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It depends on what kind of fixed blades you like, how much money you want to spend and whether or not they're going to be users and what they'll be used for. If I were to collect nothing but FB's and money wasn't an issue, here would be my list:
Bob Loveless, S.R. Johnson, Tim Hancock, D'Holder, Charlie Weiss, Fisk, Fowler
Kelly
If price was an issue and/or they were to be users:
Strider, Randalls, Spyderco Moran, D'Holder, Neil Blackwood, Trace Rinaldi, Hartsfield, Audra Draper
Bob Loveless, S.R. Johnson, Tim Hancock, D'Holder, Charlie Weiss, Fisk, Fowler
Kelly
If price was an issue and/or they were to be users:
Strider, Randalls, Spyderco Moran, D'Holder, Neil Blackwood, Trace Rinaldi, Hartsfield, Audra Draper
Gollnick
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Collect what appeals to you.
Don't buy a knife because you think some unwritten rule says you're supposed to have at least one of these and one of those. There is no checklist that says you don't officially have a "collection" until you have at least these certain knives.
Sometimes, modern marketing hype tells us that collecting is about amassing a certain fixed set of something. You have to have all of the beenie babies or all of the "collectible" trading cards. The likes of The Franklin Mint tells us that if you "collect the whole set, you'll also receive the handsome, picture-of-wood-on-cardboard display case for FREE!" Even our government tells us that there are fifty different state quarters and you have to get them all to fill in all the spots in your album.
What if I don't like a certain state's quarter? What if I think the picture on it is just ugly? Do I have to have it? Well.... if I skip that one, then there'll be a big, gaping hole in my album and my "collection" will be "imcomplete." For incomplete, read "imperfect," and I will, therefore, be a failure as a state quarter collector.
Thankfully, there are no books with little slots for you to stick your knives into.
Collections of anything take on soul and personality -- and, therefore, interest -- when they reflect the tastes and interests of their collectors.
Don't buy a knife because you think some unwritten rule says you're supposed to have at least one of these and one of those. There is no checklist that says you don't officially have a "collection" until you have at least these certain knives.
Sometimes, modern marketing hype tells us that collecting is about amassing a certain fixed set of something. You have to have all of the beenie babies or all of the "collectible" trading cards. The likes of The Franklin Mint tells us that if you "collect the whole set, you'll also receive the handsome, picture-of-wood-on-cardboard display case for FREE!" Even our government tells us that there are fifty different state quarters and you have to get them all to fill in all the spots in your album.
What if I don't like a certain state's quarter? What if I think the picture on it is just ugly? Do I have to have it? Well.... if I skip that one, then there'll be a big, gaping hole in my album and my "collection" will be "imcomplete." For incomplete, read "imperfect," and I will, therefore, be a failure as a state quarter collector.
Thankfully, there are no books with little slots for you to stick your knives into.
Collections of anything take on soul and personality -- and, therefore, interest -- when they reflect the tastes and interests of their collectors.
Gollnick, the wisdom of that post is immortal.
I used to be a coin dealer and I called it "the tyranny of the hole." People would feel incomplete if they had a ......hole......(arrrgh, ugh, ha-ah on you) in their album. It would DOMINATE them.
Everyone, I beg you.....listen to Gollnick.
Thank you sir for a timely and wise post.
By the way, I would like your permission to use your last sentence as a sig line on some coin forums I post to.
I used to be a coin dealer and I called it "the tyranny of the hole." People would feel incomplete if they had a ......hole......(arrrgh, ugh, ha-ah on you) in their album. It would DOMINATE them.
Everyone, I beg you.....listen to Gollnick.
Thank you sir for a timely and wise post.
By the way, I would like your permission to use your last sentence as a sig line on some coin forums I post to.
Esav Benyamin
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The best way to develop your own taste is to use a variety of knives in different circumstances, and see which suit you best. This may be impractical. Next best might be to read extensively and discuss knives here, without worrying at first which you might buy, and to go to shows and get a chance, not only to handle upscale knives, but to talk to their very knowledgeable and outgoing makers.
You could also look over the websites of dealers who handle primarily custom knives and learn to see the fine points of their product lines. Check out True North, BladeArt, and KnifeArt,for example.
You could also look over the websites of dealers who handle primarily custom knives and learn to see the fine points of their product lines. Check out True North, BladeArt, and KnifeArt,for example.
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I have found that if I purchase a knife that "everyone just has to have" then I eventually sell it or trade it. You must learn to collect what is most appealing to you. For me it is Japanese inspired custom tactical fixed blades. I have devoted 95% of my collection to that style because it is what inspired me from the beginning to start collecting and it still inspires me today.
As you start expanding your collection you will find that your interests will lean in a certain direction. When you find the type of blade that you like then purchase them as you can afford them. As others have mentioned don't fall for the opinions of others on what to collect. What's hot today may not be hot tomorrow so why waste your money on the blade if you are not going to enjoy it in the future. Chances are you will sell it and get less than what you paid for it.
As you start expanding your collection you will find that your interests will lean in a certain direction. When you find the type of blade that you like then purchase them as you can afford them. As others have mentioned don't fall for the opinions of others on what to collect. What's hot today may not be hot tomorrow so why waste your money on the blade if you are not going to enjoy it in the future. Chances are you will sell it and get less than what you paid for it.
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Great advice from Chuck. It makes me feel better, because there is certainly no focus to my collection, except that most of them bend in the middle, but even that's not a fixed rule
Lavan, that's one of the funniest pics I've seen. Is that actually a curtain rod hammered flat? Way to funny. Do you have a collection of those?
John
Lavan, that's one of the funniest pics I've seen. Is that actually a curtain rod hammered flat? Way to funny. Do you have a collection of those?
John
Jmxceptr....
SIR! That is BUICK side trim I'll have you know.
Years ago, a friend of mine was a Japanese item collector. He had EVERYTHING. Swords, naginatas, armor, netsuke, sword stands.....ALL OF IT.
Everyone in his office knew of his collection so one day I made up this thing and called him. Fed him fulla stuff. Met an old guy. "National Treasure" quality....the whole shebang.
Then I wrapped it in tissue, covered that with SILK and took it to his office. He was salivating as it really LOOKED neat in the wrapping. Everybody clusters around......I hand it to him to open......he does.......he stares.....the office ERUPTS! He throws a stapler at me.
I really miss him. He had a back pain in the car and it was a rupturing aorta and he was dead in about 10 seconds.
But we did have some laughs.
I ...do....know how tough hammering a bend in metal is. And I was workin cold on the front steps. heh heh
SIR! That is BUICK side trim I'll have you know.
Years ago, a friend of mine was a Japanese item collector. He had EVERYTHING. Swords, naginatas, armor, netsuke, sword stands.....ALL OF IT.
Everyone in his office knew of his collection so one day I made up this thing and called him. Fed him fulla stuff. Met an old guy. "National Treasure" quality....the whole shebang.
Then I wrapped it in tissue, covered that with SILK and took it to his office. He was salivating as it really LOOKED neat in the wrapping. Everybody clusters around......I hand it to him to open......he does.......he stares.....the office ERUPTS! He throws a stapler at me.
I really miss him. He had a back pain in the car and it was a rupturing aorta and he was dead in about 10 seconds.
But we did have some laughs.
I ...do....know how tough hammering a bend in metal is. And I was workin cold on the front steps. heh heh
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When I first started thinking about the knives that would be in my collection, I decided that I would collect Stag handled knives, handmade or production, fixed or folders it didn't matter. When I started thinking of what I wanted in fixed blade patterns they were; Bowie, Fighter, Dagger, Boot, Chute, Hunter, Skinner and Neck knife. I'm still waiting on my stag Chute knife, but I have the rest of my bases covered.
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Unlike coins and the like, knife collections aren't 'set'. There are no 'must-have' knives. It's all up to you what you want. Hell, if you want, you can have a chinese cheapie collection...up to you, entirely.