My website is the home of no less than four distinct "photo albums."
My Balisong Parade page features photos from knives submitted by friends. Anyone who has an unusual balisong is welcome to e-mail me reasonable pictures of them and a bit of a text to describe them and I'll add 'em to the Parade.
http://www.balisongcollector.com/parade.html
The Main Exhibits Gallery is reserved for pictures of fine and unique balisongs. The pictures must be of good quality. Persons with balisongs they'd like to see in this gallery can either send me pictures meeting standards (e-mail me for information) or just send me the knife for a week or two and I'll photograph it for you. Each exhibit will include text explaining that piece.
http://www.balisongcollector.com/mainGallery.html
Then, there's my "Special Exhibits Gallery", which is reserved for the most extraordinary balisongs. The pictures must be excellent quality and be accompanied by educational text.
http://www.balisongcollector.com/gallery.html
Again, anyone with such a knife is encouraged to talk to me about pictures. Generally, I'll suggest that you mail me the knife so that I can photograph it for you. I'll e-mail you "clean" (no added text) scans of the pictures as well as the negatives that you can have printed locally, my written comments about the knife (with the pictures, important for insurance), and return the knife via insured mail.
Finally, there is the famous "Vault" where I present just one or two pieces from my own collection on a rotating basis.
http://www.balisongcollector.com/vault.html
Again, I strive for excellent pictures and informative text.
I'm sometimes asked why I don't exhibit my whole collection online. Well, the folks at Darpa have asked me not to do that. You see, the information superhighway is only so wide. There is a limit to the amount of internet bandwidth available, and they fear that a complete display of my collection could lead to a collapse of the internet. Seriously, I'm a somewhat modest person and would perfer not to display it all. Furthermore, to display it all would be to admit to myself what it is, and I prefer not to do that.
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Chuck
Balisongs -- because it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
http://www.balisongcollector.com