Messages from the Blademaster

Try this one, Collectors.  Go to Advanced Knife Search after logging in.  Then… The Custom Work Page appears, then… The different styles of long tail C serial numbers appear.  But I am only showing the first two…   Notice that the first picture has an R in a circle.  This indicates that the long tail […]

Here are 5 SparXX shields I have documented so far.   The SparXX shields have small glittery spots in the shield background.  Notice that each shield has a knife count.  You can click on “Show Knives” and the individual knives with that shield will show up for you.   If you want to go look at these […]

The Mystery:  Were two knives listed on a COA ever made? I was happily adding the COA below to the each of the 1994 Classic elephant toenail knives.   As I added it, I crossed that knife off the COA as completed.  Over the years I had added pictures of  almost all of them to KnifeDB.com […]

I had an old buddy write and ask about the first ten Limited Editions.  He’s selling his.  I pulled this together for him, then I thought that other collectors might also be interested. 

As you know, KnifeDB.com is a work in progress.  Here’s what has happened since the last update. 1. There are now 27,179 pocket knives in the database, up 582 since July. 2.  The count of prices is up to 50,347, an increase of 1,189.  This is important to collectors because these are the actual price […]

In the table below you can see the 8 subcategories of CCC knives with their quantities. The second image shows part of the expanded Special Collector Searches tab from the Knife Search Page. The top arrow points to Collector Club. If you open this dropdown you can click on any of 8 club subcategories and […]

In 2008. the CCC members were offered a new opportunity.   It was a two knife mint set of a medium and tiny toothpick-the “Family”.    The knives have cabernet bone handles, scrolled bolsters, long tail C serial numbers, and Family Traditions blade work.  Uniquely, the two knives were paired in a wooden box shaped to […]

The Case factory initially launched the Case Collectors Club in 1981, and until 1989 only made one knife a year.  But in 1990, as the club grew, the factory began to make annual knives for Junior, Regular and Life Members. This post deals with the Junior Member knives.  The initial knife was made in 1990, […]

The Case factory initially launched the Case Collectors Club in 1981.  This first edition was a large trapper 6151 SSP.  The factory offered this unique knife to Collectors for $40 with a wooden plaque. And the factory pattern would be similar until 1990.   A single knife would be offered each year to the members of […]

The Bechtler Mint Knife Club started in 1983 and made annual club  knives until 2007.   Most have:  stag handles, elaborate blade work, serial numbers, scrolled bolsters and a replica $5 gold piece second shields.  The Bechtler mint started minting gold coins in 1831, 17 years before the US government made any.  The club was in […]