Any one keep an inventory of their knives?

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I am doing one now. I have so many knives its more time consuming that I expected.:eek: It is good that I touch every one and see what all that I really have.:D
 
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I only have 16 (5 of them Bucks), so I tend to notice if one isn't there. ;) I've been tempted to make a list of all the ones I used to own, but I do believe that would make me cry.
 
Yes, I do.

I was trying to find the thread from a couple years ago that talked about this, but couldn't locate it.

300Bucks had a very good system that he explained in the thread and I cataloged mine closely to what he showed in that thread.

I'll look for the thread later and link it here if I find it.
 
Yes I always keep a inventory of my collection.

Model, Date purchased, price paid, box papers, year,
 
I've tried but every time I get started something comes up and it never gets finished, I'm sure if I had a lot less knives it would make it easy easier. ;)
 
Mine are in a very long Word file. Have them seperated by manufacture. For ones that I buy from the bay I have the knife price then the price plus shipping. As the Word file gets longer I am thinking I should have started an Excel file instead.
 
edbeau said:
Mine are in a very long Word file. Have them seperated by manufacture. For ones that I buy from the bay I have the knife price then the price plus shipping. As the Word file gets longer I am thinking I should have started an Excel file instead.
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Excel is the way to go and it'll allow you to line up all the specs, sort and filter. I try to keep the collection in check and not just accumulate so I did it to compare specs on what I had and what I was considering so I could see when I started to get a lot of similar items. It also helps if you're going to sell them since you have the specs on hand and maybe even when you purchased and for how much if you keep track of that sort of thing too.
 
I tried a quick search and didn't find my post will try again. I believe I wrote an article on the same in the BCCI Newsletter. Basically what you have is electric or hard copy.

As suggested Excel is the way to go. I wish one of you computer guru's would make a "Buck Knife Record Inventory" to share with everyone. If someone will do that I will see about making it available somewhere for everyone. Three words are necessary for electric stuff, Backup, Backup, Backup.

Paper copy is a good backup, I don't have every knife recorded but am working on it. I believe I am scheduled to give a talk on this at the Collectors Club meeting in Idaho. I favor two methods I have photos -front and back of the knife printed on a sheet with details below photos. I have a nice one made for my display and set it out for folks to look at during shows. I also have a index card box with records. One for each knife, I need to combine this with a Excel record and give each knife a unique number. I have all my display knives numbered on card with descriptions in the display.

I use blue painter tape on my knives without boxes and I put a small slip of paper on knives with boxes held on by rubber band. If security is necessary, buy small little sticky dots and put them IN the blade well. Then keep record using number you write on the dot with a Sharpie.....maybe thieves won't look in the blade well and you can tell cops about the dots, just before you start looking in all the local pawn shops for you own knives.

I hear you guys muttering, I only have 10 knives I don't need that mess.......well, if you only have 10 you can get it done quicker. If you set it up, they (more knives) will come.

300

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The article 300Bucks wrote in the BCCI newsletter was in the December 2011 edition.
 
300Bucks said:
I tried a quick search and didn't find my post will try again. I believe I wrote an article on the same in the BCCI Newsletter. Basically what you have is electric or hard copy.

As suggested Excel is the way to go. I wish one of you computer guru's would make a "Buck Knife Record Inventory" to share with everyone. If someone will do that I will see about making it available somewhere for everyone. Three words are necessary for electric stuff, Backup, Backup, Backup.

Paper copy is a good backup, I don't have every knife recorded but am working on it. I believe I am scheduled to give a talk on this at the Collectors Club meeting in Idaho. I favor two methods I have photos -front and back of the knife printed on a sheet with details below photos. I have a nice one made for my display and set it out for folks to look at during shows. I also have a index card box with records. One for each knife, I need to combine this with a Excel record and give each knife a unique number. I have all my display knives numbered on card with descriptions in the display.

I use blue painter tape on my knives without boxes and I put a small slip of paper on knives with boxes held on by rubber band. If security is necessary, buy small little sticky dots and put them IN the blade well. Then keep record using number you write on the dot with a Sharpie.....maybe thieves won't look in the blade well and you can tell cops about the dots, just before you start looking in all the local pawn shops for you own knives.

I hear you guys muttering, I only have 10 knives I don't need that mess.......well, if you only have 10 you can get it done quicker. If you set it up, they (more knives) will come.

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300 Bucks,

Excellent post.:thumbup:

You gave me a the great idea of the Blue Painters Tape.:thumbup: I even have a roll in my small shop.:D Blue Plumbers tape sticks, but not over sticks to things and would be perfect. The blue color is fast to find and read. I try to keep all my knife boxes (they store easy) and I hate the bulky plastic clam packs. Excel would be good. I am using MS Word as I can type as much as I want. I also lump them by Manufacturing Brand.
 
Take my advice and do it NOW! Don't wait until you have several hundred Buck knives like I did. It's now such a daunting task that I just don't have the energy or the ambition to tackle the job.

There are times now that I don't even realize I have a certain model until I run across a picture I took of it in my PhotoBucket library. :o
 
IIRC someone a while ago posted a link to a " Collectors Software" it was a bunch of basic templates that were customizable, I don't recall what the platform was but it was pretty compressive with places for photos and customizable fields.
 
I've got a list, for some reason I started it in word, and I have it in chronological order. But intend to change it to excel, so that I can change around the order they are listed in. Those not familiar with excel or spreadsheets, as mentioned earlier, you can change the order of the list around, back and forth, from say chronological, by model #, by brand, etc.

I started it mostly to help me remember when and where,from whom, I got what. And I don't even have what I would call a real collection compared to many of these guys.
 
My excel sheet was quite full a few months ago, now its full of empty spaces :) I better get filling them up now.
 
The nice thing about excel is that you can create filters which allow you to view by make, size blade, number of blades, blade material, scale material, price paid date bought, basically any field that's filled can be used as a formula to filter.

I'm sure one of you really knice knife people with excel/spreadsheet knowledge could help us maybe develop something we could use and shared here on BFC.
 
When I get one in a clam pack, I carefully remove the knife, I gently place the pack, sans knife, on the floor and then I stomp the crap out of it. If I have time I then take it outside and hit it a few time with a axe and then into the garbage. 300
 
^ LOL!!! I feel the same way about clam packs, but I cut them up and use them to mix epoxy ;)
 
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