Who are the board's knife collectors?

Father in law is a compulsive “collector” and seller, and a couple friends make knives. We have more than I can count. Will be at the blade show this weekend with FIL, I’m sure we will come home with more .

I don’t really follow brands, just like what I think is useful or cool.

I have a plethora of shitty cheap knives in almost every nook and cranny of the house, vehicles, ect. Just a few decent EDC's that are my staples if you will

Also inherited a slew of bad arse fixed blade hunting and skinning knives from my dad

Won’t say I collect but have a few.

Mostly Benchmade and microtech.
I like OTF

Of the OTF I have the Benchmade Infidel and Phaeton, micro tech ultratech, combat troodon.
In folders I have a several Benchmade. Microtech I have a stitch and a LUDT.

Use the LUDT quite a bit.

I've thought about trying a Kershaw Auto. I have a Buck auto and another I can't recall the maker.

I have a Benchmade Grizzly Creek for camping. Great knife. Benchmade's Hunt series are excellent.

Not necessarily a collector yet but got into knife sharpening with Japanese whetstones over the last year. Wife wanted her near 30 year old set of Chicago Cutlery knives sharpened. After watching dozens of videos on how to and then falling arse backwards down a YouTube rabbit hole I'm hooked. I get my knives at estate sales, garage sales and thrift stores for a few bucks. I'm planning to replace the handles on a few and eventually would like to make my own. I had no idea until I got into doing this how huge the knife sharpening and knife building community is. It's also very therapeutic for me to work with my hands and learn a craft and escape all the daily BS I have to deal with at my day job.

I’ve started buying knives from Montana knife company… it’s a boutique company that’s getting bigger, hopefully they never sell out. They Do weekly drops that sell out, y’all should check them out

Sharp as hell and free lifetime sharpening

I prefer USA made, too. We also tend to buy whatever the ka-bar novelty item is each year, like pizza slicer, ice cream scoop, pocket fisherman… whatever it may be.

I don’t like fixed blade knives, but I have several. I also normally buy folding knives and I’m a sucker for multi tools.

I also apparently can’t resist small, very bright flashlights.

Just pulled out what’s in “my” drawer in the kitchen…nothing nice like you collectors, but just funny what has ended up in one spot…


Found a couple more in that drawer after that photo. Ha. And a bear repellant pistol and about 6 lighters. I guess in a pinch I just dump that drawer in a bag and go…

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Anybody here collect?

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Kind of. I've gone "value" lately. It is a great time to be a collector, though. So many knives that are great values (if you look) in the $30 to $70 range. I wish I had the dough to go custom, but it is what it is.

I really want a strider SnG.