Start of series of knives

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Mountainwind

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Bad wording on title of post, but my mind hurts when thinking to hard.
When did the idea of making knives in a series come about?
I'm sure when one maker started it, everyone jumped on the bandwagon, as a new idea in selling. After all being sold as collectables, you "had" to have to whole series to show off to your friends.
 
The earliest two examples I know of are the start of the annual knives for the KCC by AG Russell with the kentucky rifle (was the Belknap Hardware kentucky rifle part of this?) in 1972, and , as a real series, The American Revolution Set by Schrade in 1973 with the Minuteman, Paul Revere, and Liberty Bell stockmen.
Eric
 
MW,
Did you mean the collector type series as Eric askes or the "Old Timer" type of lines. Interesting question.
Old Timers started in 1959 Im sure there are others.

TTYL
Larry
 
As for "Collector Commemorative series", the A.G. Russel knives are, I think, recognized as a beginning of sorts. However in general terms "series" of knives began much earlier. In the ISC lines, we have the Jackmasters, Razor Blade Stainless, Horticultural, Gift Knives, Push Button Knives, Stag Head knives, Topsys, and dozens more. Within any one pattern, choices of handle materials and added details like bails or blade substitutions date way back. Maybe the question, if not defined as first mentioned, is more "when did knife collecting start, and when did manufacturer's begin catering to collectors as well as users".

Michael
 
Well, maybe a commemorative set, but also like the X-timers. Or the Camillus Yello-Jaket. Not a set like kitchen knives where one does this or that, and yes Codger....you have a way with words........ when did the market start taking notice of collectors and start catering to them, and making different series, so they would sell more.
 
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