How do you store/display your knives?

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JarrodS

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I've accumulated a collection of ~20 knives over a relatively short period and it's beginning to feel a bit cluttered. What do you all do to keep your knives (and boxes?) organized?
 
You can find cheap plastic organizer bins on Amazon, works like a charm. Strictly for storage though and is by no means a form of displaying
 
Pelican Case! Great for storage but doesn't really display them. I don't mind.
 
You can buy retail knife displays, some have storage for the boxes. On the retail displays I own with out storage I keep the sheaths in a Pelican case and the boxes in a plastic storage tote. Several different multiple knife bags are available, though the larger knives don't fit that well in the ones I owned. I know several people that have tool boxes that they store there collections in, with the plus side of being able to lock them. You can also purchase shadow boxes from hobby stores to display knives. I also have some friends the display their knives in china cabinets. And a lot of people keep there knives is safes. Good Luck!
 
Army surplus steel ammo boxes locked in a heavy gauge steel cabinet with the guns and ammo.
 
This is my Mule display case - a guy on fleaBay is selling them. I added the LED lighting before hanging it up. I also have an old used Henkels display case from an out-of-business retailer. I refurbished a little and mounted it on my wall in my office. That's where I display my WIPs and other users. I've also got an old Zero Halliburton case that I purchased new foam inserts for - and cut it up to hold almost 100 knives. It isn't anywhere near full (!), but it makes for a secure place to store my folders.

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I'm not that big into displaying my knives. I just wanted a way to keep them safe and prevent damage, and also be easier to swap my daily carry, rather than rifling through a pile of boxes. My solution was a Pelican 1600 that I got a few weeks ago. This is how I've set it up (I started plucking before I decided to store my CRK One Piece, so I didn't have room for the Junglas. I'm fine with that being stored separately).

I have my CRK's and Emersons on the left of my Shadow 1, and everything else on the right side. On the bottom right are all my SAKs as well as a Gerber keychain multitool. Then above that I have my Damascus Skyline and my Mini Tuff Lite. Above that are my SRM/Elan knvies followed by a couple of Opinels. Then my remaining Spydercos. Two Dragonfly 2's, an original Micarta Jester, a Ladybug3 and a Byrd something or other (same size as Ladybug).

Then come my sentimental knives. A Sabre Barlow that was my dad's first knife when he was a kid. Some sort of plastic/rubber handled Buck 450U that was my first real knife. An old SAK-like knife (Colonial Mountain Guide) that my dad used for years backpacking, a small Gerber one-side framelock that I used in college. Then a cheap balisong and switchblade that my dad gave me, followed by a switchblade that my dad has had for years. When he saw my new storage case, he got excited and decided that I should store all of his knives that have been sitting in the top drawer of his dresser for the last few decades.

I love the case, it's well made, sturdy, attractive (in a way), and has plenty of room for expanding my collection.

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In a drawer next to my bed, next to my Steyr M9 and S&W Model 10 5"
 
Iv got a pelican 1450 not much for display but secure waterproof lockable and tough as hell.
 
Jastab said:
Great way for thieves to see everything and grab it all too.
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Sweet, only ten replies in before a response insinuating that displaying knives means that thieves will steal them. We usually get at least a page into these "How to display my knife collection" threads before the inevitable thief comment rolls in. :thumbup:
 
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