When purchasing a seemingly too good to be true knife with a great price, ask the seller if there is "China" anywhere etched on the knife! They are cheap copies that won't hold their own! I made a horrible...
There are two main factors that determine the quality of a knife blade: the amount of carbon in the steel and the heat treatment. Hardly any knives retailing for less than $100 are heat treated today...
The almost endless variety in brand names of knives is confusing at best, and deceptive at worst. Some major brand name knives like Spyderco, Gerber, Camillus, Ka-Bar, and many others have cheaper brands that...
VINTAGE KNIFE COLLECTING AND SPOTTING REPAIRED OR PROBLEM KNIVES This guide is meant to be a brief outline for the novice collector of vintage pocket knives. I'll try to describe some of the more common...
Case XX Knife Blades ---Three Quality Types of Steel We have sold Case XX Knife Knives, made by W.R. Case Sons Cutlery Company, on Ebay for four years. During that time, we have learned a lot of things about...
Buck Knife Are you buying vintage or new? Just check the Tang. Buck Production Knives Actual production started in 1961 and continues today, so this is a very broad category. The early production knives are...
The purpose of this guide is to help knife sellers get more money for their knives, and avoid the problems that arise when a buyer is dissappointed. It is impossible to cover everything every buyer may want to...
I am writing this article in defense of the China pocket knife industry. Some of the best deals in cutlery today is coming out of China and are only going to get better. Some folks have a very narrow mentality...
I gave buyers a few tips on what to look for when they are buying a straight razor, and now I'd like to share a little with the sellers. This is not so much for the guys who know straight razors, but rather...
Fight'n Rooster Knives "Ask The Man Who Owns One!" The purpose of this guide is to provide brief introduction and history to Fight'n Rooster knives. Fight'n Rooster Knives are some of the most beautiful...