What is a Buck knife "collector"???

I took over Wills place in the 300 line just so the universe would remain stable and unwavering.:D
 
You are destroying my "Crocodile Dundee" impression of Australia!!!
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Sorry about that :D .

Whenever my wife sees me looking at a knife that's not a 110 she politely reminds me that I only collect 110's. :rolleyes:
 
Seems to me that we have a failure to communicate here...some think that any group of Buck knives is a "Buck Collection"; others insist that a collection must have a theme...

I think I would have to side with the "themers"...I've never been to a dedicated knife show; only gun shows...and there is usually someone with a collection of Lugers there; Artillary, Naval, Police, 7.62 & 9mm's, Swiss, pre-war [WW1 & WWII], etc...but it is definately a collection, meticulously detailed, labeled, displayed...the other tables are just vendors...selling their wares...

I guess I'm just a wanna-be Buck collector... :(

The sign on my table would read, "Nothing to see here...move along..."
 
Jollyjumbuck said:
Sorry about that :D .

Whenever my wife sees me looking at a knife that's not a 110 she politely reminds me that I only collect 110's. :rolleyes:
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You might be missing a good one on e-Bay. Listed today with a Buy It Now for $120. If I was a 110 collector I'd be sorely tempted.
 
My definition of a "collector" is someone who accumulates particular things, such as Buck knives, in order to preserve these things for the benefit of future generations. With careful planning these things can be enjoyed for countless years to come. I know I cant take my "collection" of Buck knives with me when I go to that big Hardware Store on the "other side" but I do know where they will go after I am gone. By the way, I would appreciate knowing if any of you HAVE figured out a way to take yours with you!
At this moment my collection consists entirely of Buck 110s, so I guess that is maybe a "theme". I dont use or carry a knife everyday and these are not knives I want to use. I collect them simply to admire. I may sit at my computer and "play" with one or two of them, or maybe polish them. I do intend to display them someday as soon as I figure out in what way.
I know a guy that has over 350 pairs of tennis shoes and continues to buy more! I call him an ACCUMULATOR, not a collector. He's crazy too!
 
Trax, Larry Oden has written several articles on building & displaying collections, one is in Blade's Guide to Knives & Their Values and others have been in BCCI newsletters. Right now, I'm the guy Larry describes as just having a plethora of knives to observe...:o
 
I think themes evolve out of space and cash limitations. You can collect a few of everything you like in the beginning. Then you run out of space and money. Further, when you go to display, your display cases and the table space is only so big so you start to think about the story you want to tell or the knives you can't live without vs. the ones you want and suddenly you have a theme for your collection or your display.
 
i started as a acumleator... bought my 1st folding hunter in 67 or 68..
have had one since and many along the way...
i one day counted the ones i had and come up with over 20 in strange states of use or missuse... in some of the dam-est locations...
even bought a few on ebay at steal prices also...

one day i seen some nice ones and really liked them
i even bought one of the 100 year 110's as a 'saver'....
i still did not consenter my self a collector ... they were tools i had used for many a year .... tho i had quite a number i did not collect them... now they are functional art... with a desire to own other then the function for which they made to do so well...
i did not become a 'collector' until i bought the first cut out which was the first i intended to never use and wanted to show it off...
then i wandered how i could show off all of them and clean them up...
it has been a thoughtful travel to becoming a collector...
i want to display and show off my knives real bad
i also feel the next step from displaying as a 'look what i got' is not displaying rather it is in becoming an exhibitor
which i defind as it is were you inform and have a purpose rather then jest showing how many of a certain type of knife you have....
so i feel that to display is one thing>>> to be an exhibitor is another step...
 
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