Do you keep your knife boxes?

[willis]

No,I have never bought a knife that did not get used.No,wait I did save the box a yellow handled case 6318cv came in to put an 8 dot 6318hp bone handled case knife in it.

 

[nickortizzle1035]

i used to never keep the boxes or papers, but now i keep EVERTHING. i figure if i sell it down the road, i can maybe get a little bit more if i have all the goodies.

 

[tomsch]

I do keep the boxes for the knives that I'm not sure if I'll keep or not. Some buyers are very picky about having the original box and paperwork.

 

[RevDevil]

I keep the boxes so the collectors can give me the "full" value of a knife if I happen to sell them. Got to keep the overly anal collectors happy so I can get my money's worth. (You would think they would have been happy with the sharp object in their hands but I learned I was wrong)

well, you sure seem bitter and overtly abrasive about something as simple as a box. Why?

I blame the collectors for adding needless values to cardboard boxes.

Are you at all familiar with the term collectible items? If not, read a little into it, you might find it fascinating, from a historical perspective, research the name Bob Loveless, Bob Lum, just to name a couple.

For a person that tries to belittle my ability to observe, you yourself didn't really observe what I was trying to point out; that the collectors themselves are what attached pointless values to dead trees that has been turned into cardboard boxes. It's the collectors that thinks there's values to boxes and proclaim that there is worth in them thus bringing up the price based on collector's perceived demand. It's the materialistic mentality that thinks boxes has some useful worth outside of sitting there looking pretty.

So you're talking with the mentality of a collector while I'm seeing it from the outside and talking about the foundation of a collector's mentality and their attachment to empty collective items that has no useful use outside of looking all pretty.

We only live once and we cannot bring the boxes to heaven so why worry about it? Just use the all the knives for it's intended purposes as nothing lasts forever.

Do you take the same posture regarding old texts and historical documents? You act as if collecting knives is actually a bad thing. I hesitate to ask your thoughts on museums. What if someone wants to leave their children a nice NIB knife after they die, what is the great sin in that? Do tell.

Sharp objects denied from being used for it's intended created-for function just for the sake of being collected, box and all...Materialistic America.

This makes no sense, and I am trying to relate to your perspective. No one is belittling you in any way, you seem to have great troubles with others sharing their opinions in this thread.

On the contrary, I keep a realistic view on things. You on other hand rather not expand to other horizons such as my perspectives it would appear and thus label me as such.

Sharp objects, meet life. Life, meet sharp objects. Now lets get to work.

The realistic view you have is a lot more subjective than you think, if you need proof, read through the quoted posts. So much vitriol in an otherwise innocent discussion is a waste. Live and let live, don't judge or insult people, they will do whatever they please with their items, just as you do with yours. Don't take these discussions to seriously.

 

[OldeWolf]

as for the statement that i highlighted, i could say the same for just about any collectible/valuable item.

having as much of the original item (packaging and all) is never a bad thing. if you have a vintage car, having all the original paperwork, stickers and documents adds not only to the value but to the history of the car. in turn that also makes it more valuable.

if i buy a knife from someone, i enjoy getting all of the original packaging.

Guess I better save the USPS box that my custom made knife came in as well as the wrapper that protected the said object during shipping. Some one might want to know the history of this custom made knife.

Cars are one thing of eras gone by. Knives and boxes that has been mass produced is something else entirely. Now if it was a custom made knife container that goes with the knife, that's a different story.

 

[Samael]

Alright, everybody (you too, Rev) needs to take a deep breath and step back. What's the big deal here? Why the "fighting words?" It's no big deal. A box might make $10 difference. Really, who cares? Not me. (But I keep my boxes.)

 

[chevy_racin]

I keep them all. I may want to sell or trade a knife in the future. But heck, I'm sort of a pack rat.

 

[Planterz]

OldeWolf, I suggest you never look into collecting vintage toys, like Matchbox cars, Star Wars action figures, GI Joes, and Transformers. If you think it's silly to want to have the box for a knife, look a the price difference between a collectable toy without packaging vs with packaging vs still in the packaging. I can understand it from a collectors' standpoint, but wanting a toy that you can't play with always made me scratch my head a bit.

 

[RevDevil]

Alright, everybody (you too, Rev) needs to take a deep breath and step back. What's the big deal here? Why the "fighting words?" It's no big deal. A box might make $10 difference. Really, who cares? Not me. (But I keep my boxes.)

Everything is calm, can't you tell by my post above?

 

[jimnolimit]

Guess I better save the USPS box that my custom made knife came in as well as the wrapper that protected the said object during shipping. Some one might want to know the history of this custom made knife.

Cars are one thing of eras gone by. Knives and boxes that has been mass produced is something else entirely. Now if it was a custom made knife container that goes with the knife, that's a different story.

for the most part, a usps box is way too general and has nothing to do with the actual item that was shipped. but if the custom maker hand wrote the info on the box, why not keep it.

knife companies design their boxes and over time change those designs. also, the serial number and other knife specific info is usually on the box (which could include info like production date, the facility it was made in, etc).

 

[sodak]

I use the knife to cut up the box. Generally, i don't keep the box, not enough room....

 

[OldeWolf]

snip due to over quoting

I personally watch American Pickers daily (or whenever it's on) and all my life my family has traveled America exploring old places, old barns, ruins, etc. I go to thrift shops whenever I get a chance to. All of that because of one thing; the loss we all have acquired when those eras passes by and no one remembers who they were or who they used to be let alone what they created or made.

But in this today's mass-production world, there's no more respect for good old hard work that has gone into creating something by our own two hands (roughly speaking). Plus, being in those many historical environments while growing up (even set off the alarm while pulling out an early 1800's book off the shelf at the Sacramento Capital at the age of 6 due to intense curiosity for bygone times) and witnessing what my father left behind when he passed away only made me realize how too deeply the materialistic sentiments are in our current day's mentalities when it comes to physical products. Call me bitter if you want or abrasive if you so wish but those are native perceptions in face of the bigger picture that exists these days.

It's not what we have but what we do with what we have that defines our daily days. We only live once so I'm not going to baby sit "collectable" things until I die nor should anyone. We can preserve it while in use or hold a few as an example of a past when the future gazes upon said items but this current frenzy over sharp objects that just sits there and be denied it's tool-designed function (aka not be used as intended) before being passed on to the next collector is a sign of a materialistic mentality that is of no practical use. Example is the over-quoted post by RevDevil that reflects from the materialistic aspects of history not the human aspects of history.

Bah, knowing what I know, which is little in the vast of what we have lost of history, it just makes me sad seeing this kind of hoarding behaviors when hopefully one day folks will realize that they cannot take them to their graves with no guarantee the next generations will give any damn about what you have collected.

Just enjoy life, stop worrying about materialistic stuff, let alone a box.

 

[OldeWolf]

for the most part, a usps box is way too general and has nothing to do with the actual item that was shipped.

It's called sarcasm.

but if the custom maker hand wrote the info on the box, why not keep it.

That part is true, as long as the custom maker has a hand in it and not some robot in China's assembling line.

 

[Samael]

There's not a thing in OldeWolf's last post (the long, rambling one) that I can disagree with. So says the guy with more Randalls than I can use in what remains of my lifetime. I guess I just see both sides of this.

Don't really think it's worth arguing about either.

 

[OldeWolf]

OldeWolf, I suggest you never look into collecting vintage toys, like Matchbox cars, Star Wars action figures, GI Joes, and Transformers. If you think it's silly to want to have the box for a knife, look a the price difference between a collectable toy without packaging vs with packaging vs still in the packaging. I can understand it from a collectors' standpoint, but wanting a toy that you can't play with always made me scratch my head a bit.

I definitely will not. I've avoided them like the plague. But then again...I could buy some Teenage Mutate Ninja turtle that I've always wanted from the old days and open up the old packages to have the brand "new" toy in my hands!

I only collect artist work because those are done by a human being. I currently have a painting that is worth about $900 to $1500 depending on demand that dad has passed on to me. So custom made boxes and knives, yes I can see the collectable side of it (even if I make the knife into a user regardless). Mass production knives and boxes made by machines, nope, cannot see the need to save them.

 

[OldeWolf]

OldeWolf, I suggest you never look into collecting vintage toys, like Matchbox cars, Star Wars action figures, GI Joes, and Transformers. If you think it's silly to want to have the box for a knife, look a the price difference between a collectable toy without packaging vs with packaging vs still in the packaging. I can understand it from a collectors' standpoint, but wanting a toy that you can't play with always made me scratch my head a bit.

I just thought of something: I dare all knife collectors to never open a knife's package and never take the knife out in order to "preserve" them and "collect" them. Then it will be considered a true collection.

 

[stormyone]

I keep boxes for all of my knives...it doesn't matter if they are users.

This.

 

[Samael]

Hell, I've got boxes for things I don't even own any more.

 

[CWL]

I definitely will not. I've avoided them like the plague. But then again...I could buy some Teenage Mutate Ninja turtle that I've always wanted from the old days and open up the old packages to have the brand "new" toy in my hands!

I only collect artist work because those are done by a human being. I currently have a painting that is worth about $900 to $1500 depending on demand that dad has passed on to me. So custom made boxes and knives, yes I can see the collectable side of it (even if I make the knife into a user regardless). Mass production knives and boxes made by machines, nope, cannot see the need to save them.

So only you get to determine what is collectible? If somebody does not meet your standards, they are materialistic?

You are new to the BF community, and I suggest that you take some time to read more. Lots of differing people, interests and opinions, and plenty of room for all of them.

 

[OldeWolf]

So only you get to determine what is collectible? If somebody does not meet your standards, they are materialistic?

You are new to the BF community, and I suggest that you take some time to read more. Lots of differing people, interests and opinions, and plenty of room for all of them.

So only you get to determine what kind of board experience a member has based on registering date? If somebody does not agree to your thought processing, they're "new"?

You might be a long time member here but I've already gone out of my way to exploring vastly this place and you will be surprised on what I know and how I see things if you spend some time doing so. Plenty of room to acquire such new experience, old forum timer. It's amusing to me watching people worry about nothing. There are better more pretty things to worry about.