Just inherited a bunch of knives, I don't even know what they are!

The Mastiff said:
Your uncle spent a great deal of thought, time, effort and money accumulating that collection. Don't get in a hurry to get rid of things that meant a lot to him. You might regret it later. No matter the money, it would be almost impossible to recreate that collection spending 10 years and 10 thousand dollars before you get done.

There are some good reasons he choose those knives. At least give him the respect of learning their strengths, weaknesses, the difficulty involved in sourcing some of those models.

He put a lot more time into that collection than you will spend hours hunting on any expedition you choose to make on this continent.

Joe
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Aww man you had to be a bummer (well more than the unfortunate circumstance of the death in the family)... You raise a good point though. Many for the knives in that collection were definitely chosen for a reason (I feel like they all weren't hand picked, at least a few had to be impulse buys or trying out the steel/lock/style). It could be viewed as a bit of a disgrace to take his passion and throw them out for a few bucks.
 
Aww man you had to be a bummer (well more than the unfortunate circumstance of the death in the family)..
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I had to say it though. It's easier telling people what they want to hear but are you really helping them?

I had a similar situation with my uncle ( about 4 years older than me). Not as many fine things but stuff the family remembered so I tried sharing out things that I could where appropriate. Some of the things I would never in my life use ( old style pen handed down to him when his father, my grandfather passed away for instance. They sell on #bay for $) but I'd never get rid of either. Someday someone will get more things where appropriate and they will have to sit through a story about my uncle and grandfather as payment for their new shiny thing. :)

Joe
 
Thanks again for the advice guys, rest assured I'll be keeping a fair amount of my uncle's collection, but since he never used any of these blades he had in shipping boxes in his safe they don't really have any special meaning to me, unlike some of the folders that he's been using since he was a kid.

Also apologies if you've PMed and I haven't responded, I've been away for a couple days but I'll get to 'em now!
 
Just a reminder, this is General Knife Discussion, and not the Exchange. Keep up the buy offers and I will explain it to you personally. Wait till he offers them in the proper Exchange forums.
 
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