you are still learning your way around our community and how it works, take a few minutes to get a feel… Continue

Added by Scott King on September 3, 2009 at 20:30 — No Comments

Online Knife Collectors Beware

At the risk of alarming folks, I learned today the current administration (the White House) has put out a request for bids (RFP) for contractors to collect/capture/harvest and create a permanent record of comments made on social networking sites. While the network host of iKnifeCollector is not specifically named, many others are: FaceBook, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube, in addition to others.

As reported by… Continue

Added by Scott King on September 2, 2009 at 15:30 — 3 Comments