New Texan Here
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2023 6:17 pm
Hi Everyone ... I am a retired person who up until two months ago knew absolutely nothing about knives. Now I am on a crash course to learn as much as I can. The reason for this is that I am tasked with the responsibility of liquidating my brother's collection of thousands of vintage knives, both folders and fixed blade knives as well as scales and other related collectibles. He started collecting in the late 1970's and continued through 2018. Sadly he developed dementia last year and needs to generate cash for his care. Before I ran across AAPK I posted over 100 listings on eBay at "https://www.ebay.com/usr/cbturn". It has been very interesting researching his collection. A couple of eBayers with experience were nice enough to help me out when I made mistakes in listings. I now have set up a store on AAPK. I will begin listing some of his knives and hope to connect with more serious collectors.
While my brother's collection includes several hundred fixed blade knives, his collection is overwhelmingly folders ... the majority of which are Parker, Parker Brothers, Parker Cut Co, Parker-Edwards, Parker Custom Series, Parker Frost, Parker & Son, Parker IMAI and Parker USA. Other makers include Boker, Fight’n Rooster, Case, Nolen, IXL/Schrade/Wolstenholm, D'Holder, Honest Abe, David Yellowhorse, Brian Yellowhorse, Santa Fe Stone Works, Standing Stone Cutlery, Buck, Tak Fukuta, American Blade-ABCA, Battle Axe/Hickey-Shouse, Smokey Mountain Knife Works, Kirk-Matz , German Creek and many others. Many limited edition knives and commemorative sets.
I have concentrated so far on the fixed blade knives because they are a little easier to research. The number of folders is intimidating but I will soon dive in and try to organize, identify and value them.
I have learned that knife collectors are a friendly group of people who share their knowledge and look forward to learning much more from the forum as I try to get fair value for his collection.
One of the funniest things I have learned so far had to do with the scales on one of my brother's Nolen knives. I listed it as having "blue dyed osic" scales. One person messaged me asking what is "osic". I said I have no idea and then looked it up. Found out "oosik" is the bone in a walrus's penis.
While my brother's collection includes several hundred fixed blade knives, his collection is overwhelmingly folders ... the majority of which are Parker, Parker Brothers, Parker Cut Co, Parker-Edwards, Parker Custom Series, Parker Frost, Parker & Son, Parker IMAI and Parker USA. Other makers include Boker, Fight’n Rooster, Case, Nolen, IXL/Schrade/Wolstenholm, D'Holder, Honest Abe, David Yellowhorse, Brian Yellowhorse, Santa Fe Stone Works, Standing Stone Cutlery, Buck, Tak Fukuta, American Blade-ABCA, Battle Axe/Hickey-Shouse, Smokey Mountain Knife Works, Kirk-Matz , German Creek and many others. Many limited edition knives and commemorative sets.
I have concentrated so far on the fixed blade knives because they are a little easier to research. The number of folders is intimidating but I will soon dive in and try to organize, identify and value them.
I have learned that knife collectors are a friendly group of people who share their knowledge and look forward to learning much more from the forum as I try to get fair value for his collection.
One of the funniest things I have learned so far had to do with the scales on one of my brother's Nolen knives. I listed it as having "blue dyed osic" scales. One person messaged me asking what is "osic". I said I have no idea and then looked it up. Found out "oosik" is the bone in a walrus's penis.