I'm brand new to knives. I have some newbie questions.

[MikeH80228]

My brother died and had no heirs. In the processing of cleaning up I found a lot of knives but I haven't gone thru most of them yet.

I did find these 2 knives in desk drawer. Are these collectible knives?

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[dialton]

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Good luck and welcome to bladeforums

 

[NG VI]

CRKT isn't usually a collector's kinda item, but they have a couple interesting pieces to their name and I don't recognize that particular model.

Dunno about the other one.

Sorry about your loss, I hope you get some good information about his things!

 

[Shorttime]

The top knife is a limited run from Columbia River Knife & Tool. Because of the limits on posting links to other sites, I'll say that if you search for "Carson M18-02", you'll find some information about it. Looks like somebody ground the serrations off, or they re-ground the blade to remove the slight recurve that some of the CRKT Carsons end up with.

As for the other, there is a "David Winston Knives", located at 1671 Red Holly St, Starkville, Mississippi.

 

[Slice O Life]

Nothing worse than having someone close to you pass on. Prayers go out to you.

 

[polish avenger]

I went to Mississippi State University and never took the time to meet Mr. Winston. That damascus piece is a small one, but, as a Master Smith with around 40 years of experience his work has a chance of being exemplary.

 

[LostCause]

Sorry for your loss.

Whatever those knives are worth is less important than to who they belonged. That gives them value for you.