Recently we have had some discussions in the chat about auctions and utilizing a buyers market to obtain that one special peice, or even just find it, in an auction site as big as ebay. Type in just knife and this is what comes up...388,097 results found for knife. Talk about a needle in a haystack!

Then they give us the way to beak it down.... spring assisted knife, throwing knives, hunting knife, gerber knife, sword, survival knife, pocket knives, knife lot, pocket knife. (well that certainly helped). Here is where it gets fun, just click on pocket knife, narrows the search to 57,156 results found for pocket knives .
How the HECK do we every find what we are looking for in this mess?

Lets do some specifics and see if we can find the best way through the maze :)

Type in vintage pocket knife and only 4359 knives. How about vintage bucks? Well that is something you can look at in an evening 387 knives., vintage Western 226, I set my page at 200 views so I dont have to slow down changing pages as often. If I am not looking for anything in particular I usually use this technique.

What if you are looking for a particular maker? John Lloyd. Type in his John LLoyd knife (zero) The type in Lloyd knife and 1 knife comes up. Well at least I found it
How about a pattern style. Lets try a whittler...1,761 results found for whittler . Lets narrow it farther,,,111 results found for vintage whittler...Nice. I can look through 111 vintage whittlers I love old knives.
But wait theres more!!!!! out of the 111 vintage whittlers, 22 of those knives are less than 10 years old. Guess they are vintage if your a 20 year old LOL.

My experience with ebay is two fold. Spend an evening finding the path that takes you to an area you like. Check out the related searches that come up

Related Searches: old whittler, buck 110, case whittler, stag whittler, blue grass knives, lava lamp, whittler knife stag, half whittler (I am probably not looking for lava lamp). I choose to go with the old whittler option
42 results found for old whittler knife. lets see if I can find one I like...Well imagine that . a knife I like

old 70's Vintage Solingen german stag whittler robt. klass kissing crane knife

NEAR MINT) "3 1/2" closed German stag whittler blades have factory edge never sharppned or used twin bird logo on all blade tangs. this is same as new knife with few storage smuges. these blade very sharp and will hold edge for long use. the beautiful german stag handles have no cracks or other issues.(LOOK AT PICTURES THEY SHOW ALL) USA SHIPPING 3.90 international shipping first class 8.50. if customer request, or you can go with priorty +2.00 handling. MUST BE 18 TO PURCHASE THAT THE LAW.

So this is how I narrow it down, how I find what I am looking for. Now how I win most every bid I go after is another story. Lets talk about that soon.

Tell us how you navigate the ebay swamp?