Is there a name for what we do?

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I was wondering - the study of birds is properly termed Ornithology, and stamp collecting is Philately.

Is there a posh name for knife collecting?

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I too was thinking knife knut. But, that IS an interesting question!! sharpnpointyology?
 
Anything that ends in "ology" is Greek. I happen to have studied a pretty fair amount of ancient Greek in college. So let me give it a shot:

How about the Greek word temno? Cut, wound, castrate, cut up, cut off, prune, slaughter, chop, hew, quarry, plow, or sever. Temnology: study of cutting. Good, but not really it. A lot of folks here aren't into all the minutiae of cutting things, they just like knives.

Let's try machaira. LSJ gives "large knife or dirk, carving knive, sacrificial knife, short sword, dagger, shears or scissors, blade." I have to admit I don't know for sure whether that yields you machairalogy or machairology. Either way... better, I think, than the above. Captures what we're really after here. Doing an Ology of bladed things, from machetes to edged jewelry.

With that said, I'd like to submit to the group machairology. (muck-EYE-rology) The study of knives.
 
MSCantrell,

That's pretty good.

I don't know much latin but I do know this:

-vesica compello

-vesica colligo

I think they both mean blade collector.

I however am glad to be a Machairologist. :D
 
Hoplonology is the study of weapons. And I believe that Machairionology would be the study of knives. All of the "ology" words come from Greek, not Latin.

Edit: Oops. I see that someone beat me too it :)
 
There already is a fancy name for our expensive little hobby.

IT'S CALLED CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY!!!:D
 
Emanuel said:
IT'S CALLED CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY!!!


Thats what my wife calls it:cool:
Has any body said "BLADEOLOGY" yet?

MSCantrell, I'd have to write that down to remember it:D
But very good:thumbup:

Jeff
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How about "Vespuchiology."

Inspiration taken from the not-so-famous explorer whom America was named after.... Americo Vespuchie. Just think..... if things had gone differently, the rest of the world would hate Vespuchians from Vespuchia.
 
Vespucci.

I like Cutlerati.

The adoration of edged weapons in Latin might be "cultus cultellorum" which would make that Cultellorati.

Maybe we stick with "knife knuts". At least it's something we won't miskpronouncke.
 
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