How Old Are You?

Delmar Morgan · Post by **Delmar Morgan** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:15 pm

I'm 52 , I gave my two boys a jack knife on Christmas , my 16 year old got the Remington and my 12 year old got the E. C. Simmons Keen Kutter. I use what my dad would of used when he was a kid and a young man and he was born in 1919. I hate the new stuff can't keep it sharp. My dad didn't either , I can remember when my two older brothers each bought him a new case xx back in the late '70's when they went to stainless and he hated them , so he went back to his old casexx stockman and barlow from 1940 -1964 . Once in a while he would carry one of the new ones but they didn't stay in his pocket very long. I got his old casexx barlow but won't carry it , cause I'm afraid I might lose it. But I carry a '60's Kabar barlow that I got cheap.

Mumbleypeg · Post by **Mumbleypeg** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:15 pm

espn77 wrote:One question I'd like to know. At what age did we actually start collecting? Actually collecting with a purpose?

I bought my first knife (first one bought with my own money) when I was about 10, started accumulating at about 15. Started collecting with a purpose at 19 or 20 (late 1960s) and it's been all downhill since then.

Ken

KnifeSlinger#81 · Post by **KnifeSlinger#81** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:09 pm

espn77 wrote:One question I'd like to know. At what age did we actually start collecting? Actually collecting with a purpose?

I always liked knives and started buying them as a young teenager, as far as collecting old knives (primarily schrade) with a purpose that would be around 20. So, it has not been very long.

XX Case XX · Post by **XX Case XX** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:10 pm

espn77 wrote:One question I'd like to know. At what age did we actually start collecting? Actually collecting with a purpose?

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Mike

Railsplitter · Post by **Railsplitter** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:14 pm

espn77 wrote:One question I'd like to know. At what age did we actually start collecting? Actually collecting with a purpose?

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Steve Warden · Post by **Steve Warden** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:29 pm

Old Folder · Post by **Old Folder** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:34 pm

Turned 69 last August. I started "Full Time Collecting" in the mid 1980's when I was in my mid to late 30's.
Since joining AAPK in July 2016 my knife expense has astonishingly grown, but so has my collection, cutlery knowledge, and friendship.

sextonknifeworks · Post by **sextonknifeworks** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:29 pm

Tony_Wood · Post by **Tony_Wood** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:36 pm

jmh58 · Post by **jmh58** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:36 pm

Looks like after 6-24 I am going to be with the KOOL KIDS!! 60..

John

Tony_Wood · Post by **Tony_Wood** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:36 pm

Double post somehow.

Quick Steel · Post by **Quick Steel** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:29 pm

TwoFlowersLuggage · Post by **TwoFlowersLuggage** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:40 pm

espn77 wrote:One question I'd like to know. At what age did we actually start collecting? Actually collecting with a purpose?

With a purpose? Just recently - within the last year or so - although I might also claim that I still don't have "a purpose".

I have always owned at least a couple of pocket knives since I was a kid.

Rustle47 · Post by **Rustle47** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:13 am

I just turned 70 and have been collecting for about 20 years. I collect newer Case, most Bulldogs and GEC but carry Spyderco lock-backs.

buddyie22 · Post by **buddyie22** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:07 am

I'm two clicks over the 70 mark not sure how I got here so fast. I do like the vintage stuff.

Lansky1 · Post by **Lansky1** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 3:11 am

53 - always had a handful of knives that I carried. Never really got into it though until I turned 50 - discovered eBay is fantastic way to get exposure to knife collecting & was far better than the SMKW catalog (which was my only previous exposure & where I got the few knives I started out with years ago).

DM11 · Post by **DM11** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 3:43 am

I'm 61. I like knives.

Old Hunter · Post by **Old Hunter** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 3:45 am

espn77 wrote:One question I'd like to know. At what age did we actually start collecting? Actually collecting with a purpose?

I'm 62 and have been accumulating pocketknives, bayonets, and fixed blade hunting knives since I was a boy of 8 or so. I became a real "collector" in 2005 when I lost my 18 year old Schrade 108OT and discovered the new ones were coming from China - I started visiting gunshops, gunshows, pawnshops, thrift malls, and hardware stores - hoarding up all I could find of the USA made models. Then I got going collecting my long time favorite brand, Buck Knife. It's been downhill ever since! OH

Quick Steel · Post by **Quick Steel** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 5:40 am

Think I need to clarify my earlier post. I started collecting at 58. I am currently 74.

tangoalpha · Post by **tangoalpha** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:19 am

70 come March. Collecting for about 10 years.

Paladin · Post by **Paladin** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 10:34 am

Old Hunter wrote:
espn77 wrote:One question I'd like to know. At what age did we actually start collecting? Actually collecting with a purpose?
I'm 62 and have been accumulating pocketknives, bayonets, and fixed blade hunting knives since I was a boy of 8 or so. ...... OH

I'm 77 and like OH, I have been gathering knives since I was 8 or 9. I still have two I got when I was about 9 or 10.

Ray

jerryd6818 · Post by **jerryd6818** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 10:36 am

Digger! Good to "see" ya mate.

I'm currently 73 and have had a love affair with guns and knives my entire life. Though the passion simmered deep in my soul, I was just a user for about the first half of my life. It was a Randall that lit the fire under my boiler. I had coveted one of that brand since I had a brush with it in Viet Nam. A couple of guys in my hooch had 'em and man oh man, were they ever slick. So in the late 70's I saw one in a local gun shop and I scratched the itch. At first it was a fixed blade now and then and the folders were still just users. Then in the late 90's or early 2000's I discovered the SMKW catalog and doctor's knives and the die was cast. The accumulator seed was planted but the passion was still at a slow simmer until I joined AAPK. Once I got in with you hooligans in 2009, the lid blew off the pot and it's been Katie bar the door ever since. I'm probably only about 30% collector, the other 70% is accumulator/hoarder.

tangoalpha · Post by **tangoalpha** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:46 am

[quote="jerryd6818"]Digger! Good to "see" ya mate./quote]

Here Boss, shaking the tree!!

fergusontd · Post by **fergusontd** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:41 pm

I'm 69, and have carried/collected pocket knives all my life. In recent years I buy quality knives new and old, now that I can afford them. When I was in the Navy I bought a Buck 110 and used it extensively, being a snipe I used it in my work in the engine room. I now carry a Case yellow Trapperlock, helps with my arithtic fingers. Here's to a great site and

(old) friends. ftd

espn77 · Post by **espn77** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:51 pm

Your guys response is interesting. It appears as tho most people start collecting after age 40. Life slows down, finances get in a better place (kids move out). I've always liked knives, always kept what I had. Wasn't until about age 35 that my father in law started taking me to gun shows with him. Couldn't afford to buy guns so I started buying knives. At that time little did I know how much could be invested into a knife collection. At 40 now I'm excited that I can hopefully have 40 years of collecting ahead of me.

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