TRUE CONFESSIONS ! ! !

MITCH RAPP · Post by **MITCH RAPP** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:50 pm

OK! Here's a question I don't think anybody ever asked here on our

little forum. Take the time to count your entire Knife Collection and tell

me your total number of Knives you now own at this very moment. I

know some of you guys probably have a mind boggling amount of

Knives!

I will go first with my meager collection.

Traditional Folders = 156

Tactical Folders = 87

Fixed Blades = 48

Total = 291

marcinek · Post by **marcinek** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:00 pm

Traditional Folders = 6

Tactical Folders = 2

Fixed Blades = 3

Total = 11

How embarassing!

Do kitchen knives and my wife's knives count? Probably not. Oh well, I'm new. And they are 11 really cool knives!

Gunsmoke47 · Post by **Gunsmoke47** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:00 pm

Heck Mitch, if yours is meager, mine is miniscule!

Traditional folders - 51
Fixed - 8
Automatic - 1
Total- 60

However, mine is growing with leaps and bounds!

Kelley

stancaiman · Post by **stancaiman** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:02 pm

I never count : an old picture (about 20 knives are missing )

Forensic Jim · Post by **Forensic Jim** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:06 pm

Mitch I have no idea. I have one closet full, the kitchen table is covered. The end tables are covered, the coffee table is covered and under the bed is full of tupperware storage bins full of them and my wife ain't happy one bit.

stancaiman · Post by **stancaiman** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:09 pm

the next question will be : how do you store all your knives ?

MITCH RAPP · Post by **MITCH RAPP** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:14 pm

I keep a folder on my computer, titled "Knife Collection" In it I list

each Knife, With a description, the date I bought it, retail price, price I

paid and year knife was made (if possible). I am keeping this record for

my Grandson, who is not yet 2 years old just in case he turns out not to

be a Knife Guy. At least he will know the value of the Knives if he wants

to sell them

stancaiman · Post by **stancaiman** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:21 pm

too late for me this method : i don't remember when, where and naturally price for all.
and how are they physicaly stored ?
I arrange them in drawers, and i forgot them. After when i rediscover them, i'm very happy : it's like a new purchase

smiling-knife · Post by **smiling-knife** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:30 pm

stancaiman wrote:I arrange them in drawers, and i forgot them. After when i rediscover them, i'm very happy : it's like a new purchase

that is a great idea Stan. It is like 2 knives for the price of 1.

s-k

stancaiman · Post by **stancaiman** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:35 pm

perhaps, but it's not intentional : it's only because i don't remember having this knife

marcinek · Post by **marcinek** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 6:01 pm

Ok, here we go...stan...

What is that little fixed blade to the left of a butterfly/balisong, above a dagger(?), and 4 knives below a tanto?

Paladin · Post by **Paladin** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 6:39 pm

I hate to admit how many I have and worse than that, I would hate for the little woman to see the number. I keep trying to convince her that it is hard to have too many.
I store most in the safe in nice wooden cigar boxes that I get from a brother-in-law. I keep a list like mentioned earlier but I also bought a program on Ebay called the DPC Knife Collector 2.0. It is an easy to use program made especially for collectors of knives, guns, etc. I suspect it may not be compatible with the new Windows Vista but not sure.
Is anyone out there using a program that might serve the purpose for those of us who like to use the computer to track our collections?

tank · Post by **tank** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:10 pm

Traditional Folders = 157
Fixed Blades = 14

Total = 171 and grows daily.
I keep a database with pics, receipts, and book value of my knives for insurance reasons on cd that i store at my brothers as a backup.

stancaiman · Post by **stancaiman** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:10 pm

marcinek wrote:Ok, here we go...stan...

What is that little fixed blade to the left of a butterfly/balisong, above a dagger(?), and 4 knives below a tanto?

it's a teckna knife (to attach to the key ring) (if i remember well, dating to the end of 70's)

marcinek · Post by **marcinek** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:13 pm

stancaiman wrote:
marcinek wrote:Ok, here we go...stan...

What is that little fixed blade to the left of a butterfly/balisong, above a dagger(?), and 4 knives below a tanto?
it's a teckna knife (to attach to the key ring) (if i remember well, dating to the end of 70's)

Oh, I've heard of those! Merci, Stan!

CCBill · Post by **CCBill** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:05 pm

Hate to even say it, but right now I have 877 traditional folders, 2 tactical folders and 7 sheath knives. I won't have all of them for long, though, I am going to give most of them to my Sons. I will probably keep 100 or so.
...CCBill...

My Wife even knows about ALL of them.

MITCH RAPP · Post by **MITCH RAPP** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:12 pm

Thanks! Bill; Now I don't feel so bad!

My wife doesn't know

the exact number of my knives but she knows I have alot

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:45 pm

Ah, er, how many can fit into a 5ft tall, 30inch wide fireproof safe and another 100 or so at the shop and I suppose that many around my office and a few Canal Street Cutlery displays. Oh and about 60 GEC knives, about 20 will go to my son,

Oh yeah, uh some customs about a dozen fixed blades and a bunch of folders, a full set of Case Cranberry bone, only made in 2001 & 2002. I was thinking of customizing those with California Jade and selling them. It's a brittle and hard rock that has titanium in it. Michael Prater loved the stuff, but he could only make it glow red and eat Aluminum Oxide belts, but I believe I found the answer to using it.

Dang, a couple dozen Fightn' Bull knives over on a shelf with a bunch of Buck Kalingas.

Ahh, gee, there's some in the closet, waiting to come out I suppose.

Then, dang, I gotta count, they don't all fit in the safe. This doesn't count, ah, there is no such thing as TOO MANY, RIGHT!

Classic Case · Post by **Classic Case** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:09 pm

I have 428 - traditional folders (of the mint/near mint variety). i have 2 - fixed blades and i have 50-100 older not nearly mint knives. i also have 1 auto.

mikek · Post by **mikek** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:03 am

What ever happened to the easy questions? I'd have to say about 90 folders,maybe 10 or 12 fixed and a few tac's. They do add up don't they?

Roger - 50/2050 · Post by **Roger - 50/2050** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:32 am

Two years ago, over 1,200 pieces, I have sold &/or traded since then so I think now my total amount is pretty close to CC Bills amount & most are folders! ....My Gal knows about all of them (no fear)!

"Texas collector", Roger - 50/2050

wildcat · Post by **wildcat** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:00 pm

I counted mine last night. My wife knows about most of them. After a while though, they all start to look the same to her

55 traditional folders
8 tactical folders
20 fixed blades

some of yall have an amazing amount. boy, i thought i had alot.

Roger - 50/2050 · Post by **Roger - 50/2050** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:36 pm

Hey Neil,

My Gal says the same thing & gives me this look sometimes ---->

"Texas collector", Roger - 50/2050

redferd · Post by **redferd** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:13 pm

Mitch, I don't think I can count that high?

I do know I have too many and shall be selling a lot of them. I've pretty much settled on 3 or 4 that I want to keep as edc's.

MITCH RAPP · Post by **MITCH RAPP** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:38 pm

Hey! Guys; Thanks to all of you who took the time to answer this

question. I knew some of you had too many knives to count and a Ball

Park figure was Great! The reason I asked this question was to see how

Bad my Addiction was in relation to the rest of the members.

So tonight I will take two knives and call the Doctor in the morning!

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