What will happen to your collection?

Seeing as no one in my family are knife nuts, my little brother can appreciate a good knife, but he is a guitar nut, I would hope that he could sell them and put the money towards something good. I'm only 32, no kids.

You do have to be careful when telling loved ones how much your knife collection is worth, if you should pass on. You might come home, and they've "passed" your knives on to someone with a fat billfold!
 
Doug Add said:
My son gets them, along with my guns and fountain pens. Fortunately, he enjoys using each of them as much as I do. He knows to sell whatever he doesn't want, at reasonable prices.

I just turned 50, so expect to be here for a while yet, but you never know!
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Doug, you don't really know. Make people aware now of what you want, and who gets what, if not give to them now. A family member had a friend who was 51 years old, and he had a massive stroke and now lives in a nursing home for the rest of his life. Really messed him up, can't talk, move his right side, wears a diaper. He had some issues he didn't care of, of course, but still, at 51 he's really had it. The people in our lives are the most precious thing we have. Give to them while we're still here to enjoy it.

Carl.
 
So true Carl. Sorry to hear about your family friend. A couple years ago a 51 year old friend of mine and his 8 year old son were killed in a freeway accident -- on their way home from buying gift cards to hand out to those in need at Christmas.
 
My casket will be made up of a few hundred slipjoints. :rolleyes:

I plan on giving a lot away when I pass, I should have many years on me, but you never really know, right? If I died today my family would really treasure my knives, they would give to the loved ones close to me, either to use or to have as a keep sake. I can guaranty there would be a few in that box with me though.

I'm turning 18 this year, so I have no offspring to celebrate this hobby with, yet. But, I would love to be able to pass my knives down to another nut. :thumbup:
 
"The kid gets it all", hey I think I heard that in a movie! Me nephew is getting my whole gun and knife collection. I passed a few already just before moving here to TX.
 
What will happen to my collection?? That is a good question but I'm sure there won't be much left after the soon to be exwife & her lawyers get through with me.:mad:

Dave
 
Jack, I've pretty much done as you, with the exception of the nightmare of disassembled hit or miss engines no one will understand, and a lifetimes of what seemed just too nice to part with but which nobody but me would want.. By the way, do you think that west bound train you spoke of might be making a stop in north west Montana? Boy, that would be mighty nice!


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jackknife said:
When I got to retirement age, which came at the same time as official social security senior citizen status, I did something I had been thinking of. I gave it all away. Well, most of it anyways. Guns, knives, spare tools, fishing gear, backpacking gear. I had a gathering of my kids, grandkids, nephew, nieces, old friends and co-workers, and had a giant downsizing. I figured to have the pleasure of seeing them enjoy the stuff while I was still alive. My grandson Ryan and grand daughter Christy got some display cases and put some of my knives in them with pictures of us doing stuff like fishing, whittling hot dog sticks on campouts and picnics. I was flattered.

So, most of my stuff is gone now, and I just kept a few things to use until that last train west. My better half did the same thing, and I have to admit that the house is a lot neater and easier to find things in now. It felt sooo liberating.

Carl.
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Hi guys!

That´s a question I asked myself already by myself ;)

I´m just 28 years old and nearly married. No children til now.

So I don´t know what will happen to my collection if I would reach the end of the tunnel tomorrow. Hopefully not!

My very best friend is a knife nut, too. So maybe he could get my collection. Or if on a later time maybe one of children will make further what I have begun.

I don´t really want to think about that right now... just a couple of thoughts in my mind.

Kind regards
Andi
 
I'm not seeing myself looking down from the astral plane at whoever has my goods. When the end comes there will be no looking back, thank God. But if I had to guess then my son would know what to do, what to keep and what he didn't want. My hope is that he will want the things that we shared; the things we worked on together. But as I have two kids that equally like the guns, knives I have put together, they will finally have to learn to share.....And I won't be there to see it!
 
Steel Sprocket said:
I'm not seeing myself looking down from the astral plane at whoever has my goods. When the end comes there will be no looking back, thank God. But if I had to guess then my son would know what to do, what to keep and what he didn't want. My hope is that he will want the things that we shared; the things we worked on together. But as I have two kids that equally like the guns, knives I have put together, they will finally have to learn to share.....And I won't be there to see it!
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Jonathan Richman?
 
I've given explicit instructions to my wife regarding my collections. The Zippos are to be sold, one piece at a time, to maximize the return, with the exception of the personal engraved ones of course. Knives and watches the same. My boys can have their pick though...
 
I'm Not Sure.
I'm 20. But (This Will Sound Morbid) Think Often Of What Will Happen When I Go.
Who Will Get What Is One Of The Things I Wonder About.

Honestly.. My Collection Will Probably Go To My Brother. But, He May Not Keep Them, And Honestly, I'd Like Them To Not Be Sold.
I Mean, I Believe That You Should Keep Personal Things Like That.
I Have A Large Coin Collection That My Grandfather Had Collected. It Eventually Came To Me, And Although I'm Not As Much Into Coins Anymore, You'd Have To Pry Them From My Cold Dead Fingers.

Anyways.. If I Went Before My Mother.. They Would Go To Her. She Knows Nothing Much About Knives But Is Always Supportive And Interested In Learning. I Think She Would Respect Them The Most Versus Anyone Else I Know. Why Wouldn't You Love Something That One Of The People You Most Loved And Enjoyed Having Around Loved And Enjoyed?

If I Don't, They Would Probably Go To My Brother As He's Pretty Much Next In Line, Though I'm Not Too Sure He Would Love And Appreciate Them, Whether He Likes Knives As His Own Hobby Or Not.

The Next Possibility Would Be To Go To A Young Knife Enthusiast Like Myself.
 
The Point Is To Not Appreciate Something Based On What It Is. But To Appreciate It By What It Means.

2 Binders Of Coins Is A Lot Less Appealing Than 2 Binders Of Coins That Belonged To My Grandfather That I Never Had The Pleasure Of Meeting.

A Brand New Case Trapper Is Less Meaningful Than A Case Trapper Used And Carried And Put Through The Paces By My Older Sibling.
 
My son gets them...he too has the (affliction?)..............................FES

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SNAP-only i've got three of a kind which is why I need three of every knife.
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Interesting thread, just the other day I got a letter from a guy I made a knife for 35
years ago. Hopefully I've got that many years of knifemaking left in me. The guy offered
to give me the knife back cause he didn't have anyone to leave it to. Did make me stop
and think for awhile.
Ken.
 
Before this thread I knew what Carl had done with his collection. I have a index card with the knives telling wife what to do, specific to who to contact and which are most valuable should I fall in the river and drown.

Now I am on the down side of 60 but feel as Carl does, its time to simplify. I plan to take good photos of all the knives (so I can be a useful forum member), both as closeups for tech reasons and in groups, with decorations etc. That will take at least two years at my current fishing and shooting time pace. I will sell as I go. Will use the money for a very high quality gun or two. Any funds left can go to ammo. I will keep a very reduced collection so that I can still go to some knife shows with a easy to transport, but hopfully impressive (ha) display and hang out with the big shots.........300Bucks
 
I'm at that point in life where I've started thinking about these things. I have two adult sons that appreciate knives. I've been giving them knives, usually from my accumulation, as Christmas gifts for a number of years and they are always well recieved.

If I don't have to sell them, which I don't see happening, it's likely I'll leave them to the boys.

I will have at least a decent slipjoint in my pocket when I take that "last train west" though. I've had a knife in my pocket everyday for more then half a century. I'm not going to spend eternity knifeless!
 
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