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If there is one thing that we all enjoy doing with our knives, its chicken-eyein' and coon-fingerin' to our collective hearts' content. It is convenient when you can bridge long-term and short-storage solutions into easily displaying your collection for either sharing with friends or simply looking for the right fit for the pocket on a given day.
I have shared the little racks that I found online before for storage in my home, but heres a quick example. I have like 6 of these things. These are nice because they are not too expensive or difficult to make if you have the means, and they really show off traditional folding knives well.
They have their downsides though. Bumping the table or shelves they are on can send knives tumbling, and they collect a lot of dust while being exposed to ambient humidity.
When I was more into modern folders, I picked up this Pelican case. Modern folders being so bulky, I opted for a solution that allowed for vertical storage as it was the most bang-for-the-buck case. However, when you open it you are more or less just greeted with an array of pivots. It would be much cooler to have the knives visible, but not many would fit, and most of the other dimension options dont make much sense for flat storage. Heres the case now with the few moderns I still have, as well as my non GEC traditionals.
Getting things together for my road trip to Titusville for the GEC Rendezvous had me wondering about any newer solutions that might have come to market since I last looked, and I was not disappointed. Pelican makes sealing, hard-shell laptop cases! These cases are thin, so ideal for displaying knives like a drawer when you open them. At the same time, they protect steel from the elements, and make things super portable. The modular foam lets you design your own inserts too! There are probably multiple products on the market like this, but I am pretty pleased with this one.
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I have shared the little racks that I found online before for storage in my home, but heres a quick example. I have like 6 of these things. These are nice because they are not too expensive or difficult to make if you have the means, and they really show off traditional folding knives well.
They have their downsides though. Bumping the table or shelves they are on can send knives tumbling, and they collect a lot of dust while being exposed to ambient humidity.
When I was more into modern folders, I picked up this Pelican case. Modern folders being so bulky, I opted for a solution that allowed for vertical storage as it was the most bang-for-the-buck case. However, when you open it you are more or less just greeted with an array of pivots. It would be much cooler to have the knives visible, but not many would fit, and most of the other dimension options dont make much sense for flat storage. Heres the case now with the few moderns I still have, as well as my non GEC traditionals.
Getting things together for my road trip to Titusville for the GEC Rendezvous had me wondering about any newer solutions that might have come to market since I last looked, and I was not disappointed. Pelican makes sealing, hard-shell laptop cases! These cases are thin, so ideal for displaying knives like a drawer when you open them. At the same time, they protect steel from the elements, and make things super portable. The modular foam lets you design your own inserts too! There are probably multiple products on the market like this, but I am pretty pleased with this one.
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