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Chilebrown

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I am looking for suggestions on how to keep a record of my collection of Buck 110"s. How do you catalog your knives? Do you use a spreadsheet, pictures or a binder? Any suggestions would be welcome.
 
I just have a list in numerical order by model number (110's, 111's, 112's etc.) with a description of the knife saved on my computer in word.

110 50TH ANNIV. – 4 KNIFE SET – GLASS FRONT DISPLAY
110 CUSTOM SELECTOR – BLUE TURQUOISE & MOP – DAMASCUS CUSTOM
STAMPED BLADE – NICKEL (ALSO LISTED IN SELECTOR SECTION)
110 BRS4-B – BROWN MICARTA – POCKET CLIP – NIB
110 BRS4-B – BROWN MICARTA – POCKET CLIP – NIB
110 BRSWD-B – WOOD – BRASS – MP – AL BUCK ETCH – 50TH ANNIV - LTD
110 MS-O – NICKEL – CHECKERED GREEN WOOD – MASTER SERIES - LTD
110 LUSCCB – NICKEL – BLUE/GREEN LUCITE – SATIN D2 – BCCI 25TH - LTD
110 LUSCC1-B – NICKEL – BLUE/GREEN LUCITE – MP – BCCI ETCH - LTD
110 RDS1-B – RED PAPERSTONE – NIB
110 GRS4-B – GREEN PAPERSTONE – NIB
 
I don't do that, I've tried, but I'm not disciplined enough and find that I enjoy re-discovering knives that I don't remember having. The older I get the more enjoyment I seem to have:D Preston
 
As soon as I get a knife I assign an ID Number and mark a small piece of tape with the number, one tape each for the knife, box, and sheath. I use a spread sheet with 12 columns: ID#; Description; Year; Steel; Condition; Sheath/Box (yes or no); Comments; Purchase Date; Cost; Shipping Cost; Total Cost; Name of Seller.

Since I store the knives separately from the boxes and sheaths, it's important to label everything with the ID#. In addition, I have separate spreadsheets for 110s, 300 Series, Fixed Blades, and Miscellaneous Folders.

Also, I try to take photos right away.

With a spreadsheet, you can sort information in a lot of ways.

The important thing with all of this is to do it right away, otherwise, things get out of hand.
 
I do a spreadsheet, similar to bertl's description, in chronological order, but havn't done the id#.
 
st8yd said:
I do a spreadsheet, similar to bertl's description, in chronological order, but havn't done the id#.
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I think the advantage of using an ID# is that when you have 3 or 4 knives of the same model, version and year it separates some details that might vary—condition, seller, box/sheath.

Bert
 
bertl said:
I think the advantage of using an ID# is that when you have 3 or 4 knives of the same model, version and year it separates some details that might vary—condition, seller, box/sheath.
Bert
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No doubt, I'm just not there yet and probably should be doing it anyway.
 
sassafrassdogs3 said:
Purdy, not perdy...:D:p

I'm not that organized, ask my wife....o_Oo_Oo_O:eek::confused:

I guess I do have mine organized. The boxes are stacked just right so as to not avalanche...:D:D:p
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Same thing must be a regional acsent thingy?
I must admit mine are organized in my mind.
But no one in the family will have a clue when i depart this big round ball... :)
 
I found out the hard way to keep boxes, shieth's and all paperwork for each knife together..I display my 112's so I've always kept the knives separate and when I put together a shieth display they were further separated to the point I am not sure what goes correctly with each knife. I also didn't save many of the more common type boxes due to storage issues..and now wish I had. It would have been so easy to take 4 or 5 pictures when I got it home to KNOW what I paid,correct box and shieth no matter what I did for display or storage. What works for you depends on how many you have. A dozen or so anything will do but as the number goes up the better you need to be organized. If your regularly buying knives try and keep a short list in your wallet or close to you so you don't buy duplicates!
 
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^we all know what Davids sayin'. :)


I'm too lazy to keep track of my knife bucks and other brands. I use all of mine except for extras. I do it sassafrasdog3 style. pile boxes up, hope they dont fall over. i just need a mushroom closet so they multiply.;)
 
afishhunter said:
I just have an out-dated inventory list of all my knives ... somewhere ...
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that's good.....you got me chuckling there Sir.

I'm taking it as irony and on purpose you saying it like that. youre being whitty on purpose, right?
 
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Excel spread sheet. I fill out a "paper" worksheet for each knife with matching fields to the spreadsheet and file the paper copy by by date. Every knife, sheath, and box is labeled with a 3 or 4 digit month/year number. For example every knife I purchase this month will be labeled "119". Simple, short, and makes it easy to find the relevant spread sheet entry, paper copy, and matching box & sheath. I use Brother P-Touch labels. There is also a digital file folder also stored by Model and Date that contains any images I've taken of the knife. If acquired on eBay I also store a digital copy of the listing, paypal receipt, and the listing image.
It's a lot but works for me.
 
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