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Tags: Association, club, international, national
First to promote collectible knives and help bring more knife enthusiasts into the knife community and to help sustain and support those already active in the community.
To help the general community by sponsoring charitable projects such as knife raffles and such. This not only helps the general community but also helps to present collectible knives in a more favorable light as opposed to just weapons.
To have a friendly, fun, educational and interesting forum and website for it's members to visit and share information with one another.
To have a member discount program for members to save money on knife related products and services such as knife photos, sheaths, collector/knifedealer/knifemaker insurance. This can help members to reduce or in some cases eliminate their cost of dues/membership.
To offer it's members "VIP" passes and free admission tickets to knife shows.
To offer a monthly newsletter to it's members so they can stay abreast of what's going on in the knife community.
To offer desirable, unique and high quality "Club Knives" to it's membership at reasonable prices.
To have a annual banquet where all members can meet, gather and have a great time before the Blade Show.
Sponsor a knife show which offers it's members a chance to acquire very special knives from in demand knifemakers at very desirable prices.
Set up at knife shows and do seminars around the country to help promote and educate on collectible knives.
Create an annual knife calendar to increase the exposure of collectible knives both inside and outside the knife community.
To help unite knife enthusiasts from around the world.
To help knifemakers be successful in exposing and marketing their knives to the broader and more mainstream collectible and art communities.
For me to become a dues-paying member of a new knife collecting association, membership would have to include a monthly publication such as Blade magazine or Tactical Knives magazine, and it would have to offer discounts on knives and knife-related products. That sounds good but there is a cost to that .
Hi guys. An association that talks about new knives is great. But a lot of us also collect old knives. This site seems to have guys who only care about the latest "killing" blade. Guys ,a tad less on the Rambo crap would be nice. Now ,that's not to say that I don't dig slice and dice the bad guy stuff.But let's face it most of us will only have to face a pissed off boss or wife( if there's a difference).
I have a large collection of new and old stuff. The new stuff is easy to know and understand. The old stuff,well I can use some help.Hint,hint
john
I was not at all referring to IKC. Maybe I misunderstood the question from Scott. I was stating what I would like to see IF a new knife collector association were to start up. I was thinking more along the lines of an organization like the NKCA.
I very much agree that we have a good atmosphere here.
First to promote collectible knives and help bring more knife enthusiasts into the knife community and to help sustain and support those already active in the community.
To help the general community by sponsoring charitable projects such as knife raffles and such. This not only helps the general community but also helps to present collectible knives in a more favorable light as opposed to just weapons.
To have a friendly, fun, educational and interesting forum and website for it's members to visit and share information with one another.
To have a member discount program for members to save money on knife related products and services such as knife photos, sheaths, collector/knifedealer/knifemaker insurance. This can help members to reduce or in some cases eliminate their cost of dues/membership.
To offer it's members "VIP" passes and free admission tickets to knife shows.
To offer a monthly newsletter to it's members so they can stay abreast of what's going on in the knife community.
To offer desirable, unique and high quality "Club Knives" to it's membership at reasonable prices.
To have a annual banquet where all members can meet, gather and have a great time before the Blade Show.
Sponsor a knife show which offers it's members a chance to acquire very special knives from in demand knifemakers at very desirable prices.
Set up at knife shows and do seminars around the country to help promote and educate on collectible knives.
Create an annual knife calendar to increase the exposure of collectible knives both inside and outside the knife community.
To help unite knife enthusiasts from around the world.
To help knifemakers be successful in exposing and marketing their knives to the broader and more mainstream collectible and art communities.
I would like to see it as a world wide organization. A group that govenments could talk too. In the UK we have no influence on knife laws and are thought of as criminals in the making for wanting to own or carry a knife. If it had a real voce I would join. Dont know what I would pay. $20 a year??. I if it had real teeth like the NRA I would pay more.
Newsletters can be a plus IF the organization has motivated people to produce and deliver an interesting newsletter.
That one is key to me
I want something I can save and refer too
Kind of like my Knife World magazines
(a PDF would be fine too)
Something with information
Not just a list of the knife shows and knifemakers
It could be knife history, like Oregon Knife Club Newsletter, or maybe" member spotlights" (your favorite knife in your collection, your first knife, grandpa's knife,etc), a for sale or trade section,maybe a few ads
A good mixture of traditional knives, tactical knives, custom knives, USA knives, foreign knives, fixed blade and folding, and tomahawks and cleavers
Club knives are cool
If everyone can agree on what type of pattern and manufacture to go with ;)
To be honest, teh reason I joined NKCA was the free book
So give something free off the bat
Like maybe a free calendar.....;) ;)...Kevin?......;)
Just charge 60 bucks for the membership and give me the calendar for free...:)
Or a Cordura embroidered knife roll
A laminated membership card with If the Police Stop You With a Knife instructions on the back?
T Shirt
Small whetstone in a mahogany box with the club logo
Doo rag or trucker hat
Lanyard with pewter logo piece
Leather sheath
A.G. Russell™ Steel Thumbnail
DMT keychain sharpener
2 .oz bottle of mineral oil
And each time you renew you get the gift of the year
Maybe give a free gift for 10 year membership anniversaries or something like that...
Having a forum with member only sections is definitely a plus
Knife show discounts are not a factor for me
If I lived in The Knife Belt (Arkansas, Texas, Georgia, Tennessee?)
Where I was with driving distance of a knife show every weekend
Then it would probably be a factor
An annual knife show or monthly meetings would be nice so you could meet people and show knives
That's probably more of a local knife club thing
Like SoCal Blades knife club
"First to promote collectible knives and help bring more knife enthusiasts into the knife community and to help sustain and support those already active in the community.
To help the general community by sponsoring charitable projects such as knife raffles and such. This not only helps the general community but also helps to present collectible knives in a more favorable light as opposed to just weapons."
That's good stuff too
Maybe give a knife to an active service member or as presentation piece to a retunring servicmember
Kind of how they presented custom Bowies to senators back in the day
Or sponsor a young whittlers club somewhere
I would like to try and help the knife community as a whole
Enlighten people and spread the good word about The Good Blade
To have a annual banquet where all members can meet, gather and have a great time before the Blade Show.
Sounds costly but fun...hehehhehehe
My price range would be $19.99 to $34.99 a year (with free bumper sticker)
The lower the annual fee
The more members
Is my motto
You all knew that though, right? ;)
As a writer for Knives Illustrated I like to just set back and read all of the likes and dislikes from the members of IKC. From these posts I can really get a good feel for the knife enthusiast here in North America and International knife lovers as well. I have traveled overseas a great deal and am amazed how different the laws vary from one country to another. Here in the USA the knife, or weapon, laws vary as much as they do from country to country. In my articles I always tell the readers to check their local weapons laws before buying and or carrying knives.
As for supporting a new knife association, I would agree with our cousins abroad in regards to the political power the association could bring. Being a Life member of the NRA I see the results such organizations can bring. I would suggest strong chapters in those countries to bring the desired political pressure.
I would say 20 USD would be a good price for basic members in North America and International chapters charging a manageable fee to their members.
In all I just want to say hi and help out on Scott's quest.
I agree 100% Mike- an International org with National/State/Local Chapters. All working in concert together. Plus, it seems one of the challenges for a National club without local chapters is that of manpower, but this way, the local chapters could support the initiatives of the Org by carrying out on a local level the shows, community events, youth programs, etc.
A friend of mine is the president of the Birmingham, Al Porsche club local chapter and this structure is they way they are set up. We talked for a long time yesterday on how they function and work under the oversight of the leadership of the International (mother club). Just makes a lot of sense to me. Instead of having all these local/regional clubs all doing their own thing.
Otherwise, it seems all we are going to have is splinter groups (old, new, custom, tactical, etc), which is seems is they way things are now...
Mike Carter said:
In my opinion, the perfect scenario would be an International organization with local chapters that encompases all kinds of knives, users and collectors. Local chapters could have monthly meetings and countries could hold annual shows or conventions.
In reality, we already have so many splintered knife groups, clubs and organizations and many are struggling to stay afloat. We have the oldest knife club in America based in my town, the Kentucky Cutlery Association. That club has dwindled to a handful of members who show up at the monthly meetings and nobody wants to be officers, put together the newsletter or do anything except sit around and trade pocket knives. In contrast, the Knifemakers Guild is successful and growing again because they have several enthusiastic and motivated people working hard for the group.
It is a lot of hard work to make any organization successful. You will always have alot of people who will sit in the back and grumble about what "they" are or are not doing. Just like this forum. It didn't just happen. Scott King put a lot of time and effort into it. That, along with the support of the members is why it works.
This is what the NKCA was and should become again with the right leadership which it doesn't have at the present .
Kevin Jones said:First to promote collectible knives and help bring more knife enthusiasts into the knife community and to help sustain and support those already active in the community.
To help the general community by sponsoring charitable projects such as knife raffles and such. This not only helps the general community but also helps to present collectible knives in a more favorable light as opposed to just weapons.
To have a friendly, fun, educational and interesting forum and website for it's members to visit and share information with one another.
To have a member discount program for members to save money on knife related products and services such as knife photos, sheaths, collector/knifedealer/knifemaker insurance. This can help members to reduce or in some cases eliminate their cost of dues/membership.
To offer it's members "VIP" passes and free admission tickets to knife shows.
To offer a monthly newsletter to it's members so they can stay abreast of what's going on in the knife community.
To offer desirable, unique and high quality "Club Knives" to it's membership at reasonable prices.
To have a annual banquet where all members can meet, gather and have a great time before the Blade Show.
Sponsor a knife show which offers it's members a chance to acquire very special knives from in demand knifemakers at very desirable prices.
Set up at knife shows and do seminars around the country to help promote and educate on collectible knives.
Create an annual knife calendar to increase the exposure of collectible knives both inside and outside the knife community.
To help unite knife enthusiasts from around the world.
To help knifemakers be successful in exposing and marketing their knives to the broader and more mainstream collectible and art communities.
Gary, the above is a list of what the Custom Knife Collectors Association (CKCA) is currently doing. We are a little over 2 years old.
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