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April 2013

CaseXX6202BareheadJack

photo CaseXX6202BareheadJack 3 Likes Four Years (and counting)... I know that I'm a day early, but I don't like to waste the excuse for a good party. It was four years ago (tomorrow) that iKC was founded. In those years we've grown to over 3,000 members. There ar… Discussion Four Years (and counting)... 10 Likes Who leaves collectible knives in packaging? I received this Browning knife as a retirement gift when I retired this past November. At this point I am planning to keep it in my collection and not use it. I have a Buck Omni Hunter that I alrea… Discussion Who leaves collectible knives in packaging? 3 Likes Storing knives in leather sheaths Someone once told me that you shouldn't store a knife in its leather sheath. Is that true? Discussion Storing knives in leather sheaths 4 Likes 196

photo 196 2 Likes Knife Repair, Modification, Restoration & Im…

Group Knife Repair, Modification, Restoration & Im… 39 Likes STOCKMAN PATTERN GROUP

Group STOCKMAN PATTERN GROUP 26 Likes Knife Sharpeners

Group Knife Sharpeners 25 Likes

March 2013

appaloosa

photo appaloosa 2 Likes SWEDGE...a misunderstood beauty

Thank you Tony for sharing this information. I for one love the look of swedges but did not realize their importance to the function of a…

Blog SWEDGE...a misunderstood beauty 6 Likes Shapleigh Hdwe C742 Stockman - Butter-n-Mola…

photo Shapleigh Hdwe C742 Stockman - Butter-n-Mola… 3 Likes The story behind the knife I would like to start a discussion of the story behind the knife. What I envision is not so much what makes the knife itself special such as by a custom builder or very expensive or rare. It might… Discussion The story behind the knife 4 Likes edc & favorites 006

photo edc & favorites 006 3 Likes What's that ONE knife? Got to ask everybody. What's that one knife that keeps eluding you in your search? That one knife that would seem to complete that emptiness in your knife collectiong heart? For me, it's hard to choo… Discussion What's that ONE knife? 2 Likes Scrimed Buffalo

photo Scrimed Buffalo 5 Likes

February 2013

KNIFE FOLKLORE

In Irish lore is a knife is facing up toward the…

Blog KNIFE FOLKLORE 6 Likes A real box full of knives. I went to visit the family of my best friend who passed away a year ago. The family has had a rough go. He left behind a wife and two sons (age 21 and 23, now) They have been going through Mike’s… Discussion A real box full of knives. 6 Likes Jack Knife Ben, a legend I never heard

I had never heard of this man and find it amazing that with as many knives as he sold there are only a few around. That must mean they were used, not collected. If he could only see them…

Blog Jack Knife Ben, a legend I never heard 4 Likes Something you don't find every day. So when I was visiting Arkansas I was in the car with A.G. and Goldie. And we were talking about A.G.'s One Hand Knife. It's a design that I've grown VERY fond of. And they were telling me about the… Discussion Something you don't find every day. 7 Likes knife I would love to own or at least hold f… I've always been interested in really old automatic knives. The one I would choose to own/ handle would be the knife John Wayne used in Big Jake. Discussion knife I would love to own or at least hold f… 2 Likes