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Scott King's Blog – October 2009 Archive (6)

H. Boker Factory Collection

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

Added by Scott King on October 24, 2009 at 8:00 — 1 Comment

Two iKC Members in the news

We have two iKC members in the news- David Anthony and Mark Zalesky.

David recently interviewed Knife World's Editor, Mark Zalesky. Mark isn't taken to getting press, so he wouldn't allow the interview to run in Knife World, so guess what- Cutlery News Journal ran it. Mark is a behind the scenes kinda guy and deserves all… Continue

Added by Scott King on October 22, 2009 at 15:51 — 1 Comment

Pledges and Donations to the National Breast Cancer Foundation

As you probably know we are having a fun fundraising auction shown on the community's homepage. Thank you who are bidding. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

In addition, I have been contacted by members who wish to make a donation through the iKC campaign directly, so here's what we are doing.

If you wish to pledge a donation, please indicate such below by responding with your pledge. I'll follow up with my address for your check. It will need to be made out to the… Continue

Added by Scott King on October 21, 2009 at 15:00 — 5 Comments

BREAKING NEWS- Customs attempt to redefine a switchblade is now dead!

Word just in from KnifeRights.org via text message: "Senate passed Homeland Appropriations Bill with our amendment to the Federal Switchblade Act intact!"

This is a MAJOR victory for the Knife Industry and users/collectors. See Cutlery News Journal for more details.

Added by Scott King on October 20, 2009 at 16:00 — No Comments

One of our favorite times of the year- Pumpkin Carving Time!

Knife users love to carve, don't we? Here's your change to show off your skill. When my kids were younger I used to carve funny/silly faces on our pumpkins. They usually weren't very good. But I know some folks take this art of pumpkin carving very seriously.

If you are carving a pumpkin this year, snap you a pic of it and load it up to share with us. Don't forget to show us the knife (or knives) you used for this delicate procedure.

Want some ideas, check out… Continue

Added by Scott King on October 12, 2009 at 21:36 — 6 Comments

The Rules of Knife Collecting

Sometime back over at Cutlery News Journal we concluded knife collecting qualifies as a sport. And, by definition, a sport is governed by a framework of understandings commonly called rules.

“Rules,” you say, “there aren't any rules associated with knife collecting.”

Oh, contraire, but it does. I will admit they weren’t easy to find, but find them I did, though I… Continue

Added by Scott King on October 7, 2009 at 7:00 — 3 Comments