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Bill Harvey Another question about curating knife collections:

Any of you use desiccants to protect your collections? If so, where do you live, (how humid?) and in what what do you keep your knives? (I make drawer cases for all manner of collectors -and lots of knife collectors- and wonder if I ought to help them worry about corrosion.)
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Added by Bill Harvey on September 3, 2010 at 7:26am — 1 Comment

Scott King Knife Rights Update- Doug Ritter

Will DA Vance Arrest Stephen Colbert for Switchblade Possession?

Given New York District Attorn… Continue

Added by Scott King on August 29, 2010 at 6:23pm — 5 Comments

Jim Walker Hi I now have three DE Henry Knives. I would like to hear from other Henry collectors!

Hi, get in touch if you have a DE Henry. I want to see how many are out there that we can locate. Jim
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Added by Jim Walker on August 27, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Rock Island Auction Company 150+ Custom Knives

Rock Island Auction will be featuring over 150 custom knives and daggers on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. Renowned makers include Randall, Jim Schmidt (Schmidt's "Darendel" #32 shown below), Willie Rigney, Buster Warenski, Ron Lake, Fred Carter, Curt Erickson, Jim Ence and many more! Over 95% unreserved!

View full online catalog www.rockislandauction.com

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Added by Rock Island Auction Company on August 13, 2010 at 3:49pm — 2 Comments

Bill Harvey A Question about sharpening

What a nice bunch of GOB's you'll are! Many Welcomes! Feel right to home.

So much so, that I have to ask a question. Years ago someone told me that when you sharpen a good knife, you are not only grinding away the bits you don't want, but you are also 'smearing' just a few molecules up to the very edge where they kind'a re-attach and make for extra sharp edge. He (and while I ain't sure who it was -it sure sounds like a GOB story) also said stainless steel don't do this and therefore t… Continue

Added by Bill Harvey on August 12, 2010 at 5:32am — 3 Comments

Bill Harvey Displaying Knives

Howdy !
Enjoyed you all's previous blogs. May I offer a couple of thought on displaying knives? I write for collectors of every stripe and have a couple of articles specific to displaying knives. Check out...
Displaying Knives -on the wall
Displaying Knives -on the flat
And I welcome any questions you might have on displaying &am… Continue

Added by Bill Harvey on August 5, 2010 at 10:27am — 4 Comments

Kevin S Gallagher Just got a new folder for tactical use

I am sure most knife enthusiast have particular things which immediately make them salivate while other knifes get added to a collection but not fondled and/or used with affection as those which have specific attributes which make them drool. For me several things in tangent attract me, which can best be seen in several folders, Emerson Commander, Bram Frank’s LLC, and Benchmade AFCK. There are many k

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Added by Kevin S Gallagher on July 27, 2010 at 7:19pm — 4 Comments

Scott King Case Collectors Reunion & Grand Collectors Auction was a blast!

iKC is home of a very diverse group of knife enthusiasts. All you have to do is set the photos to slide show and you will see. Because of our wide range of knife likes, not everyone here is a traditional pocketknife collector, per se, and yet, Case is one of the most popular knife companies in the world, so I thought I'd share a couple of things about my trip.

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Added by Scott King on July 18, 2010 at 10:00pm — 4 Comments

Andy Voelkle "AxeMan" Our friend Brian Davis of Mullin, TX

We all miss Brian, and several have asked after him. He hasn't been online since March. I decided to look up his phone number and call him. Just finished a pleasant conversation. He sounds good, and reports that he's not making knives at the moment. I told him he has a lot of friends here who miss him, and encouraged him to logon some day soon and say hello. The latest email address I have is bdavisknives@centex.net
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Added by Andy Voelkle "AxeMan" on July 15, 2010 at 9:00pm — 2 Comments

Scott King The National Knife Collectors Association needs our support

When I first started collecting knives one of the first things I did was to join the National Knife Collectors Association (NKCA). While I've yet to purchase an annual club knife, I have attended various NKCA sponsored shows and meetings, including board meetings, out of support for this organization.

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Added by Scott King on July 13, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Scott King Our community's service provider makes changes this month

Just wanted to update you on something NING, iKC's social network service, is doing. While I don't expect anything to change here at iKC, I have been contacted by various members who have asked about NING's decision and if it will affect our community.

Basically NING has changed their business model. Yeap, they are now charging to host communities (including iKC). NING has been wildly successful and yet, evidently, their approach to generating revenue (ads one the right side
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Added by Scott King on July 10, 2010 at 4:00pm — 3 Comments

Paul J Granger Tips For Success Making Full Tang Knives Part 1

Hello All,

A couple people asked about this subject, so I put some thoughts together. this installment deals with the tang. Next installment covers the handle material itself. I hope you find it worth a read.

Tips on Success for Full Tang Knives Part One
by Paul Granger of Largo, Florida copyright 2006

The following is of course my opinion and my method. There are as many ways to do a thing as there are people who want to do it. And most of the

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Added by Paul J Granger on June 30, 2010 at 11:31am — 1 Comment

Kyley Harris Choosing the correct Convex Edge

Hello Everyone.
I wanted to make a slide show to open a dialog about different edge geometries of swords. I did this for another forum on Swords, but its also relevant to knives and large choppers of any kinds
Here is a link to the video slideshow. Blade Geometry Slideshow on youtube which I will also link here as photos for ease of reading. The slide show is just a nice quick way to see where I am heading.… Continue

Added by Kyley Harris on June 21, 2010 at 4:01am — 4 Comments

Scott King Life, Knives and Fellow Collectors

As I turned another year younger earlier this month I have reflected on my travels through life's passages and I've found the flame for enjoying our hobby is always burning. Yeah, there are times it burns brighter than others, but it's always there.

This year has been crazy busy with life- son graduating from high school, enrolling him in college, adjusting to changes in the home life due to my wife getting a job for the first time in our 25 year marriage (she go
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Added by Scott King on June 20, 2010 at 10:00pm — 3 Comments

Andy Voelkle "AxeMan" One Exception to my Observation has been noted in 10.5 years

You are a life-form consisted in large mass by your genetic material, a small squishy electrical brain and attached wiring, and maybe a few finer things. In your children do your fathers retrieve for history that which will surely be lost to it — yourselves. The exception to my observation:

"Everything lost can be retrieved except lost time."
-- Andy Voelkle (the millennium 2000)


Are there other exceptions? W… Continue

Added by Andy Voelkle "AxeMan" on June 19, 2010 at 9:49am — 2 Comments

Rick "HutcH" Hutchings Gil Hibben has done 2 large knives for the EXPENDABLES movie and one small folder. The large knives …

Gil Hibben has done 2 large knives for the EXPENDABLES movie and one small folder. The large knives are a Arkansas style toothpick and a large bowie with full scrimshaw. The folder is an auto assist I rehandled with the same scrim. Stallone will also wear a pendant with the scrim. I got to scrim all the knives and made a custom cigar cutter for Stallone shaped like a skull with full scrim. The cutter was a wrap gift and is not in the movie but all the rest made the cut...HutcH Continue

Added by Rick "HutcH" Hutchings on June 6, 2010 at 10:30pm — No Comments

J.T. [HELLZZARMY] BUY/INVEST IN SILVER INSTEAD OF BUYING THAT NEXT KNIFE...

What buy Silver instead of a knife? What are you talking about JT? I'll tell you...Silver is attainable for the average Joe at $18.35 an ounce. I'm no expert this is just a layman's forray into investing/collecting precious metals. Gold is over $1200.00 an oz., Platinum is over $1500.00 an oz., and Paladium is over $500.00 an oz.

So Silver at $18.35 is very lucrative and supposedly will double in the next year. In 1900 there was 12 billion oz. above ground. Today there's less t

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Added by J.T. [HELLZZARMY] on May 29, 2010 at 2:12am — 7 Comments

Adlai Stein Smithing demo.

I did a bladesmithing demo for a highschool class yesterday. I had the boys try and bend a piece of anealed 1/4 steel then heated the same steel and quenched it in water and asked the girls to bend it. You should have seen the look on thier faces when it broke in 1/2. Continue

Added by Adlai Stein on May 25, 2010 at 7:36pm — 1 Comment

C D FLORIDA KNIFEMAKERS’ ASSOCIATION INVITATIONAL KNIFE SHOW

FLORIDA KNIFEMAKERS’ ASSOCIATION INVITATIONAL KNIFE SHOW

Custom, Modern, Tactical, Art & Antique Knives

October 9th & 10th, 2010

Lakeland Center, Lakeland, Florida
Sat 10 – 6pm & Sun 9 – 4pm

--------------- Dealer Info ---------------
Setup: Saturday 8 – 10am
Over 100 tables - $85/ea
Contact Dan Piergallini
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Added by C D on May 21, 2010 at 5:36pm — No Comments

J.T. [HELLZZARMY] HATER(S) IN OUR MIDST (iKnifeCollector)...

ar·bi·trary: a : based on or determined by individual preference or convenience rather than by necessity or the intrinsic nature of something.

b : existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will.

Hey Guys...It's been a while since I wrote a Blog but, ove

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Added by J.T. [HELLZZARMY] on May 20, 2010 at 12:48pm — 3 Comments

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Don Reeves commented on Bill Harvey's blog post 'Another question about curating knife collections:'
desiccants are fine in a SEALED application to reduce humidity,but in a open situation like a gun safe or wooden cabinet WORTHLESS. why? because they will absorb just so much humidity, then are "saturated" and are rendered useless.to rejuvenate the…
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Kevin S Gallagher My new knife, Benchmade RIFT auto Axis. Will post a review this weekend.
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Kevin S Gallagher commented on Kevin S Gallagher's blog post 'Just got a new folder for tactical use'
KG the flipper action is a bit tight when compared to other flippers.
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Any of you use desiccants to protect your collections? If so, where do you live, (how humid?) and in what what do you keep your knives? (I make drawer cases for all manner of collectors -and lots of knife collectors- and wonder if I ought to help th…
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Don Oatley and Frank yanez are now friends
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danny b and Ron James are now friends
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Jim Child replied to Jim Child's discussion 'Missing a Bail ?? -- Case rigger 6246R' in the group Case Fans
I thought I'd jump in here and "end" this thread: I did send the knife into Case Repair fellowing the instructions on the website. I intentionally tried to forget about the knife so I wouldn't drive myself crazy haunting the mailbox every morning i…
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Bill Harvey commented on Scott King's blog post 'Knife Rights Update- Doug Ritter'
I suppose it all depends on the 'defendant's" political leanings. Seems to me that the enlightened left can get away with murder (or switch-blades), while the conservative folks get in trouble for saying 'dang-it' after something heavy lands on thei…
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Harry Truman and Andy Voelkle "AxeMan" are now friends
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Kg (kage) Cook replied to Kg (kage) Cook's discussion 'Knife Maintenance Gear' in the group Beginner Collectors
One has to be careful with WD-40 use, Only 10% of its ingredients are non-hazardous, the rest can be considered hazardous to varying degrees. The following is from the WD-40 Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS): DANGER! Flammable aerosol. Contents und…
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Wayne Morgan commented on Wayne Morgan's photo 'Knives by Wayne Morgan'
Thanks for the positive comment,The leather stamps are made from nails.
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Craig T. (max) McGruder commented on Chris Stookey's photo 'Apache Fire 1'
Man that sure is a beauty,hard core all the way! Gotta love that sheath ,all that leather stacked !!
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Relly Carpio replied to Kg (kage) Cook's discussion 'Knife Maintenance Gear' in the group Beginner Collectors
wow! yeah that's a fantastic list. I think you need to add WD-40 or a similar product to help remove dirty oil from the pivots of folders or any moving parts and to help loosen stuck screws. another item would be lok-tite or a similar product to s…
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Craig T. (max) McGruder replied to Kg (kage) Cook's discussion 'Knife Maintenance Gear' in the group Beginner Collectors
Add a can of Ren Wax to keep them nice and purdy and I also use a little bag of Silica gel to keep the moisture out ! You sure did a good list though! One doesn't even think of all the stuff that you use and accumulate.
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