Newbie advice -

Sorry for being vague. What I meant was I don't think being close to the city is the factor. After all Suffolk County is conservative and parts of it are significantly far enough away. I wish I knew the answer. Probably not enough brick and mortar business. My town borders NYC, so the internet is my gateway.
 
joeradza said:
Sorry for being vague. What I meant was I don't think being close to the city is the factor. After all Suffolk County is conservative and parts of it are significantly far enough away. I wish I knew the answer. Probably not enough brick and mortar business. My town borders NYC, so the internet is my gateway.
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Yeah, I used to turn some bargains in antique shops from time to time, but most of them vanished over time.
 
I have had SAK s on me everyday for over 40 years. Always a small one on my key chain

Don't want to start a debate about ranking / quality. I think I will figure things out soon enough

I just started going through my work shop and found some knives in a cigar box. Mostly garage sale finds from years back. Nothing fancy some Camius NY , German pen knife , imperial log knife
Large Kabar trapper / hunter type So the seed was sewn many moons ago :)
 
One word: STAG. If I collected for investment only I would only buy knives with Premium handle material. You have to choose what premium is to you but Stag does seem to increase in value quicker than other handle material in factory production knives. Take this with a grain of salt as I don't even follow my own advise.
 
I'd say explore here and on the interweb and find a style of knife that is appealing to you. One thing to consider is what will the task of the knife be? Will it just be to carry one for what ever use comes along, keeping in the house and coon fingering or a specific use for a job. Get one and see how it feels to you. If you like the way it looks, feels and makes you feel then get after them. I thought about what I just wrote. How the knife makes you feel.... Most of my slip joints make me feel proud and happy that own them and carry them. I had a GEC whaler a few years back and that thing always made me feel like I had the coolest and biggest secret my pocket could hold. Anyway, find "your" style and see what you can come up with.
 
joeradza said:
I had an antique/collectible store in Manhattan for many years and found more real Tiffany Lamps than pocketknives.
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Very cool to get those lamps though:cool:

The OP needs to read this part of the Forum intensively for a couple of weeks before buying anything. It will give you some markers and help you to decide on some basic likes/dislikes by studying here. All of us have evolved in our tastes and collection bias over time, Traditional knives have such a huge array of patterns sizes materials etc that there's always something to change you mind or confront your established tastes. It's true that trial & error is the usual way to start out, a bit unreliable but always interesting:)
 
STDK said:
One word: STAG. If I collected for investment only I would only buy knives with Premium handle material. You have to choose what premium is to you but Stag does seem to increase in value quicker than other handle material in factory production knives. Take this with a grain of salt as I don't even follow my own advise.
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I would agree with this. Through the years iirc, the only knives I made much profit on (if any) were stag. Stag seem to hold it's value better than other handle materials.--KVls
 
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Stag is sought after, but there's Stag and Stag:eek: Some is pretty unpleasant too....
 
Just buy 'em all and buy 'em fast!

Or just buy what strikes your fancy. As you go it'll work out. Read and research as you move down the trail.
 
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