Wanna see my collection?

BigAl62 said:
What do you guys do with your collection? Keep them in a safe? Keep them in display cases? Carry them to shows? Nobody ever sees my collection. . . all I ever do is sit around and hold them. . . and polish them. . . and oil them. . . and talk to them. . . and treat the leather. Not just the knives but also the box of leather sheaths because we all know not to store the knife in the sheath (obviously kydex and nylon sheaths are Ok but it's still a box full of cowhide). I have to tag all the sheaths with a keytag to remember which knife they go with.

So when your wife says, "What are you ever going to do with them?" how do you answer? This whole obsession started when my wife gave me a Frost bowie for Christmas a few years ago (8th knife from the bottom of the list and the only Frost). So I guess it's her fault?

BTW, the ones marked in the funky pink color are sitting in my flea market booth locking case.

I hid the columns that show where I got them and how much I paid. Don't want wifey to see that!

Unfortunately, no, I'm probably not going to get a box and send them to you. . . :)
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Impressive! Wish there were actual pictures too!
 
Triton said:
Impressive! Wish there were actual pictures too!
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Ok here’s some pics that I happen to have on my phone. Apologies. . . there was certainly no intent to mislead with the thread title. It would take a while to figure out a way to photograph and label each one individually.
 

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I think this captured them all in their current setting. Oops, I juist noticed my Cold Steel OSS sitting at the back of my keyboard drawer - I missed that one. And a Hammer Brand fish knife with cracked ice scales under my monitor. And the Buck 110 on my belt. And a NIB Buck 110 in my desk drawer. And an Ontario Aircrew Survival Knife in my truck door pocket.

Dang, this is almost like that scene from Police Academy II - disrobe and disarm!

BTW, no, the displays don't lock but they are in my home office which I keep locked unless I happen to be in there. When I'm not traveling for my job, I work from home. I also keep a dehumidifier running in the office which generally holds the relative humidity in the low 40's. I also save all those little silica packets that come in about everything you buy these days. I don't know if they help but they make me feel better even if I can't eat them.
 

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BigAl62 said:
I think this captured them all in their current setting. Oops, I juist noticed my Cold Steel OSS sitting at the back of my keyboard drawer - I missed that one. And a Hammer Brand fish knife with cracked ice scales under my monitor. And the Buck 100 on my belt. And a NIB Buck 110 in my desk drawer. And an Ontario Aircrew Survival Knife in my truck door pocket.

Dang, this is almost like that scene from Police Academy II - disrobe and disarm!

BTW, no, the displays don't lock but they are in my home office which I keep locked unless I happen to be in there. When I'm not traveling for my job, I work from home. I also keep a dehumidifier running in the office which generally holds the relative humidity in the low 40's. I also save all those little silica packets that come in about everything you buy these days. I don't know if they help but they make me feel better even if I can't eat them.
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A lot of nice steel....👌
 
BigAl62 said:
Ok here’s some pics that I happen to have on my phone. Apologies. . . there was certainly no intent to mislead with the thread title. It would take a while to figure out a way to photograph and label each one individually.
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Wow! Very nice!
 
My knives are largely disorganized. Sharpened CRKs are in the safe, ready for rotation. Sharp folders in rotation are in a valet tray in my office. Fixed blades are in a pile in a cabinet in a storage room. GECs are mostly NIT in the same cabinet as are a couple of CRKs in need of sharpening.

I have to get off my butt this winter and sell off most of the fixed blades and GECs. I have way too many knives just sitting unused.
 
OBTW, here are pics of the box & the knife in it, which is the only knife that I have on "display" in my house:

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And here's a pic of the knife itself:

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I really like this knife. ☺️

But the thing that I like about the box is that I can put anything in it. So, the knife on display is subject to change & there are over 400 others to choose from. 😉
 
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Nice collection! I don't have that many fixed blades, mostly folders. They are spread around the place.
Some safe queens in a display cabinet, most users all around. In my coffee table, in my office desk drawer, on the cabinet, in my bedside table, in my gear bowl, and some sitting in boxes.
 
BigAl62 said:
Ok here’s some pics that I happen to have on my phone. Apologies. . . there was certainly no intent to mislead with the thread title. It would take a while to figure out a way to photograph and label each one individually.
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😻Yeah ! That's more like it . We love pics . Inventory ...not so much . 😏

Nice variety there . Didn't see any Cold Steel per se , but many similar . :cool:👍👍
 
DocJD said:
😻Yeah ! That's more like it . We love pics . Inventory ...not so much . 😏

Nice variety there . Didn't see any Cold Steel per se , but many similar . :cool:👍👍
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In my post above, I mentioned that my Cold Steel OSS was hiding at the back of my keyboad drawer so I didn't get it into the pics. It does kind of disappear if I don't pull the drawer out far enough. So here's my single example of Cold Steel.
 

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Had to make it something the wife can remember in case I forget the damned code. Its mainly to keep my stuff locked up when the in-laws and their rugrats come over.
 
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