Thread: Knife collectors

Hi,
Yes, About 25 at last count.
Folders are my favourite. I focus on knives with interesting deployment or locking mechanisms.

I have not yet got a cold steel, but do own a SOG mini vulcan in a very sharp laminated VG30 san-mai steel. it's the only knife I have with the axis-loc mechanisim which benchmade is renownd for.
Also have a mini sog flash which was part of a bundle with a little led lenser torch. Only really good for opening letters though...

My son would LOVE this thread. He's started to make them as well. If it keeps going, maybe he'll rejoin.

Not in the same league, but my dad carried this for nearly all the time I knew him. When he died nearly 20 years ago I inherited it. Last year I gave it to my son.

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You blokes should check the "Embarrassment" thread in The Parking Lot, Banjo makes and sells knives.

I've been mulling over a fixed blade to earn its keep for camping.
Was thinking of a fine upstanding scandinavian product- either something from Helle of Fällkniven.

Leaning towards something from Helle (I'm a sucker for wood and leather), but Fällkniven have really good offerings in their F1 and S1 knives albeit more expensive.

Nice collection BTW!

Originally Posted by V8Ian

You blokes should check the "Embarrassment" thread in The Parking Lot, Banjo makes and sells knives.

No ****?!
I've avoided that thread because it's 11ty bilion pages long. Every time I've checked in it's been about somthing other than knives, otherwise I'd be hooked!

Would love to give knife making a red-hot go- I've been invited on a few occasions to the local blacksmith hammer-ins they do, but the stars never aligned... and I've had a solid alibi every time.
There are some incredibly talented Austrialian makers out there, and the products they make can be beautiful. It'd be a shame to use them...




These are mosaic pins that many custom knife makers use as rivets to hold the wooden handles to the steel tang of the knife. Incredible craftsmanship.
They (knives) are a product that can be as simple or as intricate as you want them to be.

Don't start at the beginning Mitch, go back about ten pages and scan backwards. I think Banjo's been making for a bit over a year.

A few more. Mick.

I'm not a "collector" but I have got a small number of older Pumas , the ones in the yellow/green plastic boxes. I'll get them out one day and take some pics if you're interested.

My using knife is one of these, a RH Puma Trapper's Companion (LH examples exist but I've never seen one). I bought it back in the 1960s fox days at Tumut

Vintage Puma 6385 Trapper's Companion | BladeForums.com,

Other "using" knives are folders, Kershaw LB, a Swiss Army metal scaled and even a Rodgers ! These tend to live in various motor cars so I do not accidentally "lose" them at the airport, although to date, at Tamworth Airport, security will put it in an envelope for you to collect from the kiosk when you return.