Hello my name is Yookie1 and I am addicted to things with sharp edges. Not so much soup can lids but more like knives, hatchets, swords, tomahawks, axes, etc., etc.. My addiction is genetically predisposed, through a few generations it seems. Which is good because most of the collecting is already done, I mean I couldn't possibly need ANOTHER knife right!? Besides the Enzo blade I ordered today of course. Everyone should have at least two tomahawks also right? Or just a camp axe and tomahawk....
So I have been lurking around here for awhile now, seems every question about knives leads me here; so why not join up so I can ask questions about knife values without reading the forum rules first right? Well honestly that was part of my designs for joining, but this forum is the best thing since someone made a knife to slice bread! So I was a bit disappointed when I found out I couldn't ask about values, but I am sure someone can point me in the right directions. I don't mind doing homework.
I enjoy knives, plain and simple. My first knives were Boy Scout knives. Dad got me a Buck Featherlight Boy Scout edition (got himself one too); learned how to freehand sharpen with it. Still have my first scrimshaw dress knife. That was a great treasure for a kid my age. Now I have a Benchmade 940. I moved to Oregon so figured it was my duty to own one. To be fair I have always wanted a Benchmade and that was my first one. I love it. After I got a diamond sharpener I mean, then I loved it! It is making an interesting contrast with my MoraKniv on the coffee table right now.
I would like to make my own knives as a hobby. I would really like to do some forging, but for now I am going to put a handle on a Trapper and make a Kydex sheath for it. I found what I believe to be curly maple so I think that will be the handle. Any opinions on how that holds up? The wood is 30+ years old; it moved across the country with me, looks solid, feels hard, no checks or anything. I have oak, walnut, alder, and myrtlewood, but that maple looks perfect for the job.
So is it out of line to ask which resources professionals use to value knives? I inherited a collection and I know some are valuable and would like to get them insured. I just don't know where to start. Is there a blue book or collectors guide? Fleabay? Like I said I don't mind doing the legwork, just hoping someone may point me in the general direction.
At any rate I am glad to be here, and hope to share in this wonderful resource with everyone for a long time to come. Thank you.
If you upgrade your account to gold membership you can ask all the value questions you want right here on the forums there are plenty of knowledgeable people on here. but without the gold membership you are on your own for pricing items. You can ask about the history of an item to determine what it actually is so you can do the leg work on values if you don't want to upgrade.