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Knives are considered a much needed tool for me and it has became a hobby to collect them as well. There are hundreds of blade designs, type of blade steel used, handle shapes and materials. Each shape can have it's specialized use, the material quality of the blade can dictate the price as well as what it may be used for and there are personal preferences in steel. These are all hunting knives which I use, the Wusthof and Henckels I buy for my wife and did not shoot any of them.
This first pic shows most of my collection, some range from production knives of less value to a few custom made knives that can be quite costly. When I travel, some areas in particular , I look for a knife to buy, not only to use at home but to remember the vacation. Anytime I look at the knife or use it I'm reminded of where it came from.
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The knives that mean the most to me are in this second photo: Top left row from top to bottom,1) my Dads boning knife, 2)Dad's pocket knife, he passed away in 1988 and I use his boning knife often: 3) USN Mark1 (US Navy) given to me by an Uncle 40 years ago:4)knife that I made 42 years ago then lost while hunting. A neighbor found it in his creek and returned it to me. It had been lost in the woods for 39 years, I traded him a new Buck knife to get this worthless relic back .5)Engraved Buck from 2002, 6)Knife I purchased in Medora ND at the Cowboy Hall of Fame, 7) Big Game knife Haines AK,8) handmade with Caribou antler handle, AK 9)Handmade by alaska native with Walrus Tusk handle, 10, Mammoth Ivory Ulu, from Alaska.
Row on right, top to bottom. 1)Gerber 3 blade bolt action, the one knife that is in my hunting pack year around, 2)Caping knife, used to cape trophy game animals, 3) Coho Fillet 4)handmade knife that my brother made just for me to fit the right hand from antler and steel that I provided,5) and finally, a Randall Made from Orlando Florida. I bought this knife 40 years ago from a "down on his luck" poker player at a hunting camp for 10 US dollars, one of the best investments I've ever made.
Also included in both photos are some ancient tools dating from the stone age that I have found while hunting here in Missouri, mainly on my farm. I normally find knives and scrapers, probably because they are large and I don't see the small points very often. I have a much larger collection of points but thought these scrapers and knives fit my theme better.
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although that would have been better for what I wanted to do.
