DO YOU........................CANOE ?

[Quick Steel]

Squatch, may I ask how many years of collecting is represented by your superb collection?

[royal0014]

Goodness Squatch ... that's a helluva flotilla !
Make the British Navy worry

[bighomer]

Outstanding bigfoot. x10

[doglegg]

Thank you guys!

Here you go Steve, a recent shot of the knife corner. Sorry I couldn't get the pic any clearer and still get the whole thing in frame.

Great display Charlie, and I bet that's not all of them.

[Sharpnshinyknives]

I got a canoe in today. I bought it to resell, but after doing a bit a research on it, I might just keep it. A.G. Russell’s Cutting Edge resell site shows one like it that sold recently w/ pearl handles and they had the date on it of 1969-1970. Given how spectacular the stag is on this, I think that age would be about right. You just don’t see stag handles that aren’t hafted down to the white. This has grain right to the bolsters on both sides, which makes me think it’s an older knife. Made in Germany.

[Steve Warden]

Sweet one Mark.

[Quick Steel]

To state the obvious, that is gorgeous stag. Congrats.

[Quick Steel]

PM sent. This was certainly made by Bertram, Hen & Rooster. In that time frame Russell had German made knives carrying his label made by Bertram.

[TPK]

Thank you guys!

Here you go Steve, a recent shot of the knife corner. Sorry I couldn't get the pic any clearer and still get the whole thing in frame.

Wow! Nice collection Charlie!

[Sasquach]

Thank you guys!

Here you go Steve, a recent shot of the knife corner. Sorry I couldn't get the pic any clearer and still get the whole thing in frame.

Hey Charlie, How do you have those displays anchored to the wall? I know they are heavy when filled w/ knives like that. I use to have mine on the wall but never felt like they were up there securely enough, so I took them down. If you could show some pics of the anchors and the backs of the displays, that would help me out. Sorry to put you to work today.
I love the way that corner looks w/ all those knives there.

The wall with most of the displays on it is actually brick covered with a smooth cement layer. I used a masonry bit and plastic expansion anchors to put hangers in the wall. The displays simply have holes drilled in the back panels. I used small pan-head screws in the anchors leaving only enough protruding to engage the holes in the displays without protruding far enough to interfere with the knives in the display separated from the screw heads by a layer on foam and a sheet of velvet. The other (short) wall is drywall and I used toggle anchors for the displays on that wall. They are the ones that have two spring loaded arms that open inside the wall after passing through the hole. By adding an extra nut and washer you can adjust how much of the screw is left exposed when the anchor is tightened up securely. I haven't had one fall yet. Sorry but taking them down and putting them back up is the chore involved with collecting I dislike the most.

[Sasquach]

Very cool!
Could I get a close up on that one left of center, toward the top right, just below but slightly above catty-corner to the other one on the big case with the other knives on it?



Yup! VERY cool!!

You're kidding right?

[Steve Warden]

Very cool!
Could I get a close up on that one left of center, toward the top right, just below but slightly above catty-corner to the other one on the big case with the other knives on it?



Yup! VERY cool!!

You're kidding right?

Oh, yeah!

[Doc B]

Squach...that is an amazing collection and set-up for your display and enjoyment!!! Where do you get those rectangular display cases, like the upper right one, that holds 28 knives?
Mark, that stag is beautiful!!!

[Sasquach]

Squatch, may I ask how many years of collecting is represented by your superb collection?

Well, I've been "accumulating" knives most of my life which is not necessarily "collecting". It was about 2006 or '07 when I was looking at a drawer or two full of pocket knives in my basement shop. They were knives that had belonged to family members or myself over the years. I decided that it would be nice to organize them rather than leaving them collect dust in those drawers....and a collector was born! So my collection is a combination of a lifetime accumulation and 13 or 14 years of cherry picking for a real collection. The canoe was a popular pattern among my grandfather's generation so I had a few and decided that I would concentrate on that pattern. I do collect other patterns but the Case Canoes are the heart of the collection.

[Sasquach]

Squach...that is an amazing collection and set-up for your display and enjoyment!!! Where do you get those rectangular display cases, like the upper right one, that holds 28 knives?
Mark, that stag is beautiful!!!

I have purchased all of my displays (except for the Case Mint Set and a couple of Case commemorates which came with their own display) from a Company named Custom Displays, here's their web site - https://www.customdisplays.com/knife-display-cases.html

They offer a selection of sizes and materials.

[Sasquach]

I got a canoe in today. I bought it to resell, but after doing a bit a research on it, I might just keep it. A.G. Russell’s Cutting Edge resell site shows one like it that sold recently w/ pearl handles and they had the date on it of 1969-1970. Given how spectacular the stag is on this, I think that age would be about right. You just don’t see stag handles that aren’t hafted down to the white. This has grain right to the bolsters on both sides, which makes me think it’s an older knife. Made in Germany.

I agree with QS, German made by Hen & Rooster. Good steel, excellent craftsmanship, outstanding European stag, what's not to keep? I would add one to my collection.

[Sasquach]

I'd like to thank all of you who commented for the praise of my collection. You all know how collectors love to show off!

Please excuse me now, I need to get some ice on my head to reduce the swelling before it gets out of hand!

Seriously, thank you gentlemen.

[Doc B]

Squach...that is an amazing collection and set-up for your display and enjoyment!!! Where do you get those rectangular display cases, like the upper right one, that holds 28 knives?
Mark, that stag is beautiful!!!

I have purchased all of my displays (except for the Case Mint Set and a couple of Case commemorates which came with their own display) from a Company named Custom Displays, here's their web site - https://www.customdisplays.com/knife-display-cases.html

They offer a selection of sizes and materials.

Thanks for the info! They look really nice!

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Thank you guys!

Here you go Steve, a recent shot of the knife corner. Sorry I couldn't get the pic any clearer and still get the whole thing in frame.

Hey Charlie, How do you have those displays anchored to the wall? I know they are heavy when filled w/ knives like that. I use to have mine on the wall but never felt like they were up there securely enough, so I took them down. If you could show some pics of the anchors and the backs of the displays, that would help me out. Sorry to put you to work today.
I love the way that corner looks w/ all those knives there.

The wall with most of the displays on it is actually brick covered with a smooth cement layer. I used a masonry bit and plastic expansion anchors to put hangers in the wall. The displays simply have holes drilled in the back panels. I used small pan-head screws in the anchors leaving only enough protruding to engage the holes in the displays without protruding far enough to interfere with the knives in the display separated from the screw heads by a layer on foam and a sheet of velvet. The other (short) wall is drywall and I used toggle anchors for the displays on that wall. They are the ones that have two spring loaded arms that open inside the wall after passing through the hole. By adding an extra nut and washer you can adjust how much of the screw is left exposed when the anchor is tightened up securely. I haven't had one fall yet. Sorry but taking them down and putting them back up is the chore involved with collecting I dislike the most.

Thanks Charlie. I thought it would be something like that. I didn’t even think about going through the back of the display to anchor them. I have hammered in multiple picture hangers on the top edge and used that but I don’t feel like that’s going to hold. It is easy to take down and open. So I have to think about that aspect of it and whether to make it harder or not. My collection is evolving all the time so I access is important.
Thanks again.

[Sasquach]

Mark, make sure that the hole in the back panel is big enough for the head of the screw to pass through, like hanging a plaque on a nail. Access isn't so difficult but the displays are heavy and putting them up can be challenging until you hit the holes... which of course you can't see with the display full.

[Papa Bones]

Awesome knives everyone has posted. I only have a few to vue......Canoe. But all are fairly new, But one is Brighter than the few.

[Quick Steel]

I especially like the Red Bone. Very nice.

[Sharpnshinyknives]

I agree w/ QS, that pocket worn red bone is very nice.

[Sasquach]

A very nice trio ya got there Papa Bones!

[SharpMarble]

I just got these three. Two Rough Riders (green and white bone mini) and a rams horn Marble's.