Knife safes?

[Easyrider]

That so? Now I now where to target I'm 'visiting' your place with a helicopter and winch and a SWAT SAS backup team

 

[954Ink]

I have a cabinet similar to Peregrin. I installed concealed locks on it to keep my kids out. I use damprid to keep everything right. I dont have room in my gun safe unfortunately. I have a camera system and live on small 3 acre yard so I have zero concerns about robbery. I collect knives so most of my knives are "safe queens".

 

[GeofS]

Knives in safes? If I learned anything from Scarface, safes are only used for guns, money, and yayo.

 

[Modoc ED]

The six drawers in the upper left corner of my desk are full of knives.

What it looks like in one of the drawers. The Rapala lure boxes are infused by Rapala with a rust inhibitor and keep my carbon knives rust free.

Plano fishing tackle boxes on a shelf next to my desk.

I have maybe 6 or 7 knives in a gun safe and several more in a spare roll-away tool box in my shop.

 

[Hickory n steel]

An "armoire" is larger than those TV cabinets. It's used to store clothes and linens. The TV cabinet is more of a modified "commode" which could be translated by "dresser".
I remember those cabinets and the old TVs, it was the middle ages!

Dan.

Oh I know what a TV cabinet is, we used an old armoire we got at a yard sale because it was fancier.

 

[GaiusJulius]

Pretty sure the term “safe queen” is a carryover from the gun world, where it’s more typical to keep the items in question literally locked in a safe.

I used to keep my knives displayed on my dresser and some more on bookshelves in my study. That worked well till a young lady came over and was a bit weirded out by all the knives sitting around in multiple rooms. My wife doesn’t care but it did strike me that for purposes of being a gracious host, I might want to come up with some more discreet form of storage.

Now I keep them in an upper drawer of my dresser. I don’t like the idea of an actual safe, because almost no criminal is going to think “valuable pocketknife” like they would “valuable gun” or jewelry or whatever. They’re not a serious target for theft. Also, humidity and condensation can be an issue in a safe. Not great for carbon steel. At least guns are usually protected by bluing.

 

[dsutton24]

Not really a safe, just a stack pf tool boxes in a cabinet...

 

[JohnDF]

being a gracious host, I might want to come up with some more discreet form of storage.

Yes, you get it then.
That's why I have a very small pile on display,
and the reason my dogs go outside as soon as company knocks on the door.

 

[rdave]

tucked away in a small cardboard box in a dark closet...

 

[rdave]

Not really a safe, just a stack pf tool boxes in a cabinet...

these boxes are a good idea for storage - I may need to try one

 

[Headwinds]

Pretty sure the term “safe queen” is a carryover from the gun world, where it’s more typical to keep the items in question literally locked in a safe.

May well have come from the gun world, but I suspect it may have originally come from “hangar queen”, the aviation world’s term for an aircraft which is always needing repairs and consequently is always in the hangar resting while the other airplanes are out doing all the work.

 

[tongueriver]

My knives are pretty much everywhere, on and probably off the property (at least one; sigh). My beautiful celluloid knives are in cigar boxes propped open a bit, blades out, and they are SAFE from everyone except themselves. My other pocket knives are in Harbor Freight plastic stackable parts boxes with moveable partitions, kind of like tackle boxes by PlANO, mentioned earlier. The fixed blades in another type of boxes. They are mostly in a safe, but are across town in an industrial warehouse which would take Brinks robbers to make off with. Unfortunately it is a pain for me to visit. So they are also kept on my computer with lots of pix and info, and I can kinda look at them more often. Of course I have to have plenty of users around; they are all over the place (or not; dang), as mentioned. By the way, I don't see it mentioned anywhere, but a safe is only safe if you are not home or are able to protect it with a weapon. Otherwise, if you are home and not ready, you WILL open it for an intruder or suffer the consequences. So, they really shine when you are gone. But generally, an investment in a safe will sooner or later pay off over the cost of never-ending insurance. But maybe not on a houseboat.

 

[LastRodeo]

We have a fire proof safe for documents, but there's no room for knives in it. The few guns I have are stored in locked cases. I keep the majority of my knives in a cabinet that my wife decided I needed, as they were all stored on open glass shelves in my office. It looked pretty cluttered.
Since we have a monitored fire and burglary alarm system I figure they are "safe" enough.

Beautiful Stickley safe.

 

[LastRodeo]

Question to anyone that has toured Case Cutlery. Do they have an actual vault they retire patterns to?

 

[akaMatt]

Most of my knives are in a box I rigged up a few weeks ago, and posted on a thread here. The box can go with me when I want, or sit discreetly somewhere when I don't. The knives are separated by foam inserts to keep them from banging around, and the box itself is lined with a thick microfiber buffing pad. My "safe queen" is in the same box, just wrapped in the original oily brown wax paper.

 

[GE Jr]

Guns in the gun safe. Knives in the Harbor Freight Machinist's Tool Chest, of course!

 

[Georgecatl]

I use an old Gerstner Machinist tool chest that I refinished years ago. It locks and I can pack most of my knives in it. Grandkids know what’s in there, but respectfully ask me so they can lay claim to their favorites

 

[Will Power]

All of my knives sit on my night stand, heavy users are right in arms reach, and my nicer knives are in their respective boxes/tubes on a small shelf on the front. That way when I wake up in the morning I can immediately start to contemplate my most difficult decision of my day... What knife should I carry? If I find Will Power in my bedroom then there might be trouble.

Understand this, I don't appear in person I have unpleasant 'friends' who owe me a favour and will do my bidding Watch out and stay safe out there

 

[Peregrin]

Beautiful Stickley safe.

Thanks! I could have purchased a few nice knives instead..
But SWMBO was not happy with my sharp clutter.

Question to anyone that has toured Case Cutlery. Do they have an actual vault they retire patterns to?

I've been there a few times, and have not noticed any reference to a vault. I might have been paying less attention, due to drooling, then I should have though.
The museum is worth seeing.

 

[Chief]

850 lb Bear safe anchored to concrete foundation from the inside, alarmed and monitored. Holds everything I want to ensure stays mine. Will Power bring 'em, you'll need 'em.