Charlie just had this one installed at his place. I really like the whole, clean stainless look. Very chic.
Yes, your Sack-Ups and Plano boxes will be perfectly safe if kept in there.
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Folder and slipjoint storage
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Yes, your Sack-Ups and Plano boxes will be perfectly safe if kept in there.
Blues and Charlie have the best idea.
With the help of BF comments, I have explored a number of solutions for knife storage in recent months.
1. I agree with Gmontana and other posters that Plano Tackle Boxes with individual Sacks should be excellent. Someone has also suggested Velvet padding for Plano cases.
2. Assisted openers and autos should be stored with open blades to relieve springs. Plano Tackle Boxes, or Rick and Texasflyfishers' Stack-able cases would be excellent for open-blade or fixed blade storage.
3. Zero Tolerance (and other brands) offer an excellent portable cordura padded and protective 12 knife case ($24).
4. Spyderco's 18 knife folding cordura case ($32) is my favorite portable knife storage solution. It has pouches that display as well as safely store folders up tp 7&1/4" Closed. You can also carry a few extra fixed Blades in the folds. Benchmade makes more expensive versions that I have not tried.
As BobW says, my portable solutions are as portable for thieves as they are for me.
A lot of very smart knife guys like strong metal tool boxes for storage. These and Blues and Charlie's safe are out of my reach for space and other obvious reasons.
In a mad rush a month ago, I bought many too many Plano cases of different sizes and configurations. If someone can suggest a shipping method from South FL. that will cost less than the boxes, I can send 2 or 3 or more to a few individual BF members.
Every idea above has been suggested to me by Blade Forum posts.
Thanks guys.
With the help of BF comments, I have explored a number of solutions for knife storage in recent months.
1. I agree with Gmontana and other posters that Plano Tackle Boxes with individual Sacks should be excellent. Someone has also suggested Velvet padding for Plano cases.
2. Assisted openers and autos should be stored with open blades to relieve springs. Plano Tackle Boxes, or Rick and Texasflyfishers' Stack-able cases would be excellent for open-blade or fixed blade storage.
3. Zero Tolerance (and other brands) offer an excellent portable cordura padded and protective 12 knife case ($24).
4. Spyderco's 18 knife folding cordura case ($32) is my favorite portable knife storage solution. It has pouches that display as well as safely store folders up tp 7&1/4" Closed. You can also carry a few extra fixed Blades in the folds. Benchmade makes more expensive versions that I have not tried.
As BobW says, my portable solutions are as portable for thieves as they are for me.
A lot of very smart knife guys like strong metal tool boxes for storage. These and Blues and Charlie's safe are out of my reach for space and other obvious reasons.
In a mad rush a month ago, I bought many too many Plano cases of different sizes and configurations. If someone can suggest a shipping method from South FL. that will cost less than the boxes, I can send 2 or 3 or more to a few individual BF members.
Every idea above has been suggested to me by Blade Forum posts.
Thanks guys.
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Charlie just had this one installed at his place. I really like the whole, clean stainless look. Very chic.
You are close, Elliott!!
I have a larger good quality gun safe that needs a fork lift to carry off!
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I have small gun vault with no guns and 18 drawers per 3 units, stacked up that were to be screwed on the side of fancy tool chests....I only have a couple of big non-folders , so the drawers are lined with the thin foam that goes in tool cabinet drawers and the knives are grouped in similar models. Models and descriptions are printed on strips of paper and taped to front of drawer.
I know there are many here with more than a shoe box of knifes, do you ever think about 'Bad' things or just handy storage.
Bad things being theft, fire or flood. OK, so you lock it up, screw it down , lock the lock for theft. What about fire or flood. Hopefully, you are out of the flood plain, if not you put them on the second floor or just hope. But fire, you can actually do something about that. If you build something to put your knives in, line it with fire rated sheetrock or drywall. (Don't use imported drywall)
That is what lots of gun vault makers use. Depending on the number and width of layers you get increasing temp and time of flame contact control. I retro fitted my cheap, non-fire resistant gun case with 3/4 " fire rated drywall. I guess I have a good 20 to 30 minutes to knock the fire down in that area...or the little city department does. In dire straights the vault is situated where a hose directed thru a outside window with directly hit vault. I thought about putting the case on the outside wall then if the other end of the house was totally engulfed and I hear no sirens on the way, I could cut power and chainsaw around the vault, throw a chain over it and jerk it away with vehicle.....
I hear you laughing now, but how many of you plan for other emergencies....how many think about surviving a tornado, power outage or intruder attack......thinking about saving your hard won traditional knives is no different. Many slipjoints have scale material that will survive some heat and my old black Bucks plastic scale materials a little less so, and some other older knives not so much either. But gain some time by planning and building for heat. You may need them to sell to get back on your feet.
So given the chance to plan, think about fire, line your boxes, line your chests, line a closet. Give yourself at least 30 extra minutes for the fire guys to knock down the flame and heat. If your home you can point out the gun and knife area to the hose men, tell them don't worry about the dishes or furniture.........
300Bucks/ch
I know there are many here with more than a shoe box of knifes, do you ever think about 'Bad' things or just handy storage.
Bad things being theft, fire or flood. OK, so you lock it up, screw it down , lock the lock for theft. What about fire or flood. Hopefully, you are out of the flood plain, if not you put them on the second floor or just hope. But fire, you can actually do something about that. If you build something to put your knives in, line it with fire rated sheetrock or drywall. (Don't use imported drywall)
That is what lots of gun vault makers use. Depending on the number and width of layers you get increasing temp and time of flame contact control. I retro fitted my cheap, non-fire resistant gun case with 3/4 " fire rated drywall. I guess I have a good 20 to 30 minutes to knock the fire down in that area...or the little city department does. In dire straights the vault is situated where a hose directed thru a outside window with directly hit vault. I thought about putting the case on the outside wall then if the other end of the house was totally engulfed and I hear no sirens on the way, I could cut power and chainsaw around the vault, throw a chain over it and jerk it away with vehicle.....
I hear you laughing now, but how many of you plan for other emergencies....how many think about surviving a tornado, power outage or intruder attack......thinking about saving your hard won traditional knives is no different. Many slipjoints have scale material that will survive some heat and my old black Bucks plastic scale materials a little less so, and some other older knives not so much either. But gain some time by planning and building for heat. You may need them to sell to get back on your feet.
So given the chance to plan, think about fire, line your boxes, line your chests, line a closet. Give yourself at least 30 extra minutes for the fire guys to knock down the flame and heat. If your home you can point out the gun and knife area to the hose men, tell them don't worry about the dishes or furniture.........
300Bucks/ch
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300bucks, that sounds like one heck of an extensive vault. Makes me green with envy. I have a kid on the way in March, so I need something that locks, at the very least. I currently have my entire knife collection, along with some other odds and ends, in a used .50 cal ammo box I picked up from my local Army Navy store for $16. I found a nice Camillus demo knife from 1994, too. Was a good visit
300Bucks' post is certainly something to think about.
Even those of us who don't spend a lot of $$ on each knife, it certainly adds up over time. For example, 500 knives worth only fifty bucks each...
Not only that, but how difficult would it be to replace even the inexpensive $20-$50 knives in our collections? A hint, I lost a dozen knives in a burglary once. It took twelve years to find identical replacements for each. Nothing fancy or expensive, just ordinary mid-range factory knives, and it still took an average of one year per knife.
Even those of us who don't spend a lot of $$ on each knife, it certainly adds up over time. For example, 500 knives worth only fifty bucks each...
Not only that, but how difficult would it be to replace even the inexpensive $20-$50 knives in our collections? A hint, I lost a dozen knives in a burglary once. It took twelve years to find identical replacements for each. Nothing fancy or expensive, just ordinary mid-range factory knives, and it still took an average of one year per knife.
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Most of my knives are in their original boxes/tubes or I wrap them in a soft cloth (old t-shirt with some clp!). They then get put inside of a cardboard box and placed in my gun safe. I've got a little area on my dresser where I normally find 3-4 knives sitting around waiting on a ride! I like some of the other storage ideas I've seen in this posting. I really like the idea of the stackable cases with the glass tops. Sure would make finding a particular knife much easier.
A friend of mine has a roll up padded cloth case with elastic holders for his knives. Seems to keep them protected from hitting each other and he can take it with him.
A friend of mine has a roll up padded cloth case with elastic holders for his knives. Seems to keep them protected from hitting each other and he can take it with him.