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Carlton Binkley

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Hello all,
My father and I have been collecting knives for several years now, mainly Case. It has gotten to the point that it is just about an obsession (imagine that!) But we seem to have run into a problem. We have collected so many knives that we can't remember all of them, you know, what they are, where they came from, how much we paid for them.
So, since I work in computers I am developing a software that will catalog all of the knives for us and we can keep up with them easier. Also, I am working on a web based system that would allow people to buy and sell knives online. This would integrate with the inventory software and automatically keep a correct inventory of knives with the acquisition and dispersing of knives.
Do you folks think you could use something like this? If so, what features would you want it to have? Any Ideas?

Thanks,
Carlton Binkley
 
I think it would be great to have a site that users may be able to pay a small fee each month, which would enable the sale of knives. Its almost crazy what some sites want to make you sell your knives.
 
Hey vhp,
Thanks for the input! It's going to start out as a way to keep track of inventory, and then move to the selling/trading of knives. People can share their lists with other people so they can see what all they have. It will be beneficial to you for inventory and also be an easy was to track down that particular knife you've been dying to get your hands on!
 
I just use an Excel spreadsheet. It works fine for me. You can reorder the rows based on any column so you can make a list by maker, by insert material, blade profile, price, whatever. You can search for key words. And I don't have to learn another task-specific piece of software.

There is already a company that makes such a program as you envision. They make many versions of it for coin collectors, stamp collectors, beanie baby collectors, whatever. You know it's the same program; they just change the labels on the fields.
 
Chuck,
We have thrown around the idea of being able to import your spreadsheet right into the program. As far as learning a new program, well, we are hoping to simplfy and make it very intuitive. Sometimes people get frustrated trying to use Excel for whatever reason. Plus, the capabilities of it would be great because of the integration to a trade/sell website.
Thanks for the info.
Carlton Binkley
 
vhp said:
I think it would be great to have a site that users may be able to pay a small fee each month, which would enable the sale of knives. Its almost crazy what some sites want to make you sell your knives.
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Here at BF, it's $25 a year which breaks down to just a tad over $2 a month. Pretty reasonable.

Edit: also it seems a bit disrespectful to this site to use it for gathering marketing data for your own future knife selling website. Just a thought.
 
Yup pretty rude and disrespectful.
 
Carlton Binkley said:
I am working on a web based system that would allow people to buy and sell knives online.
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I've got an idea -- why don't you spam all the websites that already allow people to buy and sell knives online with ads for yours?

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In reply to all of the comments about this being disrespectful:
1. I thought that this was a discussion forum only, hence the name www.blade[B][I]forums[/I][/B].com I did not look to see that there was a place to buy knives. This is my mistake and I apologize.
2. The buying and selling is only secondary to the indexing/cataloging system at this point.
3. I am not spam and if you notice I didn't give a website address in any post. I was just trying to see if anyone would be interested in some sort of knife indexing/cataloging software. If so what would they like to see incorporated as features. This comes from my own difficulties keeping up with multiple knives.
4. If I offended anyone else I am sorry. However, I would still like to hear feedback on the indexing side of what I am doing. That is if anyone would still wants to comment.
5. I think it's pretty rude to slam a guy on his first post, even if you think he is being malicious. You should probaly check him out first don't ya think? If that is the way you treat everone I don't know how a single knife on this website would ever sale anyway. All I'm trying to do is solve a problem that many of us have.

Meaning no disrespect,
Carlton
 
Carlton Binkley said:
5. I think it's pretty rude to slam a guy on his first post, even if you think he is being malicious. You should probaly check him out first don't ya think? If that is the way you treat everone I don't know how a single knife on this website would ever sale anyway. All I'm trying to do is solve a problem that many of us have.

Meaning no disrespect,
Carlton
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If you are new to the internet, I'll provide you with a little friendly advice - not to be rude, but strictly to help you out. When you decide to join a new community, it is best to lurk for the first week or two just to make sure you understand the culture there before you jump in. The onus is on the new member to realize farting at the dinner table is considered rude. ;)
 
TorzJohnson said:
If you are new to the internet, I'll provide you with a little friendly advice - not to be rude, but strictly to help you out. When you decide to join a new community, it is best to lurk for the first week or two just to make sure you understand the culture there before you jump in. The onus is on the new member to realize farting at the dinner table is considered rude. ;)
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If he designs computer software, he isn't new to the net.

However, it might be a good idea to get the lay of the land before posting.

Welcome, Carlton Binkley, to Bladeforums, and good luck on your cataloging software.
 
CODE 3 said:
If he designs computer software, he isn't new to the net.
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I know, I was just trying to give him a way to save face for doing something he knew better not to do. :)
 
Now that that is over with.

Welcome.

Consider putting it into a data base. You can take input off of a standardized spreadsheet and have a lot more flexibility querying the information and you can always export query results easily to a spreadsheet. It would be pretty simple, maybe start with a keyed table of makers, or take it as far a keyed table of knife types, knife steel, handle materials each joined to the detail table containing the particulars of the knife.
 
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