Anyone Else Collect Wall Hangers?

Horn Dog

Horn Dog

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Sure, I use knives. I like INFI, S30V, 1095, and serious users. But I also occasionally buy knives just for their beauty. I recently got a knife that looks like Dundee's. I have two versions of the movie knife used in Iron Mistress. I have long admired the Rambo III Bowie, and have one coming in. I could buy a custom from Gil Hibben for big bucks. But the 420J2 one will do fine for my purposes. I have the Sting short sword from Lord of the Rings. I just like looking at that beautiful leaf shaped blade as it hangs from its display plaque. I know that many folks disparage such "art" knives, but I like some of them. Any other knife lovers out there buy such knives? There is no shame in it. :D
 
i have couple lord of the ring blades , cool on the wall not to fantastical. strider dagger and ranger sword. i've wanted to get one of the predator bowie machetes for along time, maybe one day.
 
disduster said:
i have couple lord of the ring blades , cool on the wall not to fantastical. strider dagger and ranger sword. i've wanted to get one of the predator bowie machetes for along time, maybe one day.
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Thanks for that "confession", disduster. I think some knife lovers are ashamed to admit that some movie may have inspired them to buy a knife. I have no shame. I collect everything from WWII combat knives to Busses to United Cutlery movie knives. :D
 
I guess you could say that most of my knives are either "wall hangers" or "stand sitters". That's because I live and work in an environment where there isn't a whole lot to cut/chop and carrying knives is frowned upon. But I love cutlery nonetheless. That's why I'm in Vegas right now attending the SHOT Show. :)
 
bld522 said:
I guess you could say that most of my knives are either "wall hangers" or "stand sitters". That's because I live and work in an environment where there isn't a whole lot to cut/chop and carrying knives is frowned upon. But I love cutlery nonetheless. That's why I'm in Vegas right now attending the SHOT Show. :)
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Good deal, Bruce. I bet you come back with some pretty steel. :D
 
I do have plenty of knives hanging on the wall, and some of them don't seem to have much purpose other than to look at, but I still refuse to buy a knife that isn't produced to quality cutlery standards.

90% of the world seems to have other ideals though, so I guess I'm in the minority.
 
On the topic of swords, really, the assault rifle of the past has no purpose but to be admired now days. I do have a bunch of those as well, but again, they must be functional.
Even though most of mine are blunt, I can't stand having something that isn't built to the same standards (or better) as the originals were hundreds of years ago.

Again, that's just me.
 
Not at all.

Not that I wouldn't, I mean not oppossed to it or anything. Don't have the space or the money.
 
I have a prized set of "samuri swords" that my wife got me for a wedding gift 26 years ago. They are not even good for openning letters, but she got them for me and I will keep them forever. They sit on top of a bookcase gathering dust.
 
Well even my wall hangers are functional. I mean, they may not have the very finest steel, but they can take an edge and cut. I just don't use them as axes or machetes, and I really try to avoid bowie knife fights, but the Iron Mistress ones are very well balanced and lethal.
 
Horn Dog said:
Good deal, Bruce. I bet you come back with some pretty steel. :D
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Actually I wasn't planning on buying anything, Vic. But something came up that was just too good to resist. I'll send you an e-mail this weekend and fill you in.

Joshua J. said:
I do have plenty of knives hanging on the wall, and some of them don't seem to have much purpose other than to look at, but I still refuse to buy a knife that isn't produced to quality cutlery standards.

90% of the world seems to have other ideals though, so I guess I'm in the minority.
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Whether I use them or not, I also refuse to buy knives that aren't produced to quality cutlery standards. So I suppose I'm in the minority, too. :thumbup:
 
Something about the Iron Mistress ..... I have always liked this knife, not sure why, maybe the big clip, or the "fragment of a star" that went into it
Anyway I also have a couple of Iron Mistress wall hangers - and I thoroughly enjoy 'em because they are functional and very well made - Joe Yeates , Steve Voorhis and James Downs models
 
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