aaronm
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Interesting...
That the bulk of his collection is production knives.
As someone for whom knife collecting came first, i'd say it is a very different, but compatible hobby. When I first started collecting watches I was constantly annoyed at the lack of transparency (ok, fine I still am, but I'm making peace with the distortions and marketing BS). If I buy a custom knife, of any sort, I can ask the maker essentially "who did what" and he'll tell me "Oh this smith made the damascus and this engraver did the engraving", or "I did it all" or whatever the case is. There's someting of a premium on sole-authorship pieces, but nobody would EVER think of obscuring the origins anymore and may take pride in the fact that they may be a fine knife maker, but not a good smith, so they buy the best possible damascus, rather than making their own, second rate stuff
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My first response...
By: tee530 : March 25th, 2010-18:36
....was to spend ten minutes googling the Kershaw Zing knife. If my time here has taught me anything, it is that honestly held passion is worth listening to, if only for a brief time, even if I fully believe I have absolutely no interest in the subject at...
another perspective
By: Chromatic Fugue : March 25th, 2010-20:21
We normally speak in positive terms about collectors who have a "passion" for whatever it is they collect. Hobbyist websites like this one tend to bring together people who reinforce one another's need to believe that there is something noble about spendi...
A Tightrope Walk
By: Heinrich : March 26th, 2010-12:54
Thanks a lot for this thought provoking post. I appreciate that someone has the standing to touch such a topic in this forum. Your reference to the world of Tolkien’s novels made me recognize the tightrope walk between a passion for beautiful things...
Interesting...
By: aaronm : March 26th, 2010-14:27
That the bulk of his collection is production knives. As someone for whom knife collecting came first, i'd say it is a very different, but compatible hobby. When I first started collecting watches I was constantly annoyed at the lack of transparency (ok, ...
This could be interesting.
By: ThomasM : March 27th, 2010-12:25
Hi Aaron. Please define Production piece vs custom. Please share what the practical differences are (besides consistency of fit and finish) Is there a middle ground, say, "tuned" production pieces that gives one 98% of custom at 1/3 the price (using a ben...
Customary use...
By: aaronm : March 27th, 2010-17:27
Custom="the name on the knife is the maker (ground, fitted, polished, etc..." with other participants usually named (engraver, smith, HT) or at least acknowledged (I buy my sheaths, etc). Usually this has everything made unique for that knife(excluding sc...
