Knife disposal

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I posted a message earlier asking about melting down and disposing of old knives. My post was met with a barrage of insults and was then closed. However, I want to thank RevDevil for the suggestions of a scrap metal business, police department, etc. I am not a knife collector and these are knives that I recently inherited. I am not a knife fan myself and I was just looking for a way to safely dispose of them and potentially be "green" in the process by finding someplace where they could be melted down and recycled.

I understand that this is a forum for discussing knives and I thought someone here might be able to advise me on how to do this. Again, RevDevil, thanks for taking my question seriously.

There is room for difference of opinion in the world when it comes to weapons. My intent was not to offend anyone, just to get some advice on handling my situation.
 
Might I advise selling the knives in question? There are probably more than enough museums that want them, along with private collectors to "keep them off the street" so to speak and make yourself a bit of cash.
 
If your not into knives you mite not know what you have . post some pics of them and let us have a look . but you need a played membership to fined out values . :)
 
I think the problem may have been your choice of venue. You came to a knife forum, talking about destroying knives with historical/collector/enthusiast value. Maybe look on a environmental/recycling/etc forum instead. I think your question would be met with less vitriol there.

ctark said:
I posted a message earlier asking about melting down and disposing of old knives. My post was met with a barrage of insults and was then closed. However, I want to thank RevDevil for the suggestions of a scrap metal business, police department, etc. I am not a knife collector and these are knives that I recently inherited. I am not a knife fan myself and I was just looking for a way to safely dispose of them and potentially be "green" in the process by finding someplace where they could be melted down and recycled.

I understand that this is a forum for discussing knives and I thought someone here might be able to advise me on how to do this. Again, RevDevil, thanks for taking my question seriously.

There is room for difference of opinion in the world when it comes to weapons. My intent was not to offend anyone, just to get some advice on handling my situation.
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If you inherited them, they may be of some significant value. Selling them to a private collector/store/museum would help preserve knives that may have importance.

If you absolutely do not want them to be in the wild, you could always take them to a local police station. Leave the knives in a box or container of some kind, inside your car, and explain the situation to someone at the front desk.

I had a patient where I work who no longer was legally capable of owning firearms, and they did this same thing. Just don't walk in a dump a bunch of knives on the front desk though :)

WW1 trench knives huh? Those almost certainly have historical/collector value. Still, it is your prerogative.
 
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I apologize if my response to your earlier thread came off as rude.

Please don't dispose of them or sell them for scrap. They are valuable as historical and collectors pieces if genuine. It would be a shame to have such items destroyed.

If they are real, you can be fairly certain that no collector would ever use them as a weapon, just a great showpiece full of history.
 
You could easily find a way to dispose of them that would do a much better job than melting them down.

If you try to take them to scrap yard, or "recycle" them, whom ever gets them is not going to melt them down. They will likely take them and sell them.

My advice, is to take some pictures, and find out what they are worth.

Then sell them.

Or find some one who loves knives, and give them away.

I volunteer......... just saying.




Recycling knives by melting them down is like using money as toilet paper.



The response you got was because people here care about knives, and the thought of melting them down is akin to taking rare expensive collectors stamps and licking them and sticking them to envelopes, because it saved you 40 cents!

Or taking rare coins and hammering them out to make an ash tray.
 
I took a gander at your other thread. Why would you want to destroy what you think are WWI trench knives?
 
Why not find a forum member to give them to who might appreciate them and give them a good home.

Ric
 
How many knifes are we talking? I missed the original thread. I would like to have a WWII trench knife in the collection. If your set on melting historical knifes; I'll take them off your hands.
 
If this is not a joke.
There are many folks on here who would cherish and hold onto those, do us all a favor and send them to somebody who can enjoy or restore them.
You dont need a membership to give them away, just charge a good shipping price.
 
Sir,
Rather than junk/melt possibly historical knives with value. Email me and I will sell them to collectors and split the proceeds or donate the money to charity or just send you a check or whatever you like?

Melting them down is just a waste.

Please Contact me if interested?
 
Imagine for a moment, you went to a PETA forum, told them you had just accidentally run over a polar bear, and wanted to know how to cook it. I would imagine that wouldn't go over swimmingly either ;)
 
Why wouldn't you just put them in your recycling bin?

Why would you rile up enthusiasts with questions like this.

I implore you to donate these to a museum. Its green because no energy is expended in disposal. Its responsible because people will be able to enjoy them in a 'safe' environment.

And you can write the value off on your taxes.
 
You already have the good advice that some of those knives may have monetary value to them if you hadn't thought of them.

But if you don't care about money, then just put them in the recycling bin or donate them to good will or throw them in the garbage. In the garbage dump, they'll rust and corrode back to nothingness.

They're yours; do with them what you want.
 
You are either a persistent little troll, or you really wish to destroy artifacts of potentially great historical interest.

Either way... :thumbdn:

Melting down historic war relics for scrap is akin to recycling the Gutenberg Bibles into grocery bags.

If you're legit, I have two suggestions that you may find appealing. First option, sell the knives to collectors and pass on the proceeds to a worthwhile charity (assuming you don't need the money yourself). Second, donate them to a museum.
 
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If you're legit, I have two suggestions that you may find appealing. First option, sell the knives to collectors and pass on the proceeds to a worthwhile charity (assuming you don't need the money yourself). Second, donate them to a museum.
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This is excellent advice. Trench knives are more than just weapons these days; to many of those who understand them they are a reminder of some of the most awful parts of human conflict. They are worth preserving for that alone. Keeping these isn't about the glory of war or owning weapons; it's a nod to those who had to live in those times.

There are collectors who will pay well for them and they will not be used in anger. And there are charities who help people in war torn parts of the world that could really use the money.

Think carefully mate.
You don't have to decide straight away
 
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