Hello I'm new to this forum and to collecting knives, I love knives , I been in the newspaper business for 26yrs ( webpressman ) and had to have a good working and very sharp knife to work with newsprint in a large scale. So I have been always sharpening and takeing care of my knives and now need to know more about knives and start collecting , so were do I begin thanks a new friend zeb in south san fransisco calif god bless
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RokJok
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Welcome to BFC Zeb!!!
re: collecting knives. My $0.02 of opinion is to pick a type of knife you like or a maker whose blades really trip your trigger and concentrate on that one area of the knife market. Otherwise, you'll be broke all the time from chasing all kinds of knives, just like the rest of us.
To find out which direction to go, spend time looking at the pictures in BFC Gallery or at the makers' wares shown in the Shop Talk forum here. Also check out the For Sale forums here on BFC for wares by commercial and custom knifemakers to see what type or maker of knives really interests you.
Alternatively, read the knife magazines and surf the web. Some custom knife vendor websites I like to browse to compare knifemakers' styles are Arizona Custom Knives, Bladeart.com, Custom Knife Directory (CKD), Blade Gallery, and Robertson Custom Cutlery.
re: collecting knives. My $0.02 of opinion is to pick a type of knife you like or a maker whose blades really trip your trigger and concentrate on that one area of the knife market. Otherwise, you'll be broke all the time from chasing all kinds of knives, just like the rest of us.
To find out which direction to go, spend time looking at the pictures in BFC Gallery or at the makers' wares shown in the Shop Talk forum here. Also check out the For Sale forums here on BFC for wares by commercial and custom knifemakers to see what type or maker of knives really interests you.
Alternatively, read the knife magazines and surf the web. Some custom knife vendor websites I like to browse to compare knifemakers' styles are Arizona Custom Knives, Bladeart.com, Custom Knife Directory (CKD), Blade Gallery, and Robertson Custom Cutlery.
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Stole my thunder,neetones......the search function should be one of your earliest areas of mastery. Through it you can concentrate and thereby speedup your absorption of the universe of knowledge herein.
Oh yeah,.....almost forgot.....Welcome to BladeForums, zeb!
Larry S.
Oh yeah,.....almost forgot.....Welcome to BladeForums, zeb!
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Welcome to BFC. If I were you I'd go to cutlery stores and/or knife shows (if you have those kinds of things in 'frisco ). Those venues provide you with the opportunity to personally examine any knife in which you may be interested. To me there is no substitute for tactile interaction with a knife. Don't let the salesperson tell you what you'll like. You need to figure that out for yourself based on the ergonomics, fit/finish, materials (that takes at least a rudimentary knowledge of the subject which can only be gained through time and experience), appearance and, of course, price. Again, welcome to BFC.
). Those venues provide you with the opportunity to personally examine any knife in which you may be interested. To me there is no substitute for tactile interaction with a knife. Don't let the salesperson tell you what you'll like. You need to figure that out for yourself based on the ergonomics, fit/finish, materials (that takes at least a rudimentary knowledge of the subject which can only be gained through time and experience), appearance and, of course, price. Again, welcome to BFC. 
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Zeb,
welcome!
Along with the other bits of advice, I'd also like to say that you should not take it personally if someone reams you out or flames you sometime in the future. If you handle it like a gentleman, you will find that most of us are friendly and helpful. It's all part of life on the forums.
welcome!
Along with the other bits of advice, I'd also like to say that you should not take it personally if someone reams you out or flames you sometime in the future. If you handle it like a gentleman, you will find that most of us are friendly and helpful. It's all part of life on the forums.
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Welcome to Bladeforums!
Here's some light reading to get you started -- BladeForums.com Knife FAQs. Be sure to ask about any terminology we may use, because like any group, we develop our own jargon which is not as obvious as the ingroup thinks it is, whether about knives or just internet abbreviations.
Once you decide what you might like, get familiar with The Knife Exchange, where you can pick up some real bargains on used knives, and other equipment.
Here's some light reading to get you started -- BladeForums.com Knife FAQs. Be sure to ask about any terminology we may use, because like any group, we develop our own jargon which is not as obvious as the ingroup thinks it is, whether about knives or just internet abbreviations.
Once you decide what you might like, get familiar with The Knife Exchange, where you can pick up some real bargains on used knives, and other equipment.
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Zeb, welcome to BFC. My advice is take you time, do your homework, read as much as you can, handle as many knives as you can and then buy slowly. There is a wealth of information here, you can get years of experience in a very short time. You'll be buying like a pro in no time.
I would strongly suggest that everyone who is interested in custom knives to get Les Robertson's book Custom Knives Buying Guide. http://www.robertsoncustomcutlery.com/specialty.htm
It will not only save you from making a lot of expensive mistakes, but if you ever make it to a show you'll be able to appreciate what you're looking at more. Even if you never buy a custom knife the information does carry over to production knives.
I would strongly suggest that everyone who is interested in custom knives to get Les Robertson's book Custom Knives Buying Guide. http://www.robertsoncustomcutlery.com/specialty.htm
It will not only save you from making a lot of expensive mistakes, but if you ever make it to a show you'll be able to appreciate what you're looking at more. Even if you never buy a custom knife the information does carry over to production knives.
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Another book that you should get is Levine's Guide TO knives And Their Values. Get the 4th Edition since it was the last one that Bernard was involved with. The current edition is not up to Bernard's standards.
I guess the first thing you are going to have to do is decide what kind of knives you want to collect.
I guess the first thing you are going to have to do is decide what kind of knives you want to collect.
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Welcome to what can be a very fascinating and expensive hobby
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This forum is a great resource. Start reading and participating here.
Often when I get interested in a new topic, I like to get a bunch of magazines and start reading. You can often get up-to-speed really fast this way. I like the magazine short-article format; it's less daunting than a book. Sp, I'd suggest for the next few months getting Blade, Knives Illustrated, and Tactical Knives, these are the big three. Generally, with magazines, a one-year subscription is priced about the same as four issues off the newstand. So, just take subscriptions to the three for a year. None of them is expensive. Do some web searches and you'll find that all three have websites where you can buy a subscription online.
As Mr. Montgomery mentions, Mr. Levine's book as very good, an excellent start and a valuable reference in the future. I recently got a beautiful book, Art and Design in Modern Custom Folding Knives, by David Darom, ISBN 965-07-1174-0. It was an expensive book, about $80 as I recall. It is a huge and wonderful coffee table book of the finest high-end custom folding knives with beautiful pictures and short articles about each maker. It's beautiful and educational too. If you're interested in collection high-end custom knives, I'd say that this book is a must-have.
Don't forget the web. There are quite a number of great websites with tons of information about knives and knife-collecting.
Finally, you need to get to a knife show or two... not a gun/knife show, but a real knife show such as The Oregon Knife Collector's Show, Bladeshow, or the Guild Show. Even if you don't buy anything at all, talking to people, seeing and handling the knives, and talking to the knife makers themselves will be worth the cost of attending a show. Almost everyone I've met in "the knife world," artists and makers, dealers, collectors, martial artists (if you want to explore that aspect of "the knife world,"), even publishers and authors, are all wonderful, friendly, approachable people who will generously share with you everything they know.
Often when I get interested in a new topic, I like to get a bunch of magazines and start reading. You can often get up-to-speed really fast this way. I like the magazine short-article format; it's less daunting than a book. Sp, I'd suggest for the next few months getting Blade, Knives Illustrated, and Tactical Knives, these are the big three. Generally, with magazines, a one-year subscription is priced about the same as four issues off the newstand. So, just take subscriptions to the three for a year. None of them is expensive. Do some web searches and you'll find that all three have websites where you can buy a subscription online.
As Mr. Montgomery mentions, Mr. Levine's book as very good, an excellent start and a valuable reference in the future. I recently got a beautiful book, Art and Design in Modern Custom Folding Knives, by David Darom, ISBN 965-07-1174-0. It was an expensive book, about $80 as I recall. It is a huge and wonderful coffee table book of the finest high-end custom folding knives with beautiful pictures and short articles about each maker. It's beautiful and educational too. If you're interested in collection high-end custom knives, I'd say that this book is a must-have.
Don't forget the web. There are quite a number of great websites with tons of information about knives and knife-collecting.
Finally, you need to get to a knife show or two... not a gun/knife show, but a real knife show such as The Oregon Knife Collector's Show, Bladeshow, or the Guild Show. Even if you don't buy anything at all, talking to people, seeing and handling the knives, and talking to the knife makers themselves will be worth the cost of attending a show. Almost everyone I've met in "the knife world," artists and makers, dealers, collectors, martial artists (if you want to explore that aspect of "the knife world,"), even publishers and authors, are all wonderful, friendly, approachable people who will generously share with you everything they know.
AntDog said:
This is such great advice - with reversible and disposable blades one can almost always guarantee a sharp blade. Cutting paper as you well know will dull a sharp blade quickly - rather than sharpening it while working it's probably much better, quicker and more convenient to reverse the blade or replace it on the spot.
The SuperKnife is such a great design - accepting any standard box-cutter blades easily available from any hardware store - so one can always have spare replacement blades on hand.
In fact I can't think why everyone doesn't have one of these (I didn't and I immediately ordered 2
)-Pricing - surprisingly AG Russell have these at an incredibley LOW price comapared to anything I could find using froogle.com
AG Russell's page on the SuperKnife (@ $9.95!)
There is also a mini-SuperKnife which is real cute looking - BUT only accepts special small blades - but AG sells these for only $6.95....
AG Russell's overview page on the SuperKnife
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