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More thinking back!
- Thread starter MNknife1
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Please first answer me what is collecting?
I still believe im not a collector,
because every knife i bought, i bought for use.
There are some knives laying around i will not use anymore,
but only because i found something better.
I still believe im not a collector,
because every knife i bought, i bought for use.
There are some knives laying around i will not use anymore,
but only because i found something better.
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Probably my Grandfather, when I was a kid about 8 yrs old visiting my grandparents in Europe, my Grandfather gave me an old English Jack Knife,(since lost or broken) and showed me how to whittle a whistle out of a piece of green willow branch.
I kept the knife, and the next time I saw my Grandfather he came to the USA and brought a handmade Hungarian Dagger with him, he gave me that dagger and told me the story of who made it,(someone named Laci Motuz) and how it was made. I started to develope an appreciation for the work that went into the dagger. As I got older I started to buy my own knives, a Schrade Trapper here, a Case Canoe there, then a custom fixed blade, a few Advertisers, some higer end production folders,( BM's, Spydies, a William Henry Pearl handled Lancet, before you know it I'm looking at almost 300 pocket knives, and wondering how I got here.
I still don't consider myself a collector, there is no theme or pattern to what I have, I buy what I like, and use what I buy.
I'm more of an accumulator, I suppose if I sold everything and became more focused on a paticular maker, or pattern, I could build a nice collection. Maybe someday I will but for now I'm content to keep on accumulating, what ever tickles my fancy
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I kept the knife, and the next time I saw my Grandfather he came to the USA and brought a handmade Hungarian Dagger with him, he gave me that dagger and told me the story of who made it,(someone named Laci Motuz) and how it was made. I started to develope an appreciation for the work that went into the dagger. As I got older I started to buy my own knives, a Schrade Trapper here, a Case Canoe there, then a custom fixed blade, a few Advertisers, some higer end production folders,( BM's, Spydies, a William Henry Pearl handled Lancet, before you know it I'm looking at almost 300 pocket knives, and wondering how I got here.
I still don't consider myself a collector, there is no theme or pattern to what I have, I buy what I like, and use what I buy.
I'm more of an accumulator, I suppose if I sold everything and became more focused on a paticular maker, or pattern, I could build a nice collection. Maybe someday I will but for now I'm content to keep on accumulating, what ever tickles my fancy
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1 knife is a tool, 2 knives is a collection, 3 knives is an arsenal
I too have loved knives since childhood...heck, I bought Knives '84 when I was 13 years old! I also collect "things" by nature...it was only a matter of time (ok, several years) before I got around to collecting knives on a more serious level. I credit Tactical Knives Magazine, Bladeforums (even more so), and online purveyors for my "knifeducation" and guiding my collection
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