Be careful if you purchase Parker's books as they tend to "inflate" Parker, brand, Parker cutlery, Parker eagle brand knives, etc. (they are his former knife companies). I just saw an add in smoky for parkers new knife encyclopedia book he just finished. It has a few collectible brands, including rough rider. I do not mean to be rude, but personally I do not find rough rider knives to be collectible. Personally I would not buy one, or put one on a display at a show. Im not trying to be rude about the rough rider knives, but most collectors would get a pretty good laugh out of that.
Knife world is a good resource for books.
Parker® Autographed Knife Collector's Encyclopedia - Hardcover $34.99
brand: Parker Cutlery Co. JPBOOK11A
SMKW is excited to introduce the result of an idea that was seven years in the mind of Cutlery Hall of Fame member Jim Parker--the Knife Collector's Encyclopedia. Jim Parker is the undisputed expert when it comes to knife collecting. Jim himself is a lifelong knife collector as well as a veteran of the cutlery business, with a number of knife reference books already under his writing belt. He was a co-founder of the biggest custom knife show in the industry, The Blade Show, and founding president of the National Knife Collectors Association.
·Book features:
·Hardcover
·Signed
·Numbered
·400 pages
·How and what to collect
·Knife museums
·Where to buy and trade knives
·How to grade
·Tips for selling knives
·Thousand of pictured knives with current collector values
·Limited to 500 copies
Some of the brands with values include Boker, Bulldog Brand, Christian Brothers, Fight'n Rooster, Case, Twin Henckels, Linder, Eye Brand,--AND several German brands that have never before been covered! You will also find info on Parker Brothers, fantastic display knives and Rough Rider collectibles.
